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Bodega owners have done the math and plan to sue.

Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:41 am
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
84302 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:41 am
Their livelihood is being threatened. Too bad many of them didn’t think about that when they voted.

Posted by BurlesonCountyAg
Member since Jan 2014
5486 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:46 am to
Let them fight
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
68891 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:47 am to
Vote Democrat, get socialists/communists.
Posted by SantaFe
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
8183 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:50 am to
This is not sustainable.

Private owned grocery store won't be able to compete and will close.

Then what will new yorkers be left with, bread lines ?
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
111254 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:52 am to
The bread lines will be easy pickings for the criminals looking to rob people.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
25219 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:53 am to
Are people acting like this isn’t exactly how communists soft launch communism?

You put the state run subsidized stores and factories next to the privately owned outfits.

The private sector can’t compete because the market is rigged and go out of business.

The government says”oops, hate that for you…” and the state consolidates control of the market top to bottom.

Rinse and repeat, slow march through the economy until the communists collapse under the weight of their own failures when they run out of other people’s money and competency to leverage.
Posted by Wildcat1996
Lexington, KY
Member since Jul 2020
10965 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:55 am to
I have wondered about the legality of these stores. In my state, a government entity can’t legally compete with the private sector for most services. Exceptions include healthcare and education, but the state can’t open something like a tire store or an ice cream chain that directly competes with the private sector.

That may not be true in NY, but it would surprise me.
Posted by donRANDOMnumbers
Hub City
Member since Nov 2006
17580 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:56 am to
New york is going to get taxed into hell
Posted by BTROleMisser
Murica'
Member since Nov 2017
17347 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:56 am to
The bodegas will be okay. Those governent groceries will be robbed blind in no time.
Posted by BIGJLAW
Member since Mar 2013
9083 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:59 am to
They voted for wokeness, let them see what it does for them.
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
26195 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 11:04 am to
These government run stores have been attempted before in the US and then failed spectacularly. Almost hilariously. I don't see this being any different. Mamdami has never had any type of job in the private sector, or any other business model that functions in the supply-and-demand model. So the guy at the top has no clue there. He's also likely surrounded himself with scores of people who also have come from academia, political organizing, and other government-run positions. People who have essentially only gotten paid from the state. It's going to collapse and will be glorious to watch.

You can not use the state to inject itself into a capitalist system without everything getting all fricked up. There's going to be a lot of people in this thing that are going to feel betrayed.
Posted by TrueTiger
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Member since Sep 2004
84302 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 11:05 am to
quote:

The bodegas will be okay. Those governent groceries will be robbed blind in no time.


Could be.

The the shelves might be constantly bare from Bodegas buying up all the inventory to re-sell.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
45886 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 11:14 am to
These guys will probably line up in the morning an buy all the 30% less stuff then mark it up in their stores.
Posted by wallowinit
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
18336 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 1:09 pm to
And they will say capitalism has failed again.
Posted by wallowinit
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
18336 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 1:11 pm to
quote:

There's going to be a lot of people in this thing that are going to feel betrayed.

And they will twist it around to be it failed all because of capitalism
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
36850 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 1:14 pm to
Virtually every government owned grocery in every communist country has failed and ultimately closed.
Posted by tigerfan 64
in the LP
Member since Sep 2016
6790 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 1:19 pm to
Now on today's episode of "when utopia ain't filled with rainbows, unicorns and star dust"

Whats this pain these business owning NY taxpayers are feeling?
Mamcommies warm embrace before he goes in dry.
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
56982 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 1:20 pm to
Short term their businesses will suffer but when the FREE stores are empty, $$$.

Soviets used to stand in lines and had to take whatever the state was giving. Regardless if you needed it or not.
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
86225 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 1:21 pm to
According to the NY DSA representative, if one city run grocery store is going to put you out of business, maybe you shouldn't own a grocery store
Posted by toratiger
Member since Aug 2008
3784 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 1:27 pm to
These Bodega owners had better beware.
The commies are more dangerous than the mob.

The mob will just rough you up. They don't want to hurt you and put you completely out of business. They won't make money that way.

The commies hate small business owners. They want to wreck your "evil" for profit store, and kill you and everyone who works there.

Elections do have consequences.
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