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I was watching TV Christmas Eve and saw a commercial come on about how 70% of the stuff from Walmart comes from China and to check out http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/
I was just looking at the site and there's all kinds of issues there.
When I was a kid in the 70's and early 80's, KMart was the place to go to buy stuff at a reasonable price. Everything else my parents got from Sears. In the 90's WalMart too over. Most people live in rural areas where there isn't much to choose from. Around here we have Walmart and Kmart and Kmart never seems to have anything. If I travel from here to Tennessee it seems like there will be nothing and then a Walmart where people come from miles to shop at. Let's face it, you can get everything you would normally need practically from there when you shop. Food, clothing, gas, etc.
It seems Walmart really has sort of a monopoly over rural America. It also seems like there are groups out there that oppose Walmart. I always liked Walmart for their 1-stop shopping. Hell, they have a better meat department than my local grocery store.
Am I supporting a company that buys from the Chinese and underpays it's employees? Is Walmart bad for America? If so, where will I shop?
Is anything made in America anymore? This computer probably isn't. My Motorola cell phone's made in China.
I have found myself looking at things around the house wondering where it came from. It's bugging me so badly that I'm going to contact the manufacturers of the products I sell at TRS Fab & Off-Road and see where they come from.
I here people say nothing is made in America anymore. I think it's BS.
I think with our economy we're looking at the tags with the price instead of the tag where it was manufactured.
You know where you bought stuff the last time you went shopping, but do you know where it came from? Go look.
I was just looking at the site and there's all kinds of issues there.
When I was a kid in the 70's and early 80's, KMart was the place to go to buy stuff at a reasonable price. Everything else my parents got from Sears. In the 90's WalMart too over. Most people live in rural areas where there isn't much to choose from. Around here we have Walmart and Kmart and Kmart never seems to have anything. If I travel from here to Tennessee it seems like there will be nothing and then a Walmart where people come from miles to shop at. Let's face it, you can get everything you would normally need practically from there when you shop. Food, clothing, gas, etc.
It seems Walmart really has sort of a monopoly over rural America. It also seems like there are groups out there that oppose Walmart. I always liked Walmart for their 1-stop shopping. Hell, they have a better meat department than my local grocery store.
Am I supporting a company that buys from the Chinese and underpays it's employees? Is Walmart bad for America? If so, where will I shop?
Is anything made in America anymore? This computer probably isn't. My Motorola cell phone's made in China.
I have found myself looking at things around the house wondering where it came from. It's bugging me so badly that I'm going to contact the manufacturers of the products I sell at TRS Fab & Off-Road and see where they come from.
I here people say nothing is made in America anymore. I think it's BS.
I think with our economy we're looking at the tags with the price instead of the tag where it was manufactured.
You know where you bought stuff the last time you went shopping, but do you know where it came from? Go look.