re: Where is the Chick Fil A in Denham?

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North Carrollton across the street from Rouses. Brand new shiny strip mall full of chains for your enjoyment. New Orleans is America's next great chain city. This is only the beginning.

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I'm getting a warm and fuzzy. Adult Disney Quarter, and shite food too? Damn, let's demo Jackson Square and put up a giant Petro and Walmart. I mean, we can color it purple, green and gold if people like.


Yeah, the retard cloud is spreading fast, and should be ready just in time for the great garbage avalanche of 2055.

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Do tell...

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OK, since you asked...

When a so called "local community" sells their local independent business down the river by means of tax breaks and incentives for big box stores to take over the local economy with promises of a big jolt, they are sticking it to them, the people, and economy long term. They are sticking it to local business and the real free market by not making it a level playing field for all to compete in by giving special privilege and advantages to out of state companies that locals don't enjoy or can take advantage of. They raise the price of real estate which stymies the local free market capitalists from being able to compete because of the unfair playing field created by local government and politicians so they can put a feather in their cap, claim growth, and get re-elected. They make sure that the REAL wealth never stays in the local economy, but in the hands of out of state corporations, lawyers, banks, bankers, investors, and all who work for them, including the citizens of the other state, and never to return to that local economy. Instead, local economies are made to be content with a discounted amount of property tax collected, some minimum wage or not much higher employment, and sales tax that would be gathered just the same with local business in the area, but except nothing these box stores sell benefits the local economy by means of support or growth because it's also from out of state, so it's a once and done benefit for the area. They get some gristle, and the money is gone, never to be taxed again in the area to fund the infrastructure.

Conversely, when I buy from say Bob's bait and tackle for instance, and I buy a lure from him that is made in Denham, a boat made in Watson, and a paddle made in Walker, the money stays in the area, and goes much much further in funding the infrastructure of the area everyone lives in by means of multiple taxes collected when money is exchanged than had I spent the same money at a Bass Pro and it's once and done. I've also supported and help to create and sustain many more local jobs and wealth than buying from Bass Pro has given, and by a great deal. Certainly that makes sense, right? That's how local economies work, and how they have always worked or are supposed to work.

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This better not create jobs...

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As was just illustrated, the jobs created are mostly garbage, and when these box stores and out of state strip mall nonsense takes over and becomes your city, owns it lock stock and barrel, and IS your economy, you are actually creating far fewer jobs than had you elected to support local businesses, industry, retailers, and the real job creators of the area, local entrepreneurs and capitalists. That's America. What we see today is Corporaterica, and they are robbing us blind. Additionally, how they go financially, so do you because you are now joined at the hip with nothing else to fall back upon when they fail.

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I'm interested in what "local" business you are a part of that pumps so much into the Denham economy

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These days? Very few I'd say, but that's the effect of all of this.

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Since they mostly hire high school kids, I disagree.

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But they aren't. It becomes the jobs and economy of the area. Walk into one of those places and you'll see most of them aren't HS kids, except for maybe a Chick Fil A or the like. The big box stores are filled with adults.

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They also give scholarships to kids who have been employees.

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And so when they get these scholarships, they can then leave the area and state in droves because there's no place for them in that environment.

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If the wages are that bad, there's always welfare.

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And THAT is how and why the rich get richer and maintain their wealth, and poor remain poor or get poorer

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So you're against adults having whatever job they can get

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And you think Capitalism is wrong

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Did I miss anything ?

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Pretty much every single solitary point.

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By all means, please break it down for me..You've pretty much come across as a progress hating socialists..You hate that Big Box Stores are in town because the shitty small guys with high prices now have competition..You don't like to see adults working at said stores because they should be unemployed, but not on welfare. People don't leave here after school to go and work for some mom and pop shop somewhere else, they leave for real jobs..Get out of Denham more..

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You need to work on your reading comprehension. That's not my responsibility. I laid it out as good as I can.

If supporting local capitalists, entrepreneurs, and business and industry, thus encouraging it and more locals to participate in it is socialist, then there is no hope for you. If favoring the local free market rather than government interference and special privilege to put the screws to capitalism and local business and industry is leftist, then please, by all means, go ahead and end yourself now because your understanding of what capitalism and the free market is outside of government is fricked.

I'm done with trying to explain something so fundamental and basic that every generation prior to say the 1950s understood like up is up, and to a person who thinks these are socialist ideals.

You just don't understand it, which is a very sad indictment of our generation I might add, and so it must be of da debil, or socialist, or I'm probably a Bama or USC fan. I can't help you. You need to plug the F in.

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I'm not surprised that when I pose questions you give up and edit your previous posts..

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My edits are as a direct result of trying to dumb down and clarify the most elementary of subject matters so that YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, but alas, I think I may have underestimated just how bad it really has become.

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I'm probably a Bama or USC fan

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And I liked you too.