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In reply to the discussion: The heart of the problem is that most People like Walmart [View all]lbrtbell
(2,389 posts)Is that many people have no place else to shop.
People in rural areas aren't given a lot of choices. The only option would be to drive much farther, which causes the problem of polluting the air and wasting gas.
Or, in my case, I'm just too disabled to drive that far. I'd be in too much pain to make it home.
The problem isn't with Walmart customers, but with Walmart execs being too greedy to pay their employees well and give good benefits.
I think the Black Friday walkout/boycott is a good start. Another thing that would help, is if other chain stores would stop being even greedier than Walmart, by refusing to build supermarkets in smaller cities, so they could be accessed by rural and small city people who have no "mom and pop" stores in the area.
The problem with Walmart is that it's not JUST an issue of Walmart's greed. It's an issue of all corporations being greedy.