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Old 04-27-2015, 08:08 AM
 
Location: Kentucky Bluegrass
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Exactly! Those of us in the besieged middle class shop there because it is affordable given our pay which is low vs cost of living especially in some areas of the country such as San Diego (btw, I live up in Riverside County and commute for work).
Walmart, is no longer affordable...their prices are just as high as Giant and other stores, if not higher in some prices...every since they opened the larger stores, their prices have gone up a great deal....
I shop there, less and less, due to this....

But, to, maybe it depends on where you live? State/county?
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Old 04-27-2015, 08:39 AM
 
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Oh please! You actually think people pay those taxes on out of state purchases?
Are you suggesting that the general population are criminals? I guess you're part of the crowd that doesn't pay their share of taxes.
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Old 04-27-2015, 08:40 AM
 
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When one comes across someone who throws "Obama" into a conversation as if he is the reason why their life is ****ty, it is demeaning to even respond to them as if they would have better prospects if God Almighty was President or that they should be in any way taken seriously.

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This has nothing to do with Obama. This company forced many manufacturers in America into lowering their prices catastrophically, and this is has predated Obama by decades. The trade agreements Clinton made with China, the door of which was opened by Nixon, was accepted on the idea that China was a huge nation of potential consumers of American products. Except that didn't happen. People in China could not afford our products. And they flooded the market with the same product, made cheaper.

And do you realize that WalMart's employees are encouraged to get welfare, because they cannot afford WalMart's health plan, and many cannot afford food, period? Are you aware of the numbers of people who have lost their jobs and small companies when Walmart came into their town?

You really need to take aim at the cause, not the symptom. And you need to understand the causes. The welfare system is a symptom of need, not a cause. The idea that the only people on welfare are the undeserving is a myth that holds up to no scrutiny. The idea of Walmart gutting America is a well-established and factually based. It is literally un-American to turn a blind eye to what Walmart is doing, and its a cheap shot to blame the bottom- a typical trope that dissolves with any research.
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Old 04-27-2015, 08:46 AM
 
Location: Floribama
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Are you suggesting that the general population are criminals? I guess you're part of the crowd that doesn't pay their share of taxes.
Yes, that's what I'm suggesting. If you're paying taxes on out of state online purchases you are in the minority. What I do is nobody's business, I'm just telling you how it is.
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Old 04-27-2015, 08:52 AM
 
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Yes, that's what I'm suggesting. If you're paying taxes on out of state online purchases you are in the minority. What I do is nobody's business, I'm just telling you how it is.
Everyone I know who shops online pays their taxes. It's obvious that you're okay with people not paying their share of taxes. Perhaps your a criminal who doesn't pay taxes. Perhaps your a supporter of these criminals. It's a shame that people don't pay their taxes.

I was merely suggesting that unless that other poster was a tax-evading criminal, they don't save any money by purchasing a TV at Amazon.
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Old 04-27-2015, 09:05 AM
 
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Seriously. With a ridiculous track record of total corruption, horrible employee treatment, destroying the American manufacturing base by cutting prices to nothing and shipping jobs to China....I really do not understand why these stores still exist. Apart from incredibly rural areas where its the only game in town, how can Americans still give their money to one of the main causes of our economic ruin?

Not only that, but how can so-called patriotic Americans give their money to buy products made by a country that is a dictatorship? We had a decades long embargo against Cuba, (supposedly) because of their alignment with Soviet Russia. But China, who mows its people down with impunity, pays its workers pennies an hour and hosts many of the most polluted cities in the world, they get a total pass in the name of economics. And it isn't even economics that benefits US, or the Chinese worker- it only enriches a handful of people. I am sure that WalMart demanding lower prices had more to do with the closing of our own factories than any other single cause.

So how can anyone continue to shop there? What are your reasons?
I think there may be less people that actually let the corruption affect where they shop. I feel as though the real majority really don't care. Because you also have a large influx of people still wanting to work there.
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Old 04-27-2015, 09:06 AM
 
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Everyone I know who shops online pays their taxes. It's obvious that you're okay with people not paying their share of taxes. Perhaps your a criminal who doesn't pay taxes. Perhaps your a supporter of these criminals. It's a shame that people don't pay their taxes.

I was merely suggesting that unless that other poster was a tax-evading criminal, they don't save any money by purchasing a TV at Amazon.
I would venture 90% (probably higher) don't pay their taxes on items that were not taxed when purchased. Of course many states have to pay taxes on online orders now but for the ones that don't they just purchase and forget it.

Hey, not everyone can be as righteous as you
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Old 04-27-2015, 09:11 AM
 
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Yes, that's what I'm suggesting. If you're paying taxes on out of state online purchases you are in the minority. What I do is nobody's business, I'm just telling you how it is.
Huh?

How do you not pay taxes on out of state purchases??
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Old 04-27-2015, 09:13 AM
 
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Huh?

How do you not pay taxes on out of state purchases??
Criminals do exist. Criminals will be criminals. They won't pay taxes if they don't want to. It's illegal and telling of the kind of person the individual is.
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Old 04-27-2015, 09:16 AM
 
Location: London
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Because people are cool with human exploitation, as long as it means they can save a few cents on their 6 pack of Budlight.
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