aimed_4_the_head

aimed_4_the_head t1_ixzcs05 wrote

>On top of that Walmart employees are often given benefits they would not get at a small business.

Walmart pays poverty wages and causes upticks in Medicaid and Food Stamp usage in the local population.

Each new Walmart store decreases the local community’s economic output over 20 years by an estimated $13 million.

The only "good" thing a Walmart does is attract other employers to rural areas that otherwise wouldn't have anything. Boston isn't exactly hurting for name recognition.

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