Of course not everything is black and white, or simple; there's always going to be different factors playing into effect, whether you are black, white, male, female, degree, no degree, small town, big town etc. But you are making a choice to make your dollar go further by spending it at Wal-Mart. You are willing to work at Wal-Mart because it is a job (as would a lot of people).Thalevia wrote: It's not really that black and white though Ryanica. Some people really don't have another option, walmart is the only game in town both for employment (without a degree and sometimes with a degree) and grocery/clothing. It's sad but true. When you have a business that refuses to buy from wholesalers unless they specifically lower their prices for them and them alone, other competing businesses just cannot match that.
Finding another job isn't that easy. I'm in a place that didn't go into recession and it still took me 9 months to find a job. I was at the point of hiking to the nearest walmart and applying. Because no one else was willing to hire me.
I dislike walmart but there are still a few things I pick up there because the alternatives are way way higher priced and I make less than 20grand a year. When I have the money, I prefer to buy my toothpaste and shampoo at Shoppers, when I am shit ass broke, I hike to walmart and pay 3 bucks less.
And as far as Wal-Mart comes in and drives out other small businesses, how is that different than Chase or Citi buying out a local bank or setting up shop in a local community? You can set up an account with a credit union if you don't want to deal with big banks.
