Posted on 02/17/2024 3:28:04 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Tucker Carlson aired a video of him at a Russian grocery store, appearing to fawn over everything from the shopping cart mechanism to the price of groceries - skipping over the part where US dollars stretch a lot farther than the ruble.
In the video, Carlson was amazed to see that the shopping carts in front of the supermarket required people to put in a ruble coin, which they'd then get back when the cart was returned.
Carlson acted like he'd never seen this feature before - despite it being pretty common across the US and most of Europe.
He then explained to his audience how it works, quipping, "There's an incentive to return it... and not just take it to your homeless encampment."
He was quickly criticized for the comment about the shopping carts, and users on X made fun of him for looking like he'd never been in a store before.
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Exactly. This is stupid. I am not sheltered in any way, and the only place I ever saw this was in Aldis as well, and only within the last year or two.
I would say it is “common” only if you live somewhere where it is common. Tucker lives in America, where it is not a common feature depending on where you live, apparently.
The Communists hate him for sharing the truth about the corruption in Ukraine. The biggest money laundry in the Soros/DNC pipeline.
Ive never had to pay for a shopping cart. The only place in the US you see these are in airports. I live in the middle of nowhere where a majority of us are still sane.
Honestly.....I like it. Its a good idea. People tend to bring the carts back when they have some skin in the game. When they know their laziness will cost them something.
The problem in the US is our largest denomination common coin is a quarter. That might not offer enough incentive. Over in Europe they make it a whole Euro which hurts a bit more to lose just because you’re lazy and don’t want to return your cart.
It isn’t a common feature in the US.
I’m 69 and I’ve never seen it. Been in AZ most of my life.
Common across America? I don’t think so. The only place I’ve ever seen it was in a short lived English market chain - can’t recall the name - that lasted only a couple years in Southern California.
I looked online just now. It appears that there are 5 Aldi’s locations in Arizona, all in the Phoenix area.
I’m not about to drive 100+ miles just to shop there.
Likely, however I been around for 61 years and go to the store once or twice a week and I've never seen a shopping cart with a deposit.
I guess I have always lived in areas when people just return the carts without question.
not to use it but to make you return the cart to the rack or pay more for cart workers
“No that’s not true.
The market does not work that way.
It’s not based on people’s salaries.
The price of gold is not cheaper in poorer countries. It stays the same.
What you clearly missed is the depreciation of the dollar and global trade.”
Huh ? In “rich” countries you can’t pay people $2 per hour so prices of services or food are higher. That’s obvious. That’s why the best indicator to compare the economies is not nominal GDP but GDP adjusted by PPP.
“In the video, Carlson was amazed to see that the shopping carts in front of the supermarket required people to put in a ruble coin, which they’d then get back when the cart was returned.
Carlson acted like he’d never seen this feature before - despite it being pretty common across the US”
Really? I’ve never had to pay to get a shopping cart anywhere in the US.
I’ve never seen this at any US supermarket. I’ve been to Aldis with someone else, but they didn’t use a shopping cart, so if a coin deposit was required, I didn’t see it. I don’t consider Aldis a supermarket or a US store, though.
I have, naturally, seen it used for luggage carts at airports.
That’s been my question for years. It’s the equivalent of opening a magazine and being showered with subscription cards.
He obviously never shopped at Aldi’s when they charged a quarter for a grocery cart. Then if you returned the cart, you got your quarter back. That’s from the way back machine. Maybe 30+ years ago!
Another manufactured us vs them story.
Tucker seems to be virtue signaling by mentioning this. Kind of a “see how great something is in Russia”
On the other hand this is a Aldi thing in the US.
But Aldi isn’t everywhere in the US, so true that many Americans may never seen it.
I have never seen that either.
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