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11-19-2020, 08:56 PM #25
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11-19-2020, 08:59 PM #26
Re: They're all laughing at you
Or by Jeff Bezos and The Walton family...
If the market were left to fend for itself and small businesses were failing while the big box stores made people feel more comfortable and this profited I would have nonissue, but that is NOT what is happening.
The big box stores are some of the least safe places to be but no one else was allowed to be open during the pandemic...
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Re: They're all laughing at you
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11-19-2020, 10:30 PM #28Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: They're all laughing at you
The companies you listed are all companies with a big online presence. Your mom and pop store typically doesn't have that.
Also, let's be honest, the local businesses being eradicated aren't the ones going against those guys (except maybe hardware stores). It's restaurants and other hospitality businesses. Hell, electronics are huge right now with people trapped inside. When's the last time you saw an independent electronics store?
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11-19-2020, 10:30 PM #29Legendary RSR Poster
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11-19-2020, 10:37 PM #31
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Yup. I’m for the Working Man and Woman. Union Groc stores. American made Union cars. Try to buy as many American / Union made products I can. Keep families fed. I do support small business a lot as I only buy Black Rifle Coffee. Vet owned and operated.
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11-19-2020, 10:49 PM #32Pro Bowl Poster
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Cant do that. Its like that representative who said "my body...my choice." when told she had to mask on the House floor. Problem is its just like waving a fist....you have a right to wave your fist as much as you want until until your fist contacts my chin.
Why you seem to believe that you have a right to go around infecting people should you contract the virus is beyond me. Since you cannot tell me in all certainty that you are virus free you have a responsibility for the common good. The problem is people want to shout liberty and individual freedom but dont want to assume the responsibilities that come with them. Thats why government is forced to get involved.
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11-19-2020, 10:59 PM #34
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Now I don’t disagree with you but it’s not like the ‘Rona is doing this to ALL small businesses. Like Ort said ...restaurants, Hospitality, tourism ...yup. Crippled. And it’s shameful. But dispute this tiny slice of RightWing ‘Murica ...I don’t believe nationwide people give two shits about small businesses. They want the BBD. Bigger Better Deal. If Wicked owns a bait and tackle shop and sells Wiggly Jiggly worms for $5 for 2 and Cabela’s sells them for $10 for 10 ...sorry ..we’re all buying from Cabelas. Same with Wally World. I hate that place. It stinks of cheap slave labor. But they have everything and it’s cheap. Atleast places like Bj’s and Costco’s pays their employees decent.
Look. Supporting the little guy is great. And I do it whenever I can. But to say Covid and our counties response to it is somehow a conspiracy against small business is just waaaaayyy to Tin Hat man. You guys need to sell off your shit and move to some homestead out in Montana.
You can’t have it both ways. You can’t want “fair business practices for everyone “ and want Capitalism. Wall St won’t allow it. Period. We’re all gonna be good little citizens and buy our stuff from the stores Wall St says. It’s like an old coal mining town. You all buy from the company store because that’s all that’s there. And they own your ass.
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11-19-2020, 11:02 PM #35Veteran Poster
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