[Oe List ...] Wal-Mart and the weapons of mass destruction

[David Walters]

Did try to build any inteentionaal comprehensive, futuric models on
the other side of doing their study?

David Walters
---- Original Message ----
From: bailey03132 at charter.net
To: oe at wedgeblade.net
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Wal-Mart and the weapons of mass
destruction
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:34:02 -0500

>Ada, Oklahoma (1974) the Chamber of Commerce & the OKC house did a
>joint
>study of what happened to Ada's economy over the past 10 years. In
>1964 Ada
>had three local owned grocery stores; one on the north side, one on
>the
>south side, and one in the town center. Each of the three stores was
>owned
>and operated by two local families. Each store provided summer and
>afternoon
>jobs for high school kids.
>
>In 1968 a large grocery store chain opened owned and operated by a
>firm
>headquarter in Dallas Texas. The managerial staff of the store lived
>in
>Oklahoma City and commuted to Ada on a weekly basis. The new store
>hired
>local workers from Ada at minimum wages, but none of the managerial
>staff
>participated in the economic, political, or cultural structures of
>Ada. The
>goods for the super market all came from the outside and the profits
>were
>sent out of state. 
>
>By 1972 all three locally owned grocery stores had closed, but the
>super
>market still provided some jobs for after school and summer jobs for
>a few
>high school kids.
>
>The Chamber concluded that Ada had lost the economic, political and
>cultural
>benefits to the city of: 
>	
>	1. Six residential families, 
>	2. A market for some locally produced food items, 
>	3. A down turn in citizen's presence in town center, and 
>	4. A small number of summer jobs for high school kids.
>
>This was just one simple story of what can happen when the chain
>(box)
>stores come to town. Instead of circulating locally, the money and
>business
>decisions no longer support the quality of life and economic growth
>of the
>local community.
>
>
>
>
>
>Bill Bailey
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On
>Behalf
>Of David Dunn
>Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:16 PM
>To: OE Community
>Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Wal-Mart and the weapons of mass
>destruction
>
>On 4/8/08 1:04 PM, "Marianna Bailey"  wrote:
>
>> Let's not forget the economic principles that we used in human
>development
>> projects.Money should circulate 5 times before it leaves a
>community. When
>> Wal-Mart comes into a town small family owned businesses that have
>been
>their
>> for several generations go out of business. The family owned
>business
>> circulated the money 5 times and use to pay living wages. Wal-Mart
>pays
>low
>> wages and the money leaves the community everyday. What we gain
>short term
>by
>> low prices does not reflect the long term consequences of our local
>economy.
>
>This is the story of Burna's hometown, Ironwood, MI--on the decline
>because
>of a whole system of factors, but Wal-Mart didn't help. The downtown
>has
>been dying for many years.
>
>David
>
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