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"Research shows that dollar stores create fewer jobs than small grocery stores ... " That's how they keep their prices down "... sell products that are not ac
by bradleybuda 7y ago
"Research shows that dollar stores create fewer jobs than small grocery stores ... "
That's how they keep their prices down
"... sell products that are not actually much more affordable than those at Walmart or Costco"
"Not actually much more affordable" translated to plain English is "more affordable". Pennies, nickels, and dimes count more when you're poor.
"And push out full-service grocery stores"
Because people can't afford them.
Like all good liberals, I also find dollar stores aesthetically distasteful, and I wish they provided more nutritious food. Lawmakers who want to ban these stores, as usual, have their causation backwards - dollar stores and payday lenders don't cause poverty, they are created by poverty, and (sadly) serve to mitigate the crushing awfulness of being poor.
- mdorazio 7y agoAlso, fwiw, the dollar stores near me in LA have started stocking some produce as well. It's obviously not the highest quality, but for a lot of families it's better than what they were able to get before, especially in areas that straight up don't have a cheap grocery store.
- 3333244 7y agopayday loans do not cause poverty but they make things worse by trapping people into a vicious cycle of high interest loans they will never pay off. by no means do they mitigate poverty
- skyyler 7y agothey mitigate the awfulness, not the poverty. When your options are let the power go out, or take a payday loan... Guess which option people with children are going to take.