A lot of 'boosheut' posted about Walmart.
In a free market economy, prices are supposed to come down if everything is working correctly- limited government interference, competition, innovation, and efficiency. Not much can be done about the socialistic encroachment of the government, but Walmart runs more efficintly, uses innovations, and basiscly trounces everyone else that tries to compete with them. They are able to sell for less cost because they are a better run business. If you want to pay $75 more for remington 710 from a less efficient business, more power to you, but you are a complete fool.
The person to blame is in your bathroom.
Yep- if there is a reason why a person can't make a good wage they should look right in the mirror at themselves and ask "why didn't I study harder in school so I could have become an engineer, a computer programmer, A CNC programmer/machinist, a plumber, an electrician, a mechanic, a nurse......"
The days of going to work and mindlessly pressing a button to get a peanut are in the past. Some people will not face it and will stand by and bitch about how their standard of living is slipping, others will educate themselves with marketable skills and live a higher standard of living than any of their ancestors ever dreamed of.