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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Why Dems won, according to Trump
Date: 11/05/25 4:54 PM
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Some dopple on ignore: Mamdani cannot make groceries "more affordable" by setting up a chain of "free grocery stores."

First, he isn't proposing "free grocery stores".

One of Mamdani’s key campaign promises is the creation of city-owned grocery stores. “As Mayor, Zohran will create a network of city-owned grocery stores focused on keeping prices low, not making a profit,” his campaign website says. “Without having to pay rent or property taxes, they will reduce overhead and pass on savings to shoppers.”

cnbc.com - Mamdani city run grocery store plan criticized as unrealistic

"low prices", is not the same as free. Private grocery stores locate to maximize profit, which is not necessarily, where a grocery store is needed. For a number of years, there was not a single big, chain, grocery store in the city of Detroit. Residents had to either drive to the burbs, or pay higher prices, and tolerate worse selection, at "convenience" stores.

We old phartz remember when the only place to buy liquor in Ohio, was in a "state liquor store", where the profits were paid directly to the state treasury, rather than into the pockets of a "JC".

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I never thought of Ohio as overtly communist.

Steve
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