Of all the ubiquitous Walmart commercials during this holidaze season, my favorite has to be the Christmas dinner ring mixup, because it features my friend Greg Carlson as the dad. But the most telling ad is the one when the shopper, after learning of the low price guarantee, says, "I'm just saying goodbye to all the other stores."
It's fitting that Walmart itself provides the catchphrase for the New Monopoly, where the one percent of stores (families, investors, candidate-backers, etc.) seek to increase their advantage over the 99% by beating us into submission with bagfuls of cash.
The goal is to strip away any protection for mom-and-pop, the small investor, the average voter, and the half of Americans who are just one mishap away from the poor house (which just got foreclosed upon).
Let's hope we can do something before we just say goodbye to all our other opportunities.
It's fitting that Walmart itself provides the catchphrase for the New Monopoly, where the one percent of stores (families, investors, candidate-backers, etc.) seek to increase their advantage over the 99% by beating us into submission with bagfuls of cash.
The goal is to strip away any protection for mom-and-pop, the small investor, the average voter, and the half of Americans who are just one mishap away from the poor house (which just got foreclosed upon).
Let's hope we can do something before we just say goodbye to all our other opportunities.
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