Wal-Mart suddenly closed 5 stores and laid off thousands of workers

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

To have any desire to 'bitch slap' someone is diagnostic of a criminal personality.

Along with misogynistic personality.

[Zeke]

The fact that I intellectually bitch slap Ike has nothing to do with desire and everything to do with actually possessing an intellect.

Unknowingly stepping on a bug while walking implies nothing about feelings towards the bug.

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

PFFFFfffffffffttttttttt....

You got your credible study I got mine...

Your first reference is a biased NY Times article that focuses on a couple stores opened in metro areas. Your claim yesterday was that they lay waste to non-urban areas, so doesn't really fit your argument.
If you bothered to read the conclusions of the NBER study, they line up with the study I posted- overall economic impact not much different before or after Wal-Mart moves in to an area.
One of the biggest advantages, IMHO, is that large discount stores like Wal-Mart help promote diversity. For example, when I was a kid and we moved out of STL to a small farming community, there were no Wal-Mart stores around. If you needed a vacuum cleaner you either bought it from the little hardware/appliance store owner or you got on the highway and drove 1/2 an hour closer to the city to find a discount store.
Windshield wiper blades? Bob's Auto Parts.
Wife needs a dress? There's a couple little shops where the owner is the clerk.

We were Catholic, and there were only two churches in town- Baptist and Lutheran. We didn't fit in, and some of these store owners didn't really want to help you out if they hadn't seen you in church last Sunday.

Now imagine the other biases- race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.

Wal-Mart comes to town and it's a place where anyone can go and not be concerned about the owner discriminating (mainly because the owner aint' around).
They opened in our rural area when I was about 10 yrs. old. By the time I got to highschool we actually had blacks and Hispanics living in our town, something that a couple decades of civil rights hadn't been able to do, Wal-Mart did in a few short years.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

They opened in our rural area when I was about 10 yrs. old. By the time I got to highschool we actually had blacks and Hispanics living in our town, something that a couple decades of civil rights hadn't been able to do, Wal-Mart did in a few short years.

Blacks and Hispanics move in because of Walmart?

Gee, maybe the answer to our "immigration problem" isn't increased border security after all. Maybe we just need to close the Walmart stores.

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Blacks and Hispanics move in because of Walmart?

Gee, maybe the answer to our "immigration problem" isn't increased border security after all. Maybe we just need to close the Walmart stores.

I suspect you probably know this already, but I'll point out the obvious for you anyway-

1. Blacks and Hispanics, for the most part, are natural born citizens, not immigrants. Al least in Missouri in the late 70's anyway.

2. We do not have an "immigration problem". We have an illegal immigration problem.

3. You don't have to close the Wal-Marts. Wal-Mart has demonstrated they're willing to do that themselves.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

Your first reference is a biased NY Times article that focuses on a couple stores opened in metro areas. Your claim yesterday was that they lay waste to non-urban areas, so doesn't really fit your argument.
If you bothered to read the conclusions of the NBER study, they line up with the study I posted- overall economic impact not much different before or after Wal-Mart moves in to an area.
One of the biggest advantages, IMHO, is that large discount stores like Wal-Mart help promote diversity. For example, when I was a kid and we moved out of STL to a small farming community, there were no Wal-Mart stores around. If you needed a vacuum cleaner you either bought it from the little hardware/appliance store owner or you got on the highway and drove 1/2 an hour closer to the city to find a discount store.
Windshield wiper blades? Bob's Auto Parts.
Wife needs a dress? There's a couple little shops where the owner is the clerk.

We were Catholic, and there were only two churches in town- Baptist and Lutheran. We didn't fit in, and some of these store owners didn't really want to help you out if they hadn't seen you in church last Sunday.

Now imagine the other biases- race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.

Wal-Mart comes to town and it's a place where anyone can go and not be concerned about the owner discriminating (mainly because the owner aint' around).
They opened in our rural area when I was about 10 yrs. old. By the time I got to highschool we actually had blacks and Hispanics living in our town, something that a couple decades of civil rights hadn't been able to do, Wal-Mart did in a few short years.

BWAHAH! What'd I tell ya...Ike's data sucks donkey. I guess the Times just doesn't measure up to a really substantive outfit likeThe Daily Yonder. Listen, I'lll be back in a few minutes, I just pissed my Depends.

PS - it was the Daily News.

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OK, now for the important part. The Walton's are doing this to promote diversity and support the growth of our ever expanding pluralistic American culture. I really gotta be careful...I.could have another accident at any moment. I guess that's why the Chicago City Council is always fighting the new Walmart locations. Open a Walmart and it's the black folks streaming into the hood.

And I've accused this joint of being a barren source of amusement. Shame on me.

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

BWAHAH! What'd I tell ya...Ike's data sucks donkey. I guess the Times just doesn't measure up to a really substantive outfit likeThe Daily Yonder. Listen, I'lll be back in a few minutes, I just pissed my Depends.

I just told you, the data's good. The article that references the data is biased and doesn't support your assertion.

The article I referenced doesn't take a stand one way or the other.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

I just told you, the data's good. The article that references the data is biased and doesn't support your assertion.

The article I referenced doesn't take a stand one way or the other.

Jeez...I got back as fast as I could.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

OK, now for the important part. The Walton's are doing this to promote diversity and support the growth of our ever expanding pluralistic American culture.

Yeah, I got a good laugh out of that one myself.

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

OK, now for the important part. The Walton's are doing this to promote diversity and support the growth of our ever expanding pluralistic American culture.

Wow, that's quite the conclusion you've jumped to. You really think the Walton's are on a mission to promote diversity? Ok, if that's what you want to believe.
I'm going to assume that the Walton's are in it for the money, and the social benefits are just a nice side effect.