A Pennsylvania consignment store owner who had to lay off her employees as a result of the economic shutdown wondered why big box retailers are able to sell children’s clothes while she was forced to shut down, telling Breitbart News that stores like Target and Walmart “shouldn’t be allowed to sell kids clothes if I can’t.”
Brittany Allen, owner of Fashion Cents Consignment in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, said she employs 35 to 40 people but had to lay them off on March 16 as a result of the economic shutdown. She applied for a waiver to do small party shopping and curbside pickup but was ultimately denied.
Allen, who attended Monday’s protest in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, said:
It was all very quick. I didn’t really have time to prepare my employees about what was going to happen. We had to lay everybody off. I had some money saved up, but I had a mortgage, and I had, you know, electric and utilities to pay, and I didn’t have any way to keep anyone back on payroll. And it was really rough for everybody.
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Since the roaring economy that Trump gave us was based largely on the success of small business, the dumbocrats are in full swing to destroy these very same small businesses.
ReplyDeleteWhy can Walmart sell vacuum cleaners but the small independent store can't?
Welcome to communism!!!! You all wanted it and now you got it, Do you love it yet?????? You sure did when you wanted it now didn't you!!!! Should have used your brains instead of being stupid and just being a slave... Just to brighten your day, you can bet and I promise, it will never be the same, it will never go back to the way it was, the govt won't let it... Welcome to Socialism from here on out!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou know, there are actual people in the know, like me, and all we want to do is help you morons, try to keep this country how it was founded, yet you all morons think because you stayed at a holiday inn express you know everything about nothing... Wanting to demonize everyone who thinks outside of the box, while you offer not a god damn thing!!! Not even helping in anyway then, get on this biased blog running your mouth about how you hate the very crap you either helped create or refuse to help stop it, so the circle continues...
Evil does and will always do evil things, and it will never stop!!! You either keep fighting or you give the hell up and move aside and let the real men of this country take over!!! You pu**y pansies don't give a crap about anyone or this country and I am sick of you moaning and complaining about everything... let me ask you, has your complaining fixed or solved the problem you are complaining about????? I will wait!!!! The answer is NO!!!! So keep on doing nothing, becasue that surely is fixing the problem!!!!
Who are you speaking to?
DeleteWhat the hell have you fixed 9:20? I have a few minutes ....
DeleteHey store owner let me ask you this, am I more likely to get the virus on a sail boat with 10 people or a motor boat with 10 people???? Also it is the same situation with California during the drought they had last year, they had to conserve water, yet they would let wal-mart buy up all of the water with not having to conserve water... They wanted the residence to conserve water so the got could keep selling it to wal-mart to put on their shelves... But hey its all for safety and for the people!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo when you have all governors doing this to people, do you really think its about the virus and safety????
Absolutely!
ReplyDeleteI can buy beer at Walmart (packed with people) but I cant get a beer at a bar....local too.
Challenging times!
Are you drinking your beer inside Walmart? No, you're wearing a mask while purchasing it. In a bar, you're going to go without a mask to drink. Since we have to wear a mask now in any retail establishment, it makes drinking in a bar a bit more difficult.
DeleteWalmart sells clothes yet all clothes stores are closed.
DeleteWalmart sells food yet grocery stores are open.
And you could wear a mask in a bar/restaurant...challenging yes, but you could AND we probably will have to soon.
Do you have some sort of magical way to transport that food on your plate into your mouth without removing your mask?
DeleteI didn't know walmart sold beer
DeleteYes, there are Walmarts that sell beer and wine.
DeleteBecause people don’t wait in line like morons for your items.
ReplyDeleteHello SOCIALISM. The elite can do what they want, since they bow to the Democrats socialist agenda.
ReplyDeleteYou can buy shoes at Walmart but not Vernon Powell or Boscov's.
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Alex,
ReplyDeleteI’ll take Motor Boat for a hundred
Sooooooo
ReplyDeleteWhen are we going to give Dems there CIVIL WAR.
Used vs New, not hard to figure out why.
ReplyDeleteYeah right, new freshly made in china !!!!
DeleteYes, Walmart being allowed to sell items other than groceries isn't fair to other retail stores (large or small). The stay at home order says you can go out for groceries, pharmacy items, or medical care. They should only have the grocery section open at Walmart. If you need to buy clothes or nail polish, you can buy it online and wait for it to be delivered.
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