Walmart plans to assist in U.S. economic recovery

[nhboy]

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc unveiled plans on Tuesday to entice U.S. shoppers to spend their tax rebates in its discount stores, offering to cash the checks for free as it announced price cuts on staple goods such as cereal and lunch meat.

While other retailers are requiring consumers to spend some or all of their rebate checks in their stores to be eligible to receive special deals or discounts, Wal-Mart said no purchase was necessary to cash the checks at its stores."

Wal-Mart to cash tax rebate checks for free | U.S. | Reuters

 

[GWguy]

They could do much better by bringing some of their supply chains back to the States.

 

[Lilypad]

Wal-Mart

If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money goes to China.
If we spend it on gasoline, it will go to the Arabs.
If we purchase a computer, it will go to India.
If we purchase fruit and vegetables, it will go to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.
If we purchase a car, it will go to Japan.
If we purchase clothes, it will go to Bangladesh and Indonesia.
If we purchase useless crap, it will go to Taiwan and none of it will help the American economy.
We need to keep that money here in America.

The only way to keep that money here at home is to spend it at yard sales, since those are the only businesses still in the US.