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August 28th, 2019 at 11:53:58 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 136 Posts: 19787 |
Groceries are sold at WMT, separate category or not. If not for groceries, WMT might be in trouble. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
August 28th, 2019 at 12:13:28 PM permalink | |
Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
That's interesting, and there are a few ways to evaluate it. One would be to count the number of products and where they came from. Another, one that I find more meaningful, is to count the sales in dollars by where the product came from. Here's one article I found, and they are talking about purchases in dollars. http://www.americanmanufacturing.org/press-releases/entry/fact-sheet-wal-marts-made-in-america-pledge It claims that in 2016 80% of walmart's suppliers were located in china. The last paragraph talks about their goal of purchasing $250 Billion in American-made goods from the US by 2023. That's in total, not per year. That with a sales projection means that Walmart will spend 3.2% on purchasing American-made goods. Subtract that from 100 for how much they spend on goods that aren't American-made. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
August 28th, 2019 at 12:24:24 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 55 Posts: 5602 |
Wow, I am shocked it is that high. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
August 28th, 2019 at 12:35:06 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 55 Posts: 5602 | Has anyone heard from the Wizard today? We may have to bail him out. Las Vegas Review Journal headline: "Las Vegas police arrest rock-throwing naked man in Summerlin" At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
August 28th, 2019 at 12:39:52 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25685 |
He wasn't throwing them from a unicycle, so it probably wasn't Mike. He's usually naked but refrains from rock throwing. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 28th, 2019 at 2:15:55 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | Perception management is big business. https://thegrayzone.com/2018/05/23/scl-group-yemen-surveillance-cambridge-analytica/ The recession of 08 has never ended. We've restarted QE4 . Forcing home prices up by printing money into the economy isn't growth, it's debt. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
August 28th, 2019 at 2:59:32 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 136 Posts: 19787 |
STRATFOR had a take on this happening though they predicted the 2020s. You run a long term cycle eventually none of the old stuff works. A new paradigm has to emerge. Supply side replaced Keynesian which was needed as the depression ended the boom of building the nation which replaced the cotton economy and so forth. Even in the boom we currently have people have too much debt. It’s not the recession of 2008 that never ended but the 2000 recession never ended in many ways. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
August 28th, 2019 at 5:40:35 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/nocu-asa082019.php Off of the Isle of Wight, marine archeologists discover an 8 thousand year old boat building site. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
August 29th, 2019 at 8:04:39 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 136 Posts: 19787 | [delete-already a thread] War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
September 1st, 2019 at 4:37:32 PM permalink | |
OnceDear Member since: Nov 21, 2017 Threads: 13 Posts: 1606 | May those souls in the path of Hurricane Dorian have good variance and though I don't do praying, I wish them well. Shout out to our members geographically close to the path of the storm. Stay safe and please report in after the danger has passed you by. |