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From the article regarding Walmart opening effects on a community: "the unemployment rate goes up, the voter-participation rate and the PTA-participation rate g
by tcskeptic 16y ago
From the article regarding Walmart opening effects on a community:
"the unemployment rate goes up, the voter-participation rate and the PTA-participation rate go down, the infant-mortality rate goes up and the pollution rate goes up, because people are driving farther and spending more time on the road than if they were going to a local mom-and-pop store"
Does anyone have sources for the above claims? My cursory research on the interwebs cannot confirm them. To my skeptical ear they sound like agenda driven hand-wavery, but I have an open mind.
- nickpinkston 16y agoYea, utterly hand-wavy! It's funny how much they hate WalMart. I'm sure they have an organic plasma TV in their right-sized (500 sq ft) living room they used their hybrid SUV to bring home...
- k3dz 16y agothis movie had some facts - http://www.amazon.com/WALMART-HIGH-COST-PRICE-Format/dp/B000AYNG1G/ http://www.amazon.com/WALMART-HIGH-COST-PRICE-Format/dp/B000...
- nickpinkston 16y agoYea, if by "facts" you mean cherry-picked situations without showing the other side's benefits. Try these facts out as well: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/iap-walmart.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/iap-walmart.html Quote: "For families with incomes less than $10,000 annually, a super center makes a 30 percent difference in what they can buy. "The marginal utility on the poor is greater," he noted."