Is there anything good about WalMart??

[moondust]

24. Logistically and environmentally speaking,

in an age of fossil fuel depletion and climate change, there is something to be said for big box stores: moving goods to fewer locations where shoppers can make fewer trips to get most of what they need under one roof at cost advantages afforded by economies of scale.

But if big box stores are preferred or considered necessary for environmental reasons, perhaps they should be owned and operated for the primary benefit of the public. Perhaps the government should buy Walmart and run it like a military PX for the public but without excessive managerial salaries, at least a living wage for all employees, full staffing as necessary, and an emphasis on supporting American-made products--all of it without the influence of Wall Street and the need to keep growing profits, growing profits, growing profits.

A public option for everyday shopping.