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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
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| Re: another. In just the way that you think propping the big 3 up is wrong, I think that allowing a business to come in monopolize business via undercut pricing (at a loss) is wrong.
Listen, the village Evergreen Park received several million from the Walmart Corp as an incentive to allow their store to be built. This money went to the repaving of roads (w/asphalt)87th street and 95th street. Also new asphalt sidewalks were poured. Walmart wanted this site because of its close proximity to the City of Chicago (right across the street). Walmart went in with pricing thats below wholesale, forcing local small businesses in both EP and Chicago out of business. The village thought Walmart would "actually bring more traffic"...they were wrong. The Walmart Corp is keeping this store in place specifically to kill other local businesses in Chicago. The ones they kill in EP are just considered collateral damage.
Now take my distaste for Walmart aside, and think about the small businesses in and around the mall that will be asking you, joe taxpayer, for unemployment benefits. Plus, now you have the Walmart employees hitting up uncle sam for medical benefits.
Walmart means death to local business!
And by the way, those roads couldn't stand up to the winters, so they need repaving again.
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join:2005-04-28
Chicago, IL
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| Re: another. said by S_engineer  :Walmart means death to local business! And by the way, those roads couldn't stand up to the winters, so they need repaving again. It happened that way when a Home Depot opened up in my neighborhood. A smaller Ace Hardware where I used to "GET SERVICE" like window screen repair and glass cutting is gone because they couldn't keep up with BIG BOX stores like Menard's and Lowe's and aforementioned Home Depot. | |
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