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'What's the rush?': Fight in J.D. Vance's hometown as his mom asks city to acknowledge him (www.rawstory.com)

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A proposal to honor vice president-elect J.D. Vance at a city council meeting in tiny Middleton, Ohio, was disrupted when a dispute broke out this week after his mother made a plea to the city fathers to acknowledge his part in Donald Trump's 2024 election win.

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[–] Chip_Rat 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not OP, but it's a great/horribly depressing rabbit hole to dive into.

Dollar tree and other megachain dollar-store type stores selectively open in places with very few grocery stores (food desserts) and then undercut pricing on bread and essentials, which drives mom and pop grocery stores our of business. Then they can raise prices as the grocery monopoly in the area.

Hit up YouTube, there's plenty of deep or shallow dives that go into the finer details about how this works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ah, yeah, so it's what Walmart does. I knew about it but hadn't heard it called that. Thanks!

[–] Railing5132 4 points 1 month ago

Walmart at least has fresh fruit and vegetables if someone wants to buy them. You'll never get an apple or carrot fresh at a dollar store.

[–] captainlezbian 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah it's basically what Walmart does, but if Walmart employed like a tenth of the people for worse wages and provided worse value for the dollar.