Steve Maass founded a small supermarket chain called Oliver's in Sonoma County in 1988. He started with 13 employees. Today the chain employs about 400 people, and as of November 1, they own the whole thing.
Maass arranged for his employees to buy him out. He could have sold to a major chain. He chose to keep the chain local and part of the community.
Part of why American voters elected an idiot to lead western civilization was anger at our social/economic system, which has partly failed them and their children. The idiot, of course, will fail them more profoundly.
About ten percent of Americans own 95% of our wealth. The oligarchs suck up the profits. Maass has shown us one door we could open. Let employees benefit from committed work. Let them profit, too.
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