Here’s what I found on the web for Alexa is dumb as a box of rocks.

See it does have a recognizable personality!

I just don’t get the argument that they need to compete with those other stores. I have a Safeway (Albertsons) and Fry’s (Kroger) less than a mile from my house. I go to these for my general grocery shopping along with a few smaller specialty grocery stores. I have a Walmart just over a mile from my house and sure I’ll buy groceries there but usually because I am already needing a hardlines product from Walmart. Costco is by far the biggest clusterfuck of them all and I’ll only step foot in there if I’m buying bulk items or want something that only Costco sells. Why can’t they all have their niche?

Sounds like my kinda people.

Yeah, you're quite literally in a bubble.

> You don't want to be poor in the US; there is no bottom.

How do you figure? US has SNAP, Medicaid, UI, TANF (for families with children), Section 8 housing, SSD, SSI, Childcare Assistance amongst other programs.

These aren’t much of course but are something.

> Not to mention the sliver of vacation days Americans have.

You are generalizing here for sure. I get almost 5 weeks vacation, 2 weeks sick, 11 holidays, and occasional personal and administrative leave. These also roll over. The people making 45k at my job get the same leave as the hire paid people.

I’ve lived my entire life in America (over 40 years) and I’ve never seen any food item “locked up”. I think that would be an indication that you are in a shitty area. Similar to the pictures I’ve seen of Burger King employees working behind bulletproof glass.

How is the US Government keeping people poor? There are so many programs that provide financial or medical assistance to low income households.

Giving corporate welfare,tax cuts, and bailouts to mega corps. While not equally helping small businesses, in fact quickly shutting them down when they fail to pay taxes or get permits. Regulatory capture and certain regulations too, preventing people from ever breaking out and owning their own business. It's technically possible but practically not. So they (many blue collar workers) get stuck as working poor.

None of that has anything to do with Cuba specifically keeping salaries for their government workers and most industries below 1 USD a day, a common bar for poverty.

The question I responded to specifically asked about American scope.

You compared specifically limiting salaries for civil servants and most major industries to below the poverty line to tax policy.

No reason you can’t do both.

Go to gym during the week and do gardening/landscaping work on weekends. Should get you a good portion of the way there.