The selling off of the value of American way of life didn't start at Wal-Mart -- and unfortunately there isn't any ending of this "descent into global-trade hell".
The Captains of American business in conjunction with a corrupted government have been selling out the values and dreams of Americans for years.
Why, innovate and compete for manufacturing superiority when you can farm-out the process to dicatorial regimes that enslave their populations for personal economic enrichment.
These businessmen who are so richly rewarded for "enhancing shareholder value" are the same people who couldn't trouble themselves to look into the results of their actions on the "little people" who used to make their products.
Walmart's the sympton and result of these peoples actions -- not the cause............
By the way, you should see what the GT execs did for themselves
befrore running GT into the ground ........