Persuasive essay - why we shouldn't support Walmart

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Title: Walmart

Specific Purpose: To persuasde my class not to support Walmart. 

Main Idea:  The super giant retailer WalMart has a negative impact upon many aspects of society, both local and worldwide, and as a result the American people should not support WalMart.

Introduction:

Class: How many people shop at Walmart?  (just want to get an idea)

Walmart is extremely popular nowadays.  They have a diverse group of customers.  the retail giant features 180,000 square foot super centers that sell everything from tires to groceries.  You can buy practically anything from walmart.  "Always Low Prices" or "Save money and live better", are a few of their advertising slogans.  in reality though Walmart's pledge should be "Always Low Prices, Always Low Wages, Always Low Morals, and Always Low Ethics!".  Walmart is a mammoth corp that hauls off a stunning $220 Billion a year from its customers, resulting in a net profit of over 7 billion dollars a year for the company . The famous blue vests of associates and low prices are not only common symbols in the United States, but also in nine foreign countries around the world.

 tonight we're going to learn how Walmart forces small businesses out  of business,  sends jobs overseas to countries like China while abusing human rights, pay its associates poverty level wages and lastly i want to point out why we Americans should not support walmart.

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so first, let's talk about how walmart forces small businesses out of business.

I.  Walmart Forces Small Businesses Out Of Business.

A.  According to the LA Times, Shan Li quoted " When Walmart builds a store in town, it wipes out the economy of the town and forces small businesses out of buisness".

1.The reason so many small businesses in the towns are negatively affected is that walmart has the freedom that most of these small businesses don't have, the freedom to buy items super cheap.

2.  over and over again, when walmarts opens one of its stores in ...

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