Ghosts of Former Soviet Union Leaders Grin As Mamdani's $30M NYC Communist Grocery Store Unveiled

[Hafar1014]

So some people now have a problem with the WalMart model.

WW

Walmart is free market not government controlled

 

[WorldWatcher]

Walmart is free market not government controlled

Government controlled? No.

Government subsidized? Yes.

Are large number of jobs at WalMart are low paying jobs meaning taxpayers are subsidizing operations through programs such as SNAP, health care, and housing. Let alone the tax breaks WalMart gets billions through government support for employees and state/local subsidies from state and local government.

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https://americansfortaxfairness.org/files/Walmart_On_Tax_Day_Report_ExecutiveSummary.pdf

 

[Lisa558]

So some people now have a problem with the WalMart model.

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Walmart is privately owned - and competition among private industry is a positive.

It’s a negative when government comes in, doesn’t have to pay tax, doesn’t have to pay rent, and drives out competitors due to unfair advantage.

You leftists really don’t understand why socialism fails, do you?

 

[Lisa558]

Government controlled? No.

Government subsidized? Yes.

Are large number of jobs at WalMart are low paying jobs meaning taxpayers are subsidizing operations through programs such as SNAP, health care, and housing. Let alone the tax breaks WalMart gets billions through government support for employees and state/local subsidies from state and local government.

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And how much does Walmart CONTRIBUTE to tax revenues by paying tax on its profit and employing hundreds of thousands of people?

 

[22lcidw]

Government controlled? No.

Government subsidized? Yes.

Are large number of jobs at WalMart are low paying jobs meaning taxpayers are subsidizing operations through programs such as SNAP, health care, and housing. Let alone the tax breaks WalMart gets billions through government support for employees and state/local subsidies from state and local government.

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We were told by our political leaders decades ago that the manufacturing industrial economy was barbaric and not evolved and we were entering the service economy era, and everyone will be wealthier. How did that workout? And privileged employment is part of that. Massive Government work as an example.

 

[SweetTea]

Government controlled? No.

Government subsidized? Yes.

Are large number of jobs at WalMart are low paying jobs meaning taxpayers are subsidizing operations through programs such as SNAP, health care, and housing. Let alone the tax breaks WalMart gets billions through government support for employees and state/local subsidies from state and local government.

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Wow, you have a fundamental misunderstanding of economics.

 

[PeanutGallery]

Government controlled? No.

Government subsidized? Yes.

Are large number of jobs at WalMart are low paying jobs meaning taxpayers are subsidizing operations through programs such as SNAP, health care, and housing. Let alone the tax breaks WalMart gets billions through government support for employees and state/local subsidies from state and local government.

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Preferred tax rates on Walmart dividends? The same, likely, preferred tax rates that other companies get. They use estate tax trusts. Something that's available thanks to the laws of the land. What cracks me up is that the notion that it's "costing taxpayers". That's saying that the government is supposed to get the money and those mean Waltons are using those darn legal methods to keep their money and not send it to the IRS.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Notice lefties will not comment, because is has nothing to do with the BAD ORANGE MAN.

Who? Mom-Donnie? That Orange Mad Bad?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

There talking existing government property.

Will construct the infrastructure.

Then will contract the space to a private provider.

What did I miss?

Not much different than Starbucks running inside the Pentagon.

WW

Is the coffee cheaper and does Starbucks running losing money constantly?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The stores are being opened because of Food Deserts, the major grocery store chains are not there.

Since you asked the same question again. Here is the same answer.

No, I don't. Especially when commercial grocery chains are not impacted because they aren't there.

I've been shopping at a government grocery store for decades. Ones that have government privileges that private companies don't have, such as pay rent or taxes that undercut competators in areas where there are actually grocery food chains.

WW

Why do major grocery chains not operate there? Will you be honest and answer? Or had TDS removed your last shred of honesty?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Government controlled? No.

Government subsidized? Yes.

Are large number of jobs at WalMart are low paying jobs meaning taxpayers are subsidizing operations through programs such as SNAP, health care, and housing. Let alone the tax breaks WalMart gets billions through government support for employees and state/local subsidies from state and local government.

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One again you prove that you are a poor marksman. You keep missing the target!

Those employees do not have the skills to justify the higher salaries. It doesn't take brain surgeon to work at Walmart, does it? Do you make the same claims for the other major retailers in America? How about Target which actually part of an even larger conglomerate of stores? Amazon is destroying those retailers!

Twice in the past week I have bought products on Amazon that either I could not find or were grossly more expensive than I could have them delivered to my home overnight! I even buy some regular staple items because my store constantly runs out of them!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Walmart is privately owned - and competition among private industry is a positive.

It’s a negative when government comes in, doesn’t have to pay tax, doesn’t have to pay rent, and drives out competitors due to unfair advantage.

You leftists really don’t understand why socialism fails, do you?

He's not a leftist. TDS has just rotted his brain, or what little he had left. However, you are correct that he has no clue as to why socialism fails!

 

[ColonelAngus]

If this store opens on time and on budget, it may be a first in the history of communism.

3 years
$30 million. Lets see!

 

[the watcher]

An irrelevant question.

The point was the government stir wild by unfair competition. However the major grocery chains aren’t there. If they aren’t there, they aren’t in competition.

Which is different from the government grocery store I shop at which ARE in competition with major food chains like Kroger, Food Lion, Harris Teeter, etc.

WW

Try running out the door with a cart full of stuff you didn't pay for at the commissary and see what happens. Get help, soon. Good bye and good luck.

 

[drudge X]

This idiot wants to spend 30 million on grocery stores when a private store costs nothing and actually pays taxes. This shows you how dumb he is and why communism always fails

He is not the dummy. Those who put him in office are.

 

[SeaMajor7]

I hope the place gets flash-mob looted and burned to the ground.

 

[MarathonMike]

No, I don't. Especially when commercial grocery chains are not impacted because they aren't there.

I've been shopping at a government grocery store for decades. Ones that have government privileges that private companies don't have, such as pay rent or taxes that undercut competators in areas where there are actually grocery food chains.

WW

Mamdani's Commie Store will cost $30 Million (probably double that since it's the govt). Many pockets will be lined including politicians and the Mafia. Initially IF it's completed and stocked with it's govt subsidies the local Mom and Pop stores will fail. Then since it's the govt, the shelves will not be stocked and the New Yorkers will have to drive an hour outside the city to get their groceries. HOORAY FOR COMMUNISM!!!

 

[Hafar1014]

Mamdani's Commie Store will cost $30 Million (probably double that since it's the govt). Many pockets will be lined including politicians and the Mafia. Initially IF it's completed and stocked with it's govt subsidies the local Mom and Pop stores will fail. Then since it's the govt, the shelves will not be stocked and the New Yorkers will have to drive an hour outside the city to get their groceries. HOORAY FOR COMMUNISM!!!

A private owned store costs nothing and pays taxes

 

[LeftofLeft]

Right off the bat we are seeing the inefficiency of government vs private enterprise if it costs Government $30M vs $15M of private enterprise when it comes to building a grocery store

 

[Hafar1014]

Right off the bat we are seeing the inefficiency of government vs private enterprise if it costs Government $30M vs $15M of private enterprise when it comes to building a grocery store

It costs the government nothing when a private store is built. its 30 Million VS zero. Then the store pays taxes. This illustrates the stupidity of socialism and communism and explains why every communist nation went broke and wrecked its economy.