The reason I am focusing on Walmart in this series specifically because they are the largest retailer in the nation by far, and the largest single contributor to the growing trade deficit between the US and China. Hell, Walmart is was China’s 6th largest exporter the last time I checked. The Chinese imports issue is just one aspect of this multifaceted nightmare, as I will explore throughout this series.

It was a nightmare trying to find school supplies for my daughter that were not made in China. Didn’t matter where I went, it seemed that everything was Chinese. And when I did find the American made stuff, it was more expensive. Why? Because we don’t tax imports enough, and American manufacturers actually pay more than $0.30 per hour.

We have had Walmart come in and want to buy land SEVERAL times in various locations, but it gets beat down, burn and kicked out rather quickly (thank goodness).

Anyway, Husband and I just cant stand the store in general… sure it has EVERYTHING (except what WE want, ironically. Even online lol) but the place is chaos, crowded and always ends up feeling dirty (even the new ones). Toss in all the rest of the crap and media that surrounds them and as far as we’re concerned its just a recipe for disaster. Funny thing…my sis-in-law works as an assistant manager for about 4 years at Walmart… and even with her simple employee discount that we could get …. its STILL not appealing.

As for the good ol made in USA labels on products… Its a sad thing to say, but its damn near impossible to find ANY STORE whose wares are NOT made in some other foreign country… China being the most dominant of these.

Yeah, I am not sure why there was so much surprise surrounding this announcement. It’s been years since I have seen very many people IN a Circuit City, and about as long since I found something less expensive there than anywhere else.

Should be interesting to see who will be next to fall.

Anyhoo, saw your nice haiku on Copyblogger and just thought I’d stop in and say hi.