Oakland’s Minimum Wage Is Up, Wal-Mart Is Out

daily signal ^ | Jan 22, 2016 | Leah Jessen

[thecodont]

Oh my. But Oakland is already ( almost) an acorn center by definition. It’s filled with destructive or obstructive “community organizers” ( you know the type) and their criminal/thug- rabble. This is in fact Oakland’s main problem. Without all the trash, Oakland would enjoy an economic revival of major proportion, given it is the centrally located city of the entire Bay Area, both geographically and in terms of the transportation network, and given its immediately adjacent to SillyCon Valley and San Fransicko.

PLUS a major West Coast port and containerized shipping hub linked to major railroads.

If manufacturing and real middle class jobs were brought back to Oakland (a beautiful, historic city founded just two years after statehood) you'd see something magnificent, a real renaissance.

[faithhopecharity]

Yes! But most investment is precluded by the terribly anti-business politics and super- dangerous crime rate there. I still think it will recover someday but I’ve been saying this for nearly half a century so —

[dfwgator]

A few years ago (at least at my location) WM re-assigned the elderly "greeters" to regular work assignments in the store.

"Welcome to Wal-Mart. Now get your s---t and get out!"

[scrabblehack]

I think the OP was being sarcastic.
The left complains that Wal-Mart puts mom-and-pop shops out of business. Now with Wal-Mart gone, the mom-and-pop shops can flourish....too bad mom and pop can’t pay the minimum wage either....

[hinckley buzzard]

The shelves will be kept full, because you’ll be paying for it.

Right. That's what the Soviets thought.