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In reply to the discussion: Walmart Has To Overcome A Scary Reality About Its Customers [View all]kydo
(2,679 posts)13. walmart free since 2001
the last thing I bought from there was a tv with the bush tax cut at the end of 2001. Since then I have set foot three times into those stores. I do non profit work for high school marching bands, so twice I was there to take pictures for jazz band preformances and once to take pictures of the band getting a donation check. I shop local stores and costco mostly.
Walmart always smells like old popcorn.
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Yup, people who can no longer afford Walmart are most likely going to the dollar stores. nt
Raine
Nov 2012
#31
I'm surprised he didn't say it was because the tax rate on their customer's dividends is too high
corkhead
Nov 2012
#14
Walmart CEO Mike Duke : customers are among those most affected by concerns about the fiscal cliff.
DJ13
Nov 2012
#5
I think if you dig into their complete histories you will find something like
BlueStreak
Nov 2012
#29
Henry Ford paid his workers enough that they could afford to buy the cars they made!
hedgehog
Nov 2012
#12
No they aren't. The communities are killing themselves by bringing Walmart the $ to pay for it.
jtuck004
Nov 2012
#22
That has such a Keynesian sound to it that I expect the supply-siders to ignore it completely
HereSince1628
Nov 2012
#23
Maybe WalMart should listen to the Nuns on the bus. They could give them a big lesson.
southernyankeebelle
Nov 2012
#26