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Saw it this past week in Van Buren, MO. Where there used to

Posted on: May 26, 2019 at 08:11:41 CT

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be family-owned small businesses there are now Dollar General stores, McDonalds, and large chain gas stations. While they provide jobs, they siphon profits away from the local ecomony.

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Rural America On The Verge Of Collapse? - ScottsdaleTiger MU - 5/25 20:21:35

Saw it this past week in Van Buren, MO. Where there used to - Tigrrrr! MU

- 5/26 08:11:41

Not if the locals buy stock in Dollar General and McDonald's - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/26 09:37:25

Yes, just as Walmart has done for years(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 5/26 09:22:48

And made Walmart stockholders rich (nm) - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/26 09:37:59

And bankrupted rural America across the board(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 5/26 10:29:05

Rural America is not bankrupt... - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/26 10:30:43

Stopped in at Hill's Body Shop outside Van Buren to - Tigrrrr! MU

- 5/26 12:19:22

Only those with no vision, ambition or intelligence... - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/26 12:33:13

People in Carter County don't have a lot of available - Tigrrrr! MU

- 5/26 09:59:25

People from the home of the Carnahans cannot succeed? - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/26 10:28:49

Most of the new homes going in along the river in Van - Tigrrrr! MU

- 5/26 11:50:21

And locals sell them the land at jacked-up prices...You are - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/26 12:21:36

Tyler Durden? The Tyler Durden from the movie Fight Club? - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/26 06:35:33

Note the dates. Last comparison was 2012-2016. - JohnGalt MU - 5/25 22:51:21

Are you suggesting improvement since 2016? - ScottsdaleTiger MU - 5/26 10:32:05

I wonder if any of our fine republigistian friends can - JG A - 5/25 21:04:43

Been through the city of St. Louis recently? nm. - MUTGR MU - 5/26 10:04:58

Why are Democrat controlled cities hellholes? - Calca STL - 5/26 07:03:02

How much do you get paid to make these stupid arguments - MizzouTigerz MU

- 5/26 00:43:17

cool word dude nm - redngray MU - 5/25 23:04:44

2012-2016 time frame. I believe the distressed voted for - JohnGalt MU - 5/25 22:52:24

Yeah farmers are doing great with their free shiite and - JG A - 5/25 22:53:44

ours are largely, mainly, nearly exclusively federal - 90Tiger STL - 5/25 22:50:25

LOL you are so seriously stupid - JG A - 5/25 22:52:21

^ loves him some federal solutions (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 5/26 00:16:55

Whenever you call someone stupid, they should take it as - TigerMatt STL - 5/25 23:26:27

Well a stupid person would(nm) - JG A - 5/26 12:58:25

All of America's ghettos are dem controlled (nm) - mizzouSECedes STL - 5/25 22:07:48

OK, that doesn't explain what I would like explained - JG A - 5/25 22:13:44

Every time I go into kc or stl I’m amazed at the prosperity(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 5/25 20:32:02

Easy credit. Bubble will burst(nm) - Diamond Dave MU

- 5/25 21:03:24

I'm pretty sure you missed the - JG A - 5/25 21:05:21