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Re:Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America by paulpauper on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:09PM (#15503675)
hmm..but stores that make 'cheap stuff' (walmart, mcdonalds, target, etc.) employ a lot of people. The jobs may not pay much but it's employment nonetheless.
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Re:Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America by vkou on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @09:44PM (#15504827)
They don't employ as many people per dollar of goods sold as the businesses they replaced. It's why those businesses got replaced.
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