posted by Shelley
I read a lot. Some of the stuff I read I remember, and much of what I read is stored away in bits and pieces that even I can’t sort out and put together. And then…there is the rare occasion when I have a conversation with someone else, and a few of those small tidbits have a place. Such was the case as I spoke with another about the state of our country, the price of our gas and other depressing things.
I personally don’t look for gas prices to drop back to what they’ve been in the past; I don’t look for a quick turn around in the economy either. I hope that I am wrong. In the conversation I had, we touched on the number of people that are born daily in China and how much crap American companies import from there to sell here. In comes Wal-mart, stage right. As fuel prices remain high — or go even higher — how exactly is Wal-mart going to offer a savings on items that are imported from China? It’s going to be more and more expensive to get the product here to sell. Right?
Just FYI — Of the four largest European markets, Britain has 336 Wal-Marts (June 2007), France and Italy have none, Wal-Mart in Germany went belly up. Japan has 391, Canada has 290 and Mexico has a whopping 921. Brazil has 297 and China has 184.
Remember when Wal-mart used to boast that their products were “Made in America?” Those times are long gone. I for one wouldn’t mind to see Wal-mart gone as well. Check out the link below — pretty interesting stuff!