Robert Reich: 'While Amazon adds 5,000 warehouse jobs it destroys 50,000 retail jobs.'

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30. Most of the stuff that I get IS from small businesses

Amazon will indicate that the item is "fulfilled by" say, "Blah blah Corner Store" in Wooha, CA, and when I get delivery, I usually have a handwritten thank you note from the store owner right there on the invoice.

The reason why I use them is because I have spent countless hours slogging through local stores and malls looking for certain items, in certain sizes, colors, etc., and it's just not available.

Most of the department stores around here are gone (and that happened way before the web came into existence, let alone when Amazon appeared). Walmart moved in after multiple recessions took out discount mini-chains like Woolworth's, Clover, & Caldor. I avoid Walmart.

The sad reality is, supermarkets replaced the butchers, fish mongers, many bakeries, fruit stands, and even the milkman (that I remember delivered milk and butter to my household when I was young), etc., so this is nothing new.