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I had an interesting conversation with Dillon the other night.

He’s kind of going nose to nose -

With one of his fellow co-workers over the topic of spending money locally.

Dillon works in a relatively small shop that has 4-regular, and 1-guest artist, on a daily basis.

And they all tend to discuss everything from religion & politics -

To whether it’s ethical to spend your money supporting large corporations.

Dillon’s co-worker is adamant, that it’s totally disgusting to spend a cent at a place like Walmart.

Now you know -

I kind of admire the co-worker’s economic theory of “shop local…”

But is it truly feasible for the average person or family?

(That was the point Dillon was trying to make with him.)

Dillon does try to buy local as much as he can.

Yet he’s not going to avoid the larger chain stores -

If there’s something he needs and it can be purchased significantly less there.

If he can get his laundry soap and toilet paper cheaper at Walmart …

I say more power to him!

This whole conversation, got ME thinking about where I stand on the whole shop local & support your community topic.

I guess I’m basically on the same page as my son.

Craig and I try to shop local as much as possible.

We shop weekly at our local farmer’s market in the warm season.

We use local small businesses as much as possible -
Like the local heating and cooling guy when we had to replace the furnace at our last rental house.

Or, the auto mechanic that replaced the head in hubby’s pickup truck engine, last summer.

But -

I don’t think I can give up getting the deals on household supplies and groceries, that I get at the larger chains.

I’m just not ready to convert to the small-local-health-food-markets we have in our community.

I’m really curious what you think about this?

Do you shop local small businesses?

Do you try to avoid the larger corporation chain stores?

What do you think is the ethical thing to do?

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