What’s going to happen when people shoplift from these stores? Will the police be called, or will the message be sent that the goods are not just low-cost but free, or will every item end up being locked up, meaning that a shopping trip for a week’s food will take a full day?
So a politician is pulling wildly unrealistic ideas out of his butt and making promises that will never come to life. Somebody... somewhere... it just seems vaguely familiar to me.
Thank you for this. It itemizes the overwhelming costs involved in the grocery business, which rakes in all of a 1+ percent profit margin, IIRC from an article I recently read.
Brandon Johnson, another progressive socialist, also tried to establish city-run grocery stores in Chicago. They failed miserably (along with just about everything else Johnson touches). But The Kids were true believers and voted in Brandon Johnson, just like in NYC.
Mamdani also wants freezes on rents. Yeah, that’ll work too.
Some years ago I inherited rental properties in NW Indiana from my parents. I have kept them, partly out of respect for my parents, but also because my former hometown is growing rapidly and real estate values are increasing.
My eyes were opened to the costs that are incurred by property ownership. Taxes (in Indiana, twice per year), property management, accountant’s fees, regular property maintenance, insurance, and of course — any repairs. I am having an HVAC system replaced in a unit, which is no small thing. I thank God the properties had no mortgage on them when I received them.
So freeze the rents and what do you think will happen next?
But The Kids want a socialist utopia. Yeah, they’ll get it — good and hard.
What’s going to happen when people shoplift from these stores? Will the police be called, or will the message be sent that the goods are not just low-cost but free, or will every item end up being locked up, meaning that a shopping trip for a week’s food will take a full day?
Sorry comrade no bread today maybe next week
So a politician is pulling wildly unrealistic ideas out of his butt and making promises that will never come to life. Somebody... somewhere... it just seems vaguely familiar to me.
Thank you for this. It itemizes the overwhelming costs involved in the grocery business, which rakes in all of a 1+ percent profit margin, IIRC from an article I recently read.
Brandon Johnson, another progressive socialist, also tried to establish city-run grocery stores in Chicago. They failed miserably (along with just about everything else Johnson touches). But The Kids were true believers and voted in Brandon Johnson, just like in NYC.
Mamdani also wants freezes on rents. Yeah, that’ll work too.
Some years ago I inherited rental properties in NW Indiana from my parents. I have kept them, partly out of respect for my parents, but also because my former hometown is growing rapidly and real estate values are increasing.
My eyes were opened to the costs that are incurred by property ownership. Taxes (in Indiana, twice per year), property management, accountant’s fees, regular property maintenance, insurance, and of course — any repairs. I am having an HVAC system replaced in a unit, which is no small thing. I thank God the properties had no mortgage on them when I received them.
So freeze the rents and what do you think will happen next?
But The Kids want a socialist utopia. Yeah, they’ll get it — good and hard.
Remember in grade school when we used to play "What would you do if you were president?"
Free candy and ice cream, no homework, you can stay up as late as you want, cartoons on TV all day without commercials, etc, etc.
That's what this idiot reminds me of.
Stop calling him a "radical socialist." He's a communist. He openly preaches seizing the means of production.
We're told that socialism and communism have killed millions because they were never implemented perfectly.
Meanwhile, capitalism has made millions prosperous even though it's never been implemented perfectly.