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Comment by steveBK123

10 hours ago

It’s more that American consumers are addicted to cheap imported goods Walmart sells than whatever wage Walmart pays in stores.

Consumer goods have been low inflation (ex cars/food/housing) for decades because of overseas labor arbitrage and automation.

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