Home Depot owner donated 6 million dollars to trumps campaign. i'd find a better example if it was me. those middlemen you deride were our neighbors. i'd rather pay them a bit more, keep the money in my neighborhood, and sleep better at night knowing that i'm not giving my cash to some asshole like the Waltons. Sam would be spinning in his grave if he saw what his family has done to America. town nearby here had a typical small (but thriving) business community. Wal-Mart moved in, closed everything down for nearly 15 miles in any direction. gas stations, everything. local businesses shut down, those they employed lost their jobs. tax base for town disappeared. with unemployment going up, they shuttered the Wal-Mart too. now, those that need gas, food etc (and still have jobs) have to drive nearly 30 miles to the NEXT Wal-Mart...no thanks. fuck 'em.
I’m going to pay them so they have the privilege of being in business? The money doesn’t stay in the neighborhood.