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Dollar General is interesting because that's how I knew right away that this country was landing in the dumpster. Dollar Generals began to spring up everywhere along with right wing ideology, a sign that poverty was increasing by leaps and bounds. Dollar Generals and Goodwills - the CURRENT landscape of our once-great country since the right wingnuts took over.
First off, there's a LOT of partisan hyperbole in that post, but you are generally correct. The prevalence of dollar stores is an outward indicator of the economic health of an area, especially in rural locations. It's not the fault of the people in the community, and you can't blame the companies for filling market gaps. But you can see where the economic winds of an area are blowing when construction of ugly metal buildings for discount stores is the construction activity.
And for the record, super low-end cost retail is not sustainable rural economic development. It's a poor income generator and generally not a best use of developable land.
Presidents have to work with the Congress to get anything done. Unfortunately, the right wing extremist individuals occupying Congress have dug in their heels and are hell-bent if they're going to allow any change from the Reaganist trickle-down BS system they put in place.
However, you seem to think President Obama has a magic wand that can rid Congress of these a-holes. Please tell me where that magic wand is, and hell, I'll use it!!
When you are finished with your meltdown, please note that the congress was dem controlled for the first 2 years of Obama's presidency.
I'm not expecting a miracle, I think you are one of the posters that are too far gone politically but have you ever considered that the reps and dems aren't that different and that the side you root for might occasionally feed you a line of BS? I mean you see it when the reps do it, do you just naturally assume it's not being done to you by "your party" because you don't notice it?
I'd bet you are against NAFTA and the damage it did to US manufacturing and unions.....but turn around and vote for NAFTA signers because you don't know any better and think they are there to protect the "little guy" from evil republicans, because they told you so and....you believe every word.
FYI- anyone carping about Dollar General type stores needs to understand that their employment patterns differ greatly between rural and urban areas.
In rural areas, they can find employees that have few other work options and thus a cut above what you can get in urban areas where the better candidates go work places like Costco etc. that pays twice as much with benefits.
FYI- anyone carping about Dollar General type stores needs to understand that their employment patterns differ greatly between rural and urban areas.
In rural areas, they can find employees that have few other work options and thus a cut above what you can get in urban areas where the better candidates go work places like Costco etc. that pays twice as much with benefits.
Classic supply and demand.
Hey, that was two pretty darn good meltdowns in a row! What's your record?
When you are finished with your meltdown, please note that the congress was dem controlled for the first 2 years of Obama's presidency.
I'm not expecting a miracle, I think you are one of the posters that are too far gone politically but have you ever considered that the reps and dems aren't that different and that the side you root for might occasionally feed you a line of BS? I mean you see it when the reps do it, do you just naturally assume it's not being done to you by "your party" because you don't notice it?
I'd bet you are against NAFTA and the damage it did to US manufacturing and unions.....but turn around and vote for NAFTA signers because you don't know any better and think they are there to protect the "little guy" from evil republicans, because they told you so and....you believe every word.
They understand that Barack is not qualified to propose anything of value. Being a community organizer does not make members of Congress who are mostly BUSINESSOWNERS back home inclined to go along with something he saw in a text book in college.
Whose opinion is more valid? The CEO of Marriott or some guy who scooped a few ice cream cones one summer as a teenager?
In 2010 the president created a bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform(Simpson-Bowles). David Cote, a Republican, and CEO of Honeywell, and a member of this group, has been very outspoken that it's all about Medicare. The program needs to be reformed and income taxes increased.
Congress has no appetite to address the recommendations.
I don't know how this thread spiraled into a D vs R thing, evil corporate thugs having peons working for peanuts has been going on forever and ever, but it's good that articles like those in the OP {original post} link are out there, so educated consumers can make choices of who they're willing to do business with.
While I despise stores mentioned in this thread, I do make a good effort to buy what we need from my local grocers and suppliers, but it's difficult doing that because sometimes they carry the same junk at higher prices. It's like chasing your own tail sometimes.
Lmao! Indeed. The employees that have it most together are the "greeters" at the entrance. A specific question about s product or service in a particular department is venerally met with deer in the headlights or an indifferent shrug.
Lowes and Home Depot are that way to. They are supposed to have "trade professionals" that can help you out buuuuuut, that's not really the case, most of the time. I used to tear my hair out Just looking for specialty tools. It was hard to find anyone who knew what a basin wrench is. Trying to explain what a closet auger is was an amusing interlude once to.
They, like most other publicly-traded companies, are governed to stock price. No need to pay a premium to someone who knows what a closet auger is, when customers who do know will eventually locate and buy it.
Customers vote with their wallet and most are unwilling to pay more to a ma/pa store that charges more because of the double bubble, lack of economies of scale and because they might have to pay more to people who know more.
LOL, I went to a Home Depot and asked for needle nose pliers. I got a blank stare.
I ended up going to an Ace hardware.
Ace Hardware stores are independently-owned franchises.
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