cpt.fass1 wrote:
Hmm Bush didn't run against Obama but I digress.
Really it's what should be keeping you in business and raise up your community. If you support your local business, you will be improving your own situation. All Wallmart does is open up big stores and undercut everyone to make money for the main company, they don't care about your community and you really should.
Do you like going to local Restaurants or chains?
I frequent both. Whether it's a local restaurant or a chain makes no difference to me.
You do know you're using the same argument made by local farmers who farm in areas not big enough to support them right? There are farmers on the east end of Long Island who aren't competitive due to the fact that there aren't enough of them and therefor they have a hard time sharing equipment during harvest season. They've been reduced to living off of tourism and selling their produce on the side of the road. Is me buying potatoes from one of those stands better than buying a sack in the supermarket? Hardly. In most cases the quality is lower but my gf makes me stop at them every summer so she can eat her 'farm fresh' produce
In this case it's nothing more than an effective marketing gimmick.
Now, instead of just saying 'Walmart is evil' or whatever else you want to do to convince people of your case, how about you give them reasons for doing so? Whether I get my dinner at the local Outback or Jack's Steakhouse (look it up, expensive and awesome), there's hardly any guarantee that the majority of the profit made will stay in my local community.
You're making a case for localized protectionism and all protectionism does is drive up prices, reduce competition and limit consumer choices. It sounds good to those without an understanding of economics, which is why these 'movements' generally originate from the left.
