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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ
Because back then your grandfather remembered what it was like living in/through the depression. Remember, when WWII broke out 30% of the recruits who tried to join the military were declined due to malnutrition symptoms/issues. In short, every dime spent was almost always on the bare necessities or applied to generating more income, ie., investment.
Second, when you employed someone (back then) you weren't nailed with high medical/dental, employment tax, sick days/vacation, demanded production profit sharing etc costs. So now that $10 an hr job is actually an $18 an hour job for the employer so an employee can use their vital skills to point to a product in a aisle or ask what CC are you going to use to pay your cable bill.
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This is actually a good point about one of the major issues we are facing as a country. If an employer didn't provide health insurance they might be able to pay more, but even with that extra money most people wouldn't be able to afford the insurance on their own. The out of control upward spiraling cost of health insurance in general in one of those things that is bleeding into all sectors of our economy and life in this country.
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I don't think that's by choice? 60% of Americans live in rural areas and why Wall-Mart is so popular. They simply drove out their competition and usually the only game in town. I actually don't like shopping there because I want to support my local businesses, but for ammo and fishing product prices? - hard to beat man.
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It is a crazy catch 22. If you work at Walmart chances are the only place you can afford to shop is Walmart. Local can cost a decent amount more. I live in a small town and we have three grocery stores. Two of them are big chains and have almost the exact same prices. The third is a locally owned store. It does decent because it was here before either of the chain stores were and it has local produce and local meet so it has some good support. But their prices are often 20% higher so if you are on a budget you likely end up choosing one of the other two stores.