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In reply to the discussion: Missouri Lawmaker Wants Stores Closed for Thanksgiving [View all]Atman
(31,464 posts)33. But as a practical matter, many of us are speechless animals.
Just sayin'.
Again, you're making assumptions/presumptions about what we "should" do. I you feel Walmart should stay closed on Thanksgiving Evening, write them a letter, refuse to patronize them. But there are apparently enough people in America who don't feel the same way you do. Why should the government be telling them to stay home and "reflect," or go feed some homeless people? Shouldn't these be personal choices?
If we, as a nation, refused to make it profitable for Walmart to open on Thanksgiving, they wouldn't open. I don't want the government telling me I have to "reflect" any more than I want them to demand that I attend a church.
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Not such a bad idea. The old "blue laws" may have been too restictive, but...
TreasonousBastard
Dec 2012
#1
Sure they can. Paramus NJ is shut down on Sundays and has been for years...
TreasonousBastard
Dec 2012
#38
gas stations? the power company? the gas company? the water company? drug stores?
onenote
Dec 2012
#24
What a great idea. I think we should go even farther. Lets have a Freedom day and force everyone
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#36
Or say that every worker has the right to negotiate a rate for the day
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2012
#14
Everything old is new again. Remember when all businesses were closed on holidays, and on Sundays?
jonesgirl
Dec 2012
#12
I was a youngster then. It goes to show how much Wall Street has damaged America, and that everyone
jonesgirl
Dec 2012
#18
Then impose a limit on the number of days or hours that people can be required to work
onenote
Dec 2012
#32
We allow idiots to buy guns anytime but we will not allow shopping on Thanksgiving?
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#34