For many people, Thanksgiving holiday weekend comes to an end on Monday. For some people, Thanksgiving holiday never began as many major stores opted to open on Thanksgiving as early as 6:00 PM for some. Barely before the Thanksgiving dinner was served or even digested, the pre- Black Friday store sales began in most states. Only three states, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island have state Blue laws banning major retail stores from opening on Thanksgiving. Blue laws are the laws that used to ban Sunday shopping. Now there are people who must work on Thanksgiving such as hospitals, hotels, nursing homes, police, firefighters and other 24 hour services and businesses. But for those who work in retail sales, working on Thanksgiving is hardly essential, except to the owners who want to boost sales and line their wealthy pockets. There is nothing urgent in retail stores or sales that should require stores to open on Thanksgiving early evening. And ironically, stores that were open … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving and the Wealth Gap