Synthesis Wal-Mart and GM

In the film Rodger and Me one can see what it was like from the auto workers when the GM factory in Flint Michigan was closed. The hardships the ex employees faced were devastating everything from having a house repossessed to being forced to eat wild game. It appears that the auto giant was screwing their employees. It becomes apparent throughout the film that the auto industry will not be making a comeback in the US.
In the article Local Power Can change Wal-Mart, one sees the way Wal-Mart forced jobs overseas that were once done by Americans. The once industry leader Rubbermaid was forced to comply with Wal-Mart pricing strategies and wound bankrupting the company, another US company gone. When Wal-Mart comes to a smaller town it leaves the mom and pop shops out to dry. This causes a lot of hard feelings and anger towards the nation’s largest retailer. Leaving the question will we ever make anything in the US again?
Although we will probably never get the auto industry back, they just did too little too late. It is not too late however to make sure that we protect what is left in the US by making sure that companies that are vested in the US stay in the US. Even though GM lost to Toyota, Toyota does make a certain amount of their vehicles in the US and they contribute to the US economy. As for Wal-Mart people shouldn’t use Wal-Mart for everything like in the article there everyday low prices are hurting the economy. We can try to change the way Wal-Mart does business, by supporting the local guys more and less the corporate giant. There is no way to change the damage Wal-Mart has inflicted upon the US, but there is a way to prevent more damage from occurring.