I my opinion this is one shitty corporation...

[jmowreader]

27. THANK you for pointing that out!

I would love to see how many anti-Walmart people live in large cities vice how many live in small towns. The numbers would astound.

I was driving through the middle of Arkansas on I-40 one fine day and noticed this little town with a Brand New Walmart. I had to kill an hour anyway, so I pulled off the Interstate. This town had...this is no shit...a little independently-owned truck stop, a diner, a motel with maybe 12 rooms (think the Bates Motel with no house for Norman's mama) and the Walmart. And before the Walmart went in, there was no shopping for an hour in any direction.

The thing is, ALL retail is fucked up in some fashion, including the sainted Costco. They can afford to pay well and offer great benefits because their business model doesn't require very many employees. A Costco building is bigger than a Walmart building but it's probably got a tenth the staff. And they're not open 24/7. Oh, and Costco made it far easier for Washington teens to get hard liquor. A couple years ago they got a privatized liquor sales initiative on the ballot. Those of us who were against it pointed out the obvious: it will increase alcohol problems of every kind. The price of booze will go up. Teens will be able to get booze easier. The range of selections will go down. And convenience stores will sell liquor. The voters "rejected the lies"... all of which have come true.