Wal-Mart is taking Over
Is Wal-Mart good for communities, or is Wal-Mart a wolf in sheep's clothing? With a
gross annual sales of over $67 billion and more than 2,000 stores, Wal-Mart is one of the
biggest corporations in the United States. Wal-Mart opens a new store once every two
days in small communities and cities across the United States, however, are these stores
good for these communities, or are they wrecking havok? When you look down at the fine
print Wal-Mart doesn't earn it's money it steals it money from other businesses. Choking
other smaller businesses by offering wider varity of products at a more competitive
price. This is actually a very simple business tactic if you want to sell a lot of
something cut your profit margin to beat the other competitors and you will sell more.
Wal-Mart stole an average of over $10 million in an average sized Iowan Town.
You want to beat Wal-Mart keep by keeping it from invading you town and making it a
ghost land? Here are some steps that have been victorious in the past as how to keep
Wal-Mart out.
Quote Wal-Marts officers, they have been known to say very contradictory things for
instance: Wal-Mart's founder Sam Walton once said "If some community, for whatever
reason, doesn't want us in there, we aren't interested in going in and creating a fuss."
or is the VP of Wal-Mart once stated, "'We have so many opportunities for building in
communities that want Wal-Marts, it would be foolish of us to pursue construction in
communities that don't want us." If you raise a good argument then you have something to
stand on.
According to Albert Norman in his article Eight Ways to Stop the Store ",Wal-Mart
Mathematicians only know how to add. They never talk about the jobs they destroy, the
vacant retail space they create or their impact on commercial property values." This is
very true Wal- Mart's officers always talk about the jobs and opportunities they create
,however, are 250 minium wage jobs worth 150 $6-10 jobs? Wal-Mart also talks about how
they benefit, but except for one scholarship they do little of nothing to fulfill that
statement.
Raise money to stop Wal-Mart to influence the public to become active in keeping Wal-
Mart out of the community. Wal-Mart will spend money trying to persuade people to want
Wal- Mart in their community. Fight this these are your friends, family, and fellow
townsfolk, who do you think they are going to listen to? Someone who they have known all
their life and who they know only has the towns best interests in mind, or a bumbling
fool from New York City who knows nothing of your town people or their situation.
Start a petition influence people to vote, stake out the supermarkets and hardware
stores. Get as many signatures as you can. The more signatures the easier it will be to
keep Wal-Mart out of the community. If Wal-Mart was being truthful about staying where
they were wanted and not where they weren't, then it is the communities responsibility to
let Wal-Mart know that they aren't wanted.
Look at the facts Wal-Mart isn't good for small communities, it profits by picking on
the small businesses. It drains a town dry and leaves it as a barron waste land. You
can fight Wal- Mart, and if you have the opportunity I would advise it.
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