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arcane1

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5. Exactly. In that paradgim, Walmart is a family-owned business just like Pop's Hardware

Reply to Populist_Prole (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 11, 2014, 04:25 PM

Aug 2014

And most people who haven't been interested in economics will think the two are equivalent.

And, of course, the Walton family's obscene personal wealth makes them "job-creators" because Pop's income is the same as Pop's Hardware's income.

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Exactly. In that paradgim, Walmart is a family-owned business just like Pop's Hardware arcane1 Aug 2014 #5

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