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Make those purchases!
OK, Koolaid consumer. Let me filter that for you. See the State, via approval from the US government passes laws so that the county can collect taxes on every sale that they keep for themselves. See, that is free money. Now try again.
dept. America celebrates “Small Business Saturday” today
dept. America celebrates “Small Business Saturday” today
No we don’t. And if the multi-billion dollar international corporation who made it up really wanted to help support small business, they would have done it on a day which let business owners enjoy a Holiday weekend off.
I think that is the point, turbo. It is based on selfishness. The small business lost when the government said it was OK to buy Chinese shit by giving them tax breaks, while sticking it to the local business. Hence, FUCK THEM.
Is that why my inbox gets flooded with Black Friday sales from various international corporations who I almost forgot had an email address from me?
Prefer them to big business – all year long.
Whenever I buy anything, I do this, by order of preference
– Check if any of my local stores has it. That means calling or going there when they don’t have a website.
– If not, check if local stores in nearby town have it.
– If not, check if big box, non-national stores have it (those usually have a website)
– If not, move up to big box, national chains. But decent ones: don’t hit the most terribles ones like Wallyworld just quite yet.
– If not, move to the internet: c
so for you being local is the only consideration.
years ago (say, before globalization) retailers used to have knowledge about the stuff they sold, they were experts or at least had an expert in house, so they could give valuable advice or even facilitate access stuff that is hard to find. this was their added value, not their store. but shops like that barely exist anymore. nowadays you usually get to interact with someone doing temporary work and who hasn’t the slightest clue nor interest about what he/she
To spend money.
Because commerce is outlawed in modern neighborhoods in the USA, a large portion of the population has little choice but to shop at corporate supermarkets.
When I was a kid, I could safely walk to the store, buy a popsicle and walk home before it melted. I feel bad for today’s kids who don’t get to enjoy the same independence that I did.
Oh yeah! Rode bikes there as I was in a farm/fields converted suburb. But man the sweet smell from the candy and blast of air conditioning from that old “country store” that ended up on the corner–as the plats filled in around it. Zoning wouldn’t allow it to be made anew today. Never in the middle of single family housing.
That said, I actually do boycott amazon and am quite successful with “ma and pa” websites. Local stores will order something if I need it. I just ask and they love it, plus I get whatever
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