Evil Walmart? I don't think so

Posted by jdemaris on November 03, 2006 at 10:39:05 from (66.218.11.248):

In Reply to: Re: OT - rifle for the tractor scabbard posted by Dave from MN on November 03, 2006 at 06:11:26:

There is NO one place to place blame on the loss of manuf. in the U.S. To blame Walmart is rediculous. And not everything about the company is bad. At least it was founded by a good old-fashioned southern redneck. Some of the ex-dairy farmers in my town now work for Walmart at a rural storage depot nearby. They are happy there - and thrilled not to be milking cows 7 days a week and getting broker all the time. One guy, at first was driving over a 100 miles everyday to work at General Eletric - and was thrilled when Walmart built the rural depot near us - and he now drives 20 miles instead of a 100. Yeah, there's a downside - to having ANY large store come in. Since we got a Lowes, and Home Depot - now all the building supply places s*ck.
Why do you suppose Toyota can build trucks in the United States, employ U.S. workers, pay U.S. taxes, use more U.S parts-content in their U.S. built Toyotas than Ford uses in their own trucks, and do so well - while Ford approaches bankruptcy?
The airlines, US Auto companies, et. al. are crippled by paying insane pay rates and benefit packages - often to relatively unskilled workers. And, if you want to buy a new U.S. brand truck - then you're helping to pay those wages also.
And - if we all boycotted the cheap foreign crap - and only bought - at any price - US built stuff - then where would we be? Forty years ago - there was no chance I could ever buy some of the tools and equipment I own now. Why?? I used to be forced to buy name-brand only at a very high price. Now, with first the Japanese invasion, then the Taiwanese, then Indian, Italian, Chinese, good Lord - even Herzegovina. - there are some great deals out there.
The entire system is screwed up - and yes - a threat to American life as many of us have known it. In my own little rural village - in the past 20 years, we lost all our own little mom & pop stores - since most local people are willing to drive 40 miles to save $10 - including me at times. So - generally speaking - we are all to blame.

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