Shop the Local Merchant Economy
James Hall
Activist Post.com
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Buying at large box stores is a way of life for many consumers. Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Target are routine locations to spend your hard-earned dollars on items of necessity.
However, what happens to the profits when the sale is completed and the bills are paid? Does the money stay in the local community, where the transactions are generated, or are they filtered off to the treasury of public companies that dominate the economy?
The pitiful answer, well known to the chagrin of the small business enterprises, is a prime reason why the middle class is vanishing.
For several decades, the corporatists expedited their transfer of the manufacturing sector overseas. The resulting elimination of high paying jobs and benefits is a direct result of the Free Trade policy designed to impoverish ordinary families. The importation of slave labor products that fill the shelves of the internationalist chain stores resulted into the removal of domestic items, not solely because of the cost of goods, but by a designed objective to reduce the standard of living in our country.
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