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re: Momdummy brags his govt groceries will be 30% cheaper
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:57 am to sabbertooth
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:57 am to sabbertooth
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very easy assertion to make when you have absolutely no concept of overhead and basic operations of a business.
I think they've been pretty open that they're trying to lose money and fund it with taxes from what they call "rich" people.
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:58 am to The Pirate King
Bad Hombre
@Badhombre
Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany eliminated their government-run grocery stores between 1989-1990.
The Soviet Union eliminated them between 1991-1992.
Vietnam eliminated them in 1986.
Yugoslavia eliminated them in 1991.
China began eliminating them in the late 1970s.
Cuba began eliminating them in 2021.
Every attempt in Western capitalist countries has failed, most recently in Chicago.
But Mamdani has somehow cracked the code.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:02 am to OU Guy
Everyone, even the lefties here, knows this will be a failure. It will be propped up as a "success" by the media, however. Mamdani will have to raise or shift the funding for these stores from other areas to cover the losses.
The supplier of these grocery stores are NOT reducing their prices by 30%. So right out the bat, the grocery stores operate at a loss. However, if you pull a Hochul, and use state taxes to prop up NYC, or in this case, the government grocery stores, you can hide the loss, at least until you get a few more communists elected.
The idiots of NYC deserve everything they are asking for.
The supplier of these grocery stores are NOT reducing their prices by 30%. So right out the bat, the grocery stores operate at a loss. However, if you pull a Hochul, and use state taxes to prop up NYC, or in this case, the government grocery stores, you can hide the loss, at least until you get a few more communists elected.
The idiots of NYC deserve everything they are asking for.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:28 am to Riverside
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This is going to be a disaster and boondoggle for the ages. The only way it will work is with massive taxpayer subsidies.
They will pay no rent, and probably get city tax breaks. How would you like to be a bodega next door. Your city taxes you, then uses that money to pay for your competitor next door.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:37 am to trinidadtiger
I forgot that he promised free food at first lol
Made a presser to backtrack on his initial promise
Not that this will ever happen
Made a presser to backtrack on his initial promise
Not that this will ever happen
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 8:38 am
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:47 am to uggabugga
Couple of thoughts
1) this will have almost 0 effect on the overall cost of groceries for New Yorkers
2) if the socialist grocery stores can remain viable with these sort of “discounts,” that means the cost of interacting with government is ~30% of the cost of groceries.
1) this will have almost 0 effect on the overall cost of groceries for New Yorkers
2) if the socialist grocery stores can remain viable with these sort of “discounts,” that means the cost of interacting with government is ~30% of the cost of groceries.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:48 am to uggabugga
So privately owned grocers will have to compete against a government owned Grocer, selling products for 30% less because it’s subsidized by tax dollars.
How that fair?
Why does business want to compete in that environment ?
How that fair?
Why does business want to compete in that environment ?
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:50 am to trinidadtiger
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They will pay no rent, and probably get city tax breaks.
You can take out the “probably“
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:55 am to uggabugga
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A second location, planned for East Harlem, is expected to open by 2029
Amazon can build an entire gigantic distribution hub in shorter time than they can build a grocery.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:59 am to Penrod
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Even other grocery store owners will be buying to get the markup in their stores.
Yea, if I'm a bodega owner, I'm cleaning them out.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:01 am to Sunnyvale
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At least he is doing something, he is anticipating the 11/gallon gas that is coming.
Not being a moron is something you could start doing.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:52 am to uggabugga
So many New Yorkers will have a great opportunity to learn basic economics.
But will they?
But will they?
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:58 am to uggabugga
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Socialism fails 100% of the time.
This can’t be emphasized enough but it often seems like new generations have to learn the same old lessons the hard way, first-hand.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:03 am to uggabugga
Even with a 30% discount I bet prices are still outrageous in NYC.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:43 am to Riverside
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It’ll be interesting to see how DSA communists deal with shoplifters from their state controlled grocery stores since they don’t believe in prisons or punishment for criminals.
For those that are unfamiliar with how communism works. Shoplifting from the gov't is not allowed. They will be dealt with harshly. And the commie mayor and the msm will say "It is unacceptable to steal from THEIR stores and put YOUR food prices at risk. And idiots will not even comprehend that that also is a way of saying it is OK to steal but not from the govt.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:43 am to ChatGPT of LA
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Wait, I thought they were free
I guess his new balanced budget is not working out the way he made it up to work and he's already going back on everything he promised.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:49 am to uggabugga
This is idiotic socialist math.
Who cares how much cheaper the food is in the store if that deficit is passed directly to another payer?
It's the same logic as "free health care" and "free college." Those two things simply don't exist anywhere without slave labor and without ignoring most laws of economics.
Who cares how much cheaper the food is in the store if that deficit is passed directly to another payer?
It's the same logic as "free health care" and "free college." Those two things simply don't exist anywhere without slave labor and without ignoring most laws of economics.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:53 am to uggabugga
So like Publix buy one get one sale that rotates items on a 6 week or so cycle? Clever work by the Muslim communist and the pasty white chick assistant that will be the last to be thrown off the Empire State building.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:55 am to uggabugga
Well...his groceries probably will be lol
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:59 am to Sunnyvale
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At least he is doing something
Ah yes, the old tried and true mush head liberal defense "we have to do SOMETHING!!!"
Nevermind the ramifications of that something. Countless times the "something" liberals so quickly do causes more harm than good. Liberal's kneejerk emotional responses spare no time to do proper research on the root of the problem, the cause, or the best solution. They just do "SOMETHING" and then walk away feeling smugly good about themselves, leaving a shitshow in their wake.
Look no further than the ban on controlled burns on underbrush in forests to minimize the impact of fires. GOTTA SAVE THOS SNAIL DARTERS!@!!!!! SO the forest builds a base of tinder that rages into a forest fire that decimates thousands of acres of land and property. Oh, and it cooks the frick out of those snail darters. But the liberals NEVER look back and take accountability for their stupid actions. They felt better about themselves, and that's all that matters.
More and more I see clearly that to be a liberal is to be a woman, no matter your chromosome makeup.
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