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The Wal-Marting of America

How Trump is killing small business, and why

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Brett Pransky
May 12, 2025
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Trump’s ridiculous tariffs are crushing America’s small businesses

When I was a kid, my small town had a small grocery store owned by a local family, and a hardware store owned by another local family, and a number of other local businesses selling anything from eyewear to lingerie. Then Wal-Mart came, and all those businesses went away. First I’ll tell …

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