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Wal Mart customers want the lowest price on goods. So all Wal Mart is doing is staying competitive by giving their customers want they want. There is a Market for people wanting higher price made in America products and their stores that fill that need.
Right, and there is nothing we can do about that unless we bring back tariffs or something. The point is their business model is a big reason why entire towns have been hollowed out. Obviously, we've decided as a country that meeting Walmart's business model (and the business interests of almost all makers of our consumer goods) of the cheapest possible price for all goods is good for America, and we're willing to watch our production, technology, know how, flee the country and the good jobs with them. But at least we could recognize what is happening and why.
Maybe we might decide that our interests as a country really are NOT aligned with global behemoths who want to produce in lowest common denominator locations and import those products here with no tariff? I hope we do - take a cue from Hamilton and the Founders.