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Did you know that out of the top ten wealthiest companies in America, only two ACTUALLY MAKE ANYTHING?

Name Industry Revenue
(USD million) Revenue growth Employees Headquarters
1 Walmart Retail 572,754 Increase 2.4% 2,300,000 Bentonville, Arkansas
2 Amazon Retail and Cloud Computing 469,822 Increase 21.7% 1,608,000 Seattle, Washington
3 Apple Electronics industry 365,817 Increase 33.2% 154,000 Cupertino, California
4 CVS Health Healthcare 292,111 Increase 32.0% 258,000 Woonsocket, Rhode Island
5 UnitedHealth Group Healthcare 287,597 Increase 11.8% 350,000 Minnetonka, Minnesota
6 ExxonMobil Petroleum industry 285,640 Increase 57.4% 63,000 Irving, Texas
7 Berkshire Hathaway Conglomerate 276,094 Increase 12.5% 372,000 Omaha, Nebraska
8 Alphabet Technology 257,637 Increase 41.2% 156,000 Mountain View, California
9 McKesson Corporation Healthcare 238,228 Increase 3.1% 67,500 Irving, Texas
10 AmerisourceBergen Pharmaceutical industry

Posted - May 27, 2022

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  • 10635
    Making things (other than money) isn't the American way.  We want to get as much money as possible while putting forth as little effort as possible in doing so.  
      May 27, 2022 4:05 PM MDT
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  • 34251
    So called free trade deals elimated US manufacturing jobs. 
      May 27, 2022 5:10 PM MDT
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  • 44602
    How soon I forget.
      May 28, 2022 4:55 PM MDT
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