Wal-Mart: A Negative for the Economy

            I think that my paper is one the right track so far. The topic of Wal-Mart is very interesting. This argument can be taken in different ways. I took my argument in the way that Wal-Mart is not good for the economy. I feel this way because it harms the chances of small, local businesses surviving. Wal-Mart also causes people in society to be more materialistic.

            To start of my paper, I gave an introduction to Wal-Mart and the overall idea that I thought about Wal-Mart. I also gave the background of history of Wal-Mart. This helps in my argument, because it describes how Wal-Mart was started. It also discusses how the company has changed, which has made the economy for the local businesses worse than they should be. The history of Wal-Mart can tell a lot about how it has changed the way the economy is run today. It shows that the company has progressively gotten worse for the local business owners. The history of Wal-Mart helps with my argument a lot.

            I also talk about the current state of Wal-Mart and the way that it affects the economy of today’s world. The company of Wal-Mart is not a very small company. It is a large international company with many stores, employees, and customers. It has the means and people to run a company internationally and make it look very easy. I think that this helps with my argument because it shows just how bad Wal-Mart is for the economy of the little stores. The little stores can’t keep up with how big Wal-Mart is and that is what hurts them the most. If Wal-Mart was not a large company, and could not do half of the things that it is capable of doing, then the little companies would be able to keep up with it.

            One part of my paper that really helps with my argument is the fact that I took in to consideration the other side of the argument. I am arguing the fact that Wal-Mart isn’t good for the economy for many reasons. In my paper, I looked at the other side of the argument. This side would be that Wal-Mart is good for the economy. I proved this by saying that the people who don’t make a lot of money need the cheap prices of Wal-Mart to survive. This helped strengthen my argument.

            For the most part, I think that I am on the right track. The only thing that feel I need to work on is that I need to do some more research that would make my argument better, and I need to stop rambling on and on and repeating myself. If I fix these, I feel like my paper would be much better.