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Posted by bingbong on Mon Aug 20 20:48:58 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Aug 20 20:38:46 2012. Hahahha! |
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Posted by bingbong on Mon Aug 20 20:50:20 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Aug 20 20:37:23 2012. Because it was re-legalized subject to regulation. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Aug 20 20:50:52 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Aug 20 20:37:23 2012. Why should the government be weakening regulation in order to put smaller businesses out of business and hand that to the big boxes? Do you favor Idiocracy's vision of "Costco is all you need?"
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Aug 20 20:51:47 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Aug 20 20:38:46 2012. But one's ears DO perk up when a "non-attorney spokesperson" appears on the tube. :) |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Aug 20 20:54:30 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Aug 20 20:50:52 2012. Because the smaller businesses are rentiers [sic]. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Aug 20 21:00:54 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Aug 20 20:54:30 2012. Understand the definition. And Costco isn't? The whole move behind shutting down liquor stores and handing their trade to the big boxes is the same economics while putting the small businesses and their employees on the dole. There is a value added by small business, and among one of them is better variety and quality. Shut them down and hand their sales to the rentiers majeurs, and you have this instead:
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Aug 21 00:31:00 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Aug 20 21:00:54 2012. Nobody has to shut them down directly, just phase out the ABC code. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 21 00:55:39 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Aug 21 00:31:00 2012. Wal*Mart taught America years ago that small business CANNOT compete with big business. Big business does not do quality. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Aug 21 01:00:06 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 21 00:55:39 2012. Too bad. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 21 01:11:56 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Aug 21 01:00:06 2012. Yep ... which is why we can enjoy nice juicy, crunchy tomatoes up here and you guys get mush. Enjoy. :) |
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Posted by Train Dude on Tue Aug 21 01:18:15 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 21 00:55:39 2012. Well, I happen to be in the Walmart in Green Acres 2 weeks ago after 11 PM. It was still crowded at that hour. Of course there were no small businesses open at that hour to serve those that needed to shop then. At 11 PM diapers are diapers. Price and service trump marginal quality differences when you need them. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 21 01:29:26 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by Train Dude on Tue Aug 21 01:18:15 2012. WalMart ... LOL!Some people are able to plan ahead. What can I say? |
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Posted by Train Dude on Tue Aug 21 01:33:24 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 21 01:29:26 2012. When you have infants and toddlers & parents both work, you shop when you can shop. Planning is a luxury that the poor don't always have. Check comes on Thursday - they shop Thursday night. It is what it is. Funny how intolerant liberals pretend but really don't understand what its about. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 21 01:37:53 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by Train Dude on Tue Aug 21 01:33:24 2012. We're sorry to hear you're poor. I'll slip some extra in the poor box in church for ya. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Aug 21 02:00:39 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by Train Dude on Tue Aug 21 01:18:15 2012. And the people vote with their wallets. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 21 02:05:21 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Aug 21 02:00:39 2012. And in the case of the big box stores and their "merchandise" wonder why they either don't have a job or have to work three of them. :( |
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Posted by easy on Tue Aug 21 03:42:31 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 21 00:55:39 2012. Most small businesses don't do quality either. Walmart has improved the quality of life in many small towns where residents now have access to many goods that they didn't used to have. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 21 03:53:29 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by easy on Tue Aug 21 03:42:31 2012. Mostly from China ... good for the economy. I prefer to spend my money with the locals. I guess that's an obsolete thought, but then again we have low unemployment around here. |
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Posted by easy on Tue Aug 21 04:04:53 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 21 03:53:29 2012. You have choices. Many small towns around the US have few and for them Walmart has been a big improvement. Places whose shopping choices consisted of country groceries like iga and sears catalog shops got access to modern life. People in small towns in western states love walmart! |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 21 04:27:19 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by easy on Tue Aug 21 04:04:53 2012. Well ... my obsession is a little different from that. We had IGA in Voorheesville, and that "Western Family" stuff was every bit as much crap s WalFart. And Sears built their foundation on cheap crap, so I can see all that as a wash. What bothers me is the inferior crap that they sell with a very high markup for them. Same for the Lowes and Homer's Despot when it comes to materials. Meanwhile, our own factories and farms are shutting down.I suppose I'm looking at it quite differently than the younger folks here. Once upon a time, folks didn't have to work two jobs in order to keep falling behind, maintained their own cars and had enough skills to replace their own door or fix their own toaster. I get a laugh when I see those ads now for "Home Warrantee" policies where you pay out the ass for someone to come and fix a faucet with crap parts that'll have them back in a year to do it again. I just find it kinda sad. Chalk me up as Andy Rooney I s'pose. :) |
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Posted by Fred G on Tue Aug 21 04:35:33 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by SMAZ on Mon Aug 20 05:16:15 2012. Oh ok. Never mind then. I'll just stay home and listen to KMFDM.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by bingbong on Tue Aug 21 09:20:05 2012, in response to Re: Just a thought, posted by Train Dude on Tue Aug 21 01:18:15 2012. Valley Stream? What? It's not like there's 3 malls closer to you.On Lawnguyland, that's an awfully long distance to go just for commodities. |
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