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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Target and Wal-Mart both have more employees than Amazon and have a larger physical presence than Amazon and they are headquartered in the south and in the Midwest.[/quote]

Both of those have storefronts? And Walmart especially has been implicated in the complete destruction of small town groceries and businesses which can't compete against their pricing.

Leaving entire communities without local retail and necessitating driving dozens of miles to the closest exit with one. In effect, driving their own towns and communities to destruction simply by removing tax revenue from the base.

https://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/small-towns-devastated-after-wal-mart-stores-inc-decimates-mom-and-pop-shops-then-packs-up-and-leaves-they-ruined-our-lives

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/09/what-happened-when-walmart-left[/quote]

I am not a fan of either but they are both quite large and they both have their headquarters in supposed DEAD FLY OVER parts of the country.

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Hmmm...of companies on the Fortune 500 list, here are some in the top 100 - United Health, Best Buy, CHS, 3M, and Target are in Minnesota, Berkshire Hathaway (#3) is in Nebraska, General Motors (10) and Ford, DuPont, and Dow Chemical are in Michigan, Exxon Mobil (#2), Valero, Tesoro, Conoco Phillips, Energy Transfer Equity, Phillips 66, American Airlines HQ, Sysco, and AT&T are in Texas, Cardinal Health (20), Proctor and Gamble (34), Marathon Petroleum, Nationwide, and Kroger are in Ohio, Express Scripts (22) is in Missouri, Bank of America, Honeywell, and Lowe's are in North Carolina, UPS, Coca-Cola, and Home Depot are in Georgia, Anthem is in Indiana, State Farm and Deere are in small town Illinois, Johnson Controls is in Wisconsin, HCA Healthcare and FedEx in Tennessee, Avnet in Arizona, Tyson Foods in Arkansas, World Fuel Services and Publix in Florida, Humana is in Kentucky...

I, too, thought these parts of the country were DEAD!!! Amazing revelation.[/quote]

Seriously? This comment in today's day in age? Proof that DC has some of the most provincial minded people EVER...yuck.  Start reading worldly publications![/quote]

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