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Related: About this forumwhich is more important for Americans working in poverty?
Wall Street or Wal-Mart?
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which is more important for Americans working in poverty? (Original Post)
reddread
Apr 2016
OP
Most of the people I know are in a situation that Walmart is upscale shopping for them.
hobbit709
Apr 2016
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KPN
(15,650 posts)1. How do you mean important?
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)2. Most of the people I know are in a situation that Walmart is upscale shopping for them.
reddread
(6,896 posts)5. yeah, high grocery prices always
using their muscle to literally threaten our food security.
we have serious issues worth discussing in an election year,
but these are off the table.
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)3. trick question
Wall street as it exists now and walmart as it exists now are both detrimental.
Both in their original forms were good for poor people.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)4. Aren't they really one and the same?
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)6. Walmart.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)7. Neither. The correct answer is Bernie Sanders.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)8. Unfortunately I am going to give you the wrong political
answer but for those of us on the bottom who can barely afford food - Wal-Mart. But I do know that Wall Street is the correct answer - the long term answer for all of us.
However, I have $52 left to buy food this month - can't wait for Wall Street.
reddread
(6,896 posts)9. reality beats idealism
but they are the more expensive place to shop for food.
good luck out there!