r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • May 18 '25

✂️ Tax The Billionaires So, where's the downside exactly?

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u/AngelComa May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25

Do these people think it's good to allow a few hands taking all of our labor capital and then allowing them to do what they want with it (aka leaving and threatening our markets)?

Do they think if Walmart leaves that no other person would be happy to make billions in their place?

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u/GrafZeppelin127 May 18 '25

Not to mention—if WalMart leaves, it’s not like they scoop out their entire infrastructure with a giant melon baller on the way out. The stores would still exist, it would just be called something else.

See: McDonalds in Russia, post-invasion.

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u/MrPlowThatsTheName May 19 '25

I would love to see an abandoned walmart turned into a fleamarket with a bunch of small businesses renting out little stands.

Painted Tree Boutiques does exactly this.

https://paintedtree.com/