by Robert Hill

Created on: April 28, 2008

Wal-Mart is in fact worse than it's opponents say it is. Wal-Mart wants to get it's hands in everything these days. From groceries, the automotive market, and even real estate. I truly dislike the place. Sam Walton's idea of a low priced store has been blown out the window by the giant Wal-Mart has become. Walton's intent was for low priced, good quality merchandise. Since his demise the company has grown out of what his vision was. At least 80% of everything Wal-Mart sells is made in a foreign country.

China is Wal-Mart's biggest supplier. So to say that they are an American company might be false. They might be based in the U.S. but they don't sell that many U.S. products. Now how can a company that's sole purpose is to bring a quality, low cost product to it's customers, buy it's merchandise from a country that is still communist? I don't understand this. With our economy in a slump you would think that they would stop buying from over seas and start buying American made.

Wal-Mart is in fact one of the big reasons for the decline of small businesses. On average when Wal-Mart comes to town any small business shuts it's doors within a year. The only thing Wal-Mart have going for them is the fact that you can get everything you need in one stop. Personally I don't mind making two or three stops to get everything I need. I enjoy stopping by some of the mom and pop shops that are still left in this country and buying from them. One reason is the fact that most of these stores are what this country is based on. With out them we have no choice in where we shop. Another reason is that without our support these businesses will go the way of the Dodo. You can also get to know yourself a little more by buying from a small business simply for the fact that the actually have people there to help you. Wal-Mart on the other hand you have to hunt someone down to get help and then they act like they have a problem when you ask for help. They have twenty or so registers and only two people working them, they have self checkout that never works right, and they never will. Wal-Mart as a whole is a disgrace to the American way of life. I think that they should have to at the least give money to the people that buy their products just because in a month or so they will be back getting the same thing again.

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