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Wal-Mart: Good Or Bad For America?

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Wal-Mart was founded by Sam Walton, who would pick his competitors’ innovations and sell it in his stores. It all began in 1945, when Walton bought a variety store in Newport, Arkansas. Walton would buy his goods sold in his stores from chains like Sears and A&P, which distributed goods to stores more efficiently, lowered prices to create more sales and profit. In 1970, Walton only had 32 stores open but as time went on Wal-Mart became more successful, and by 1990 there were about 1,528 in 29 states open. In 1992, Walton passed away which brought the downfall of the company among its employees and shareholders. Therefore, Wal-Mart is bad for America because of low wages, illegal overtime, and job destroyer. Americans are always shopping …show more content…

Wal-Mart knew that in the United States it would need to give the American workers more benefits which could lead to more costs. So, Wal-Mart decided to expand to China, which brought lots of success. Although Wal-Mart can create products and sell them for a low price, this has affected American job seekers looking for Employment. Wal-Mart is expanding throughout the world by created factories which could lead to the production of goods for low prices. For example, “it is noted for highly sophisticated global inventory management as it brings to foreign markets quintessential American values—Darwinian competition, every widening consumer choice, and increasing shareholder value” (Garten 24). Mostly, the people who are benefiting from Wal-Mart’s expansion throughout the world is only the customers and shareholders. The employees are suffering due to Wal-Mart cutting the jobs in America and relying on other countries to do their production for them. Not only is Wal-Mart cutting jobs in America, they are treating their employees in other countries harsh. For instance, “the Chinese garment workers are mainly migrants from farms, where earnings are even worse than at Wal-Mart’s subcontractors and where the labor is more grueling” (Mallaby 622). Wal-Mart is abusing other people from different countries based on how the countries don’t have enforced labor laws. Explains why Wal-Mart prefers to expand globally and move their production facilities to other countries rather than the United

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