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Originally Posted by Mivo
Where does it lead, though? Instead of a variety of small stores in the neighborhood, there will only be a handful of large online stores. Major supermarkets will only be found in larger towns, and more and more jobs will be outsourced to India, China, etc.
We are almost there. My village, when I moved here twenty years ago, had a bakery and a grocery store. Both closed down years ago already because they couldn't compete with the malls in the nearby town. How could they? They can't match the prices and they can't offer the same selection. The post office also closed, since it wasn't "economical". Now the village has no stores anymore at all, and no one will open one because it would be financial suicide.
Protection of small business isn't different from government aided health care, welfare payments, unemployment money, etc, and I feel that these are core responsibilities of a government. But maybe people who don't cut it, like small businesses, should just die in the streets. It might lead to tax reductions and save money, too.
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The goods are not being manufactured in France, no matter who sells them --- a big box store or a small store. The small store will still buy and sell the same items, if only through a number of middle men. In the end it is the customers who have to decide if the benefits of having the small stores around (service, convenience) is worth paying more for it. Why should it be up to some politicians to decides who succeeds against the clear will of the people (and I mean real support of shopping there rather than just lip service)?