{"id":18513,"date":"2021-09-30T06:04:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=18513"},"modified":"2021-09-30T06:04:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:04:05","slug":"overnight-news-dollar-tree-can-no-longer-promise-that-everythings-a-dollar-but-its-still-where-your-dollar-will-go-farther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18513\/overnight-news-dollar-tree-can-no-longer-promise-that-everythings-a-dollar-but-its-still-where-your-dollar-will-go-farther\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: Dollar Tree can no longer promise that \u201ceverything\u2019s a dollar!\u201d \u2013 but it\u2019s still where your dollar will go\u00a0farther."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cYou know what\u2019s best about dollar-store dog toys? They only cost a\u00a0dollar!\u201d<\/p><\/div>I love dollar stores, but more than that, I love Dollar Tree. The biggest Dollar Tree on earth is just up 99th Avenue, and, accordingly, mine is the idolatry of Dollar Tree: Sex toys,<\/a> dog toys and all manner of helpful doo-dads and storage solutions.<\/p>\n

It could be I like dollar stores because other people scorn them, but anti-snobbery only gets you so far: What I really like are the values. Spurned as returns and seconds, in fact the dollar store is just an alternative distribution channel: Name-brand goods in dollar-store-specific form factors and packaging. Everything is new and first-quality, it’s all just smaller and flimsier.<\/p>\n

There was to have been a Willie story set at Dollar Tree, but BidenFlation has killed the punch line:<\/a> \u201cYou can\u2019t make a mistake at the dollar store, because, after all, it’s only a dollar.\u201d<\/p>\n

The joke is on all of us, though, especially the dollar-store snobs: Economies like the one we’re headed for is when dollar-stores grow their market share. Dollar Tree can no longer promise that “everything’s a dollar!” \u2013 but when you need to make your dollars go farther, that’s where you’ll go.<\/p>\n

In other news:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

CNBC:<\/strong> Pending home sales surged more than expected in August after two months of declines.<\/a><\/p>\n

Redfin.com:<\/strong> Housing Market Update: Asking Prices Up 12% to All-Time High.<\/a><\/p>\n

American Thinker:<\/strong> The mother of real estate bubbles looms in China.<\/a><\/p>\n

City Journal:<\/strong> The Menace of Moralism: Egalitarians seek the radical transformation of our society.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cYou know what\u2019s best about dollar-store dog toys? They only cost a\u00a0dollar!\u201dI love dollar stores, but more than that, I love Dollar Tree. The biggest Dollar Tree on earth is just up 99th Avenue, and, accordingly, mine is the idolatry of Dollar Tree: Sex toys, dog toys and all manner of helpful doo-dads and storage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18535,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18535\/overnight-news-instinct-will-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":18513,"position":0},"title":"Overnight News: Instinct will out?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"October 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"On Cleo's first birthday, she ate a lizard. 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