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SergeStorms

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10. So you agree....

Reply to The_Casual_Observer (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 27, 2017, 02:30 AM

Sep 2017

with Walmart's "corporate socialist" business model? I don't understand the scorn directed at the City and people of Raytown. They really don't seem to be the villain in this dust-up. Just curious, no malice intended.

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As police layoffs loom, Raytown considers declaring Walmart a public nuisance [View all] pstokely Sep 2017 OP

Well, that is what happens when you lay in bed Doreen Sep 2017 #1

K & R for obvious reasons... GReedDiamond Sep 2017 #2

Chickens, Hayduke Bomgarte Sep 2017 #3

Oh tough ass! The_Casual_Observer Sep 2017 #4

So you agree.... SergeStorms Sep 2017 #10

We had to put a sheriff sub station in the nearby Walmart Ligyron Oct 2017 #16

oh what will MAMA say? nt msongs Sep 2017 #5

She'd say.... SoCalNative Sep 2017 #13

Very interesting, PStokely. Much of Walmart's city sales taxes are paid back to Walmart itself, Hortensis Sep 2017 #6

That is the most insane corporate welfare scheme I've ever seen Lee-Lee Sep 2017 #11

that megachurch nearby doesn't pay any taxes either pstokely Oct 2017 #14

No surprise to learn. I'd like to think it was only in the hope of bringing Hortensis Oct 2017 #15

Suckers. PT Barnum grossly underestimated their birth rate. nt TeamPooka Sep 2017 #7

no kidding! mdbl Oct 2017 #18

That's the way the Walton's do business. SergeStorms Sep 2017 #8

Short sightedness not a virtue. JNelson6563 Sep 2017 #9

Gone -- all those mom-and-pop businesses that paid taxes and kept their NCjack Sep 2017 #12

Absolutely Ligyron Oct 2017 #17

They probably also drain police resources as they do everywhere HAB911 Oct 2017 #19