The Concept of Big Box Stores

  Let the games begin!Only 28 days til Christmas! Get your shopping done!The flyer's have been put in the papers.The bargains are there for you. All that's left is for you to do your part in making some corporation richer.The Walmart's ,Best Buy's ,Target's,etc.are waiting for you to enter.Spend,spend,spend.If you don't ,you will be hurting the economy! Plus,your kids will have a lousy Christmas, if you don't get the newest item! And millions and millions  buy into that BS.
  These places are not your friend!They are not your community's friend.hey are not America's friend .They roll into town with cheap items.They get tax breaks .They hire hundreds of employees,but with the exception of a few pay them minimum wage.They also make sure their hours are under 32,so they don't have to be called full time. They open up local bank accounts,which they promptly close .This means their money is heading right back to Home Office. They cherry pick their charities.Meaning, they don't ,in actuality, help the town at all.
  They lure you in with cheap prices,but how many times have you just bought what you went in for .You roll in planing on spending  say $25-50 and roll out having spent well over $100. Some savings. Meanwhile,the folks down on main street are soon out of business,because they were charging  an extra $5  on same items. You know those people .They are your neighbors.They  go to the same church ,or are members of  the same clubs .You went to school with them. You may have even worked for them when you were in school,or just starting out .They are also the ones who year after year have kept their money in town,so it could be reinvested into local projects. They are the one's, who if you were a couple bucks short, would let you slide til payday. They are the ones,  who might give you a temporary job,  until you got back on your feet ......or might even drop off the product on their way home.
  As someone who once worked at Walmart,for two and a half years,I can tell you,  for a fact ,they are not your friend!.I have also known  people who have worked for other Box  store and it is the same game plan..Screw the worker,screw the consumer ,and make as much money as they possibly can. Nothing wrong with making money. Plenty wrong with how you do it.
  I haven't even touched on how the BBS spend their profits,on candidates and projects,that want to ruin this country, even more . That's a whole other kettle of fish!
  This Christmas season ,I will be doing ,as I have for the last 40 years, shopping downtown,spending a couple extra dollars  on stuff , and knowing I am, in reality, helping the economy,far more that I ever would shopping at the Big  Box  Store.