Walmart Decries D.C. ‘Living Wage’ Legislation

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8. It might discourage investment by large chain stores in the Washington area

but I bet it would create a ton of opportunities for small and privately owned businesses. Instead of all the profits getting funneled to the top ranking managers and execs in the tune of $millions$, there would be more owners of smaller stores scraping a decent middle class income.

You also would end up with many more diverse smaller mom-and-pop stores that would help to make the area diverse and unique. Instead of every shopping plaza looking identical, you would actually have stores that have local charm and character. This would strengthen our ethnic neighborhoods and make them interesting and unique parts of our communities.

I believe that a bill like that would strengthen the middle class and make our communities healthier. Instead of driving 20 minutes to get to the superstore, you'd go down to the corner store to buy your groceries. The owner of this small store would know you by name, probably live a block or two down the street from you, their kids probably would go to your kid's school, and so on. Instead of only seeing your neighbors for a few fleeting seconds when they step out of their door and walk to their car, you'd run into them at the local stores and so on.

I fully believe that there is a lot of positive spin-off to be had with this policy. Maybe I'm smoking too much crack or something, but I'm excited and hope this get more traction in other areas.