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“California” didn’t decide that. Bentonville, Arkansas did. This isn’t about Republican vs. Democrat, it’s about billionaires vs. everyone else.
by kwertyoowiyop 5y ago
“California” didn’t decide that. Bentonville, Arkansas did. This isn’t about Republican vs. Democrat, it’s about billionaires vs. everyone else.
- standardUser 5y agoI was thinking Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, birthplace of the Washington Consensus.
- themaninthedark 5y agoI am no fan of Walmart but you can't pin this on just them by the time they were pushing suppliers the damage had already been done. It wasn't always this way. Walmart used to proudly display banners with 'Made in America' on them. But as companies left the county, the poor and then the middle class downsized as well. Companies left looking to lower costs, the public was wooed with lower prices and the idea that you could get more now and the politicians made promises that the affected sectors would be retrained, first we would have a service economy then it became knowledge workers. It turns out that the service economy is fickle and doesn't pay well for the most part. Not everyone can be a knowledge worker and that is not outsource proof either. Now we are in a trap where companies can not return because they would have to raise their prices and reduce profits and the people who used to work for them can't afford to buy their products now.