Be kinde to folk. This changeth the whole habitat.
- Manlobbi
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 2
" Walmart is pulling out of California — and it’s not a rumor.
More than 250 stores are being prepared for shutdown across the state, not because customers stopped shopping, but because the math no longer works. What follows isn’t just lost jobs — it’s grocery deserts, longer drives, higher prices, collapsing local tax bases, and communities hollowed out in real time.
In this investigation, Megan Wright exposes how California’s wage mandates, labor enforcement regime, and regulatory pressure pushed the nation’s largest retailer to retreat — and why the people who suffer most are the very workers these policies claimed to protect.
This video breaks down:
Why Walmart’s cost structure collapsed under California law
How wage mandates and compliance penalties changed store viability overnight
Why closures hit low-income and rural communities first
How retail deserts accelerate food insecurity and small-business failure
The hidden tax revenue losses hurting schools and public services
Why other retailers are quietly following Walmart out the door
This is not a story about greed.
It’s a story about incentives, margins, and economic gravity."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMwsVJ9j4Kw
No. of Recommendations: 12
where do you get this nonsense?
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This is not a story about greed.
It’s a story about incentives, margins, and economic gravity."
This story is mainly about our future president Gavin Newsom.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
No. of Recommendations: 8
HC, it would be good if you did a minimum of fact checking before you post stuff like this. Thank you.
No. of Recommendations: 35
Walmart is pulling out of California — and it’s not a rumor.
It’s true, it’s not just a rumor. It’s a complete fabrication, an outright lie, designed to lure stupid people in and help them announce their gullibility to the rest of the world.
Congratulations.
WalMart is closing 5 stores in California. WalMart currently has 320 stores in California, so a little over 1%. During the past 12 months they have also closed multiple stores in Georgia, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Maryland, with other closures in Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
You know, business as usual.
Thanks for the laugh.
No. of Recommendations: 18
Walmart is pulling out of California — and it’s not a rumor.
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It’s true, it’s not just a rumor. It’s a complete fabrication
Still, from a conceptual art point of view, you have to appreciate a rumour that starts with "this is not a rumour". Ceci n'est pas un ragebait
Jim
No. of Recommendations: 0
I was at the Magritte Museum in Brussels last week so all I can think of is "Ceci n'est pas une pipe". Perhaps deeper and at least funnier than "This is not a rumor."
No. of Recommendations: 16
MAGAts are desperate to show California as a failure because it embodies all the social structures they despise and yet is an exemplar of objective triumph.
No. of Recommendations: 6
Opinions may vary but CA pales in comparison to many states imo. Look at the fine state of NC for example, my friends of all affiliations in Raleigh & Charlotte are quite pleased. Exemplar it IS possible to strike that right balance- pro govt, pro business and pro citizen. Per Gemini:
“Surplus Details: The $3.3 billion surplus was achieved as the state collected $34.6 billion against $31.3 billion in expenditures.
Revenue Drivers: The surplus was fueled by stronger-than-expected corporate profits, personal income taxes, and, as noted in this article by the Carolina Journal, a resilient consumer.
Tax Reductions: As of January 1, 2026, the state personal income tax rate dropped to 3.99% (from 4.25% in 2025).
Corporate Taxes: The corporate income tax rate is scheduled to be reduced to 2% and completely eliminated by 2030.”
No. of Recommendations: 27
Opinions may vary but CA pales in comparison to many states imo. Look at the fine state of NC for example, my friends of all affiliations in Raleigh & Charlotte are quite pleased. Exemplar it IS possible to strike that right balance- pro govt, pro business and pro citizen. Per Gemini:
“Surplus Details: The $3.3 billion surplus was achieved as the state collected $34.6 billion against $31.3 billion in expenditures.
Not for nothing, but North Carolina rates in the bottom tier for health care outcomes and pricing (among the 10 worst for access and costs) and ranks among the lowest for public school funding.
It’s easy to have a surplus when you don’t spend on basics like education and health care, the two largest drivers of cost in the country.
Now I’m not holding California up as a model either, heck, I live in Tennessee which is even worse than North Carolina in many respects, but then I don’t go around telling people how swell it is, and I consistently vote for higher taxes for education (and always lose). As it turns out “My friends” around here are wealthy, or at least upper middle class, so these mundane problems don’t affect them either. Many, like me, made their money in states with high taxes and high salaries and then moved here for one reason or another. (We came for a job for Mrs. Goofy after she trapsed around after me for so long.)
Businesses are coming to NC and TN and elsewhere in the South because labor is cheap and submissive. OK, that’s one way to run a society, I guess. It’s easy to complain about high taxes and whatnot, but what’s more important is what you get not just what you pay.
No. of Recommendations: 6
MAGAts are desperate to show California as a failure because it embodies all the social structures they despise and yet is an exemplar of objective triumph.
Is this a joke, or…are you really stupid and blind enough to believe this? I’m gonna guess you’re just a stupid left wing nut case maggot 😊.
No. of Recommendations: 18
I grew up in Northern California and now live in NC where I have been for 20 years. NC is a mess. Social Darwinism, not social welfare, is the prevailing political motivating force.
Here is just one quick comparison between the two states.
North Carolina has 16 persistent poverty counties — meaning counties where at least 20% of residents have been in poverty across multiple decennial censuses and multi-year ACS estimates (a 30-year or more period).
California with a 3.6x larger population has ZERO
Smufty
No. of Recommendations: 7
Oh,and BTW...
NC might look good when compared to the numbers of Persistent Poverty counties in
Georgia - 56
Mississippi - 49
Kentucky - 44
Texas - 38
Louisiana - 28
Smufty
No. of Recommendations: 11
“NC is a mess.”
Smufty,
Totally disagree. Grew up in NC, was part of the public school system and know it well from Murphy to Manteo. Although I’ve since moved, still have family & friends up there. Perfect? No, but no state is.
NC vs. CA:
Much lower cost of living
Much lower cost of housing
Much lower sales, property, income taxes
NC Tax Surplus (as discussed)
No real droughts/wildfires
Business friendly
Great job growth
Lower unemployment
Excellent universities-top 6
Much less traffic congestion
Similar Diverse landscape, scenic Blue Ridge Mountains to hundreds of miles of Sandy coastline.
Far from perfect, but lots to appreciate in NC for those that choose to appreciate all of the above!
CA is a nice state to visit, but lots of room for improvement. California still leads the nation in net out-migration.
No. of Recommendations: 10
Over the last 14 years, 10 million residents have left the state......while 7 million have moved in.
Three million net loss in 14 years to a current population of 39.5 million looks sustainable to me.
No. of Recommendations: 5
Three million net loss in 14 years to a current population of 39.5 million looks sustainable to me. I suppose it depends on where you get you information.
According to
https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-popul...There was a less than 400K drop the first 2 years of the pandemic followed by a rebound.
Although I wouldn't be surprised if the current federal anti-non-white policies drive it down further.
No. of Recommendations: 1
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You can’t deny he’s a racist bastard!
Looks like an AI-generated video to me.
No. of Recommendations: 1
Looks like an AI-generated video to me.
Of course it does! You keep telling yourself that,<sarcasm> and they made many more just like it, all fake for sure. Including the one with CNN driving around with ICE bragging about how great of a job they were doing. </sarcasm>. 🤣
No. of Recommendations: 3
Re California:
Three million net loss in 14 years to a current population of 39.5 million looks sustainable to me.
OMG, in 14 years, California has declined from the most populous state in the US to ... the most populous state in the US!
We must suck pretty bad. If I were you I would stay away.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
No. of Recommendations: 2
I remember seeing a TV ad from the Texas tourist board, some years ago, whose tag line was "Texas: It's Not What You Think." Which seemed a little odd to me, actually.
I thought California could run a similar add, with the tag line: "California: It's Exactly What You Think."
For good or ill, I think that's pretty true.
Baltassar
No. of Recommendations: 1
Yeah but the surf is waaayyy better in CA.
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Can confirm. Surf here is mostly wind blown slop, except for a few days in the winter.
But at least the water is warm! 😆
