Posted on 07/29/2026 8:05:34 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Last week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s short stint as a faux president ended with an embarrassing acknowledgment that he could not, as promised during his campaign, arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
So, this week, Mamdani the Grocer made a reappearance, with details on the five city-run grocery stores that he will open.
But rather than deliver discount groceries, Mamdani is selling New Yorkers a bill of goods that will cost them millions.
What Mamdani described was a discount food bank dressed up as a grocery. Standing in front of blackboards saying “REDUCED 30%,” Mamdani sounded like a bodega hawker: “Once a month, our five city-run grocery stores will set prices for this core set of goods at 30% below typical retail prices. No exceptions, no gimmicks”
Here’s the most delicious part: the presser was a gimmick from beginning to end.
The mayor promised that “The savings will last for the entire month. That means no weekly fluctuations or sticker shock at the checkout line — not for our seniors living on fixed incomes, nor for the parents who rely on a regular supply of apple slices to keep toddler tantrums at bay.”
The Mamdani markets are new variations of an old New York grift: selling gold watches for $5. The dupes want to believe that somehow this street vendor, surreptitiously displaying watches inside his overcoat, actually found a way to sell “sold gold watches” for just a few bucks.
The math simply does not add up for Mamdani. Most groceries have an average profit margin between 1% and 3%, one of the smallest margins of any industry.
To promise a 30% discount below market rate that cannot be adjusted due to monthly market fluctuations is economically absurd.
It is not a description of a competitive grocery but a public charity.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Shortages at the reduced prices will result in rationing, as they always do in communist economies.
The FA stage is so much fun ... then the FO stage kicks in.
“paid for by you, the taxpayer”
Correct me if I’m wrong but it’s just the NY taxpayers taking it in the shorts is it not?
Free prayer rugs tomorrow
Can’t wait to see how this plays out.
“Government-run grocery stores that opened in Baldwin, Florida and Erie, Kansas eventually closed; a municipally supported store in Atlanta, Azalea Fresh Market, launched as a public-private partnership, closed. Similar stores in Chicago were forced to close in part because of shoplifting.”
How soon will the “government stores” be out of groceries? So quickly that they can’t restock in time. What’s to stop other “entrepreneurs” from buying up the discounted stock and then reselling it for a higher price - right in front of the store? How soon before rationing starts at these stores?
Some people have to find out the hard way that Socialism and Communism fail every time they’re tried.
To each according to their needs.
NOTE: This only works if you have a wall to stop those with ability from leaving.
The Chinese Communist Party also subsidizes everything to make their goods look cheaper so they can put companies in the West out of business
Mad-dani Market
Bingo. And guess what do you think Commie Amin Dada’s remedy will be? Correct. Higher taxes. Go to the head of the class.
Because in Mamdani's DSA paradise, seniors will have been "persuaded" to pursue "end life options" and no longer will need food. And parents won't need to hear their toddler's tantrums because the toddlers will be in government-mandated daycare learning from Communist drag queens.
Who will be the suppliers and will they give up a profit ?
I’ve posted it many times: socialism/communism will always be popular as long as people believe they can get something for nothing.
Can cities or states print money?
I don't know for sure, but it will probably take tax money from NY state and probably federal tax dollars as well.
communism is such an obvious downward cycle it has had to be forced on the people every time it was tried.
Who in their right mind would continue to DO for those who WON’T?
Heck, between welfare and SNAP benefits we’re practically there anyway.
There has been some grumbling from other NYC shopkeepers, and rightly so. They will not be able to compete with city-subsidized Mamdani Marts.
The state could step in, but won’t.
After all, the kulaks must be eliminated before pure communism can be achieved.
For those not in the know:
Kulaks were land-owning peasants. Most were murdered by Stalin.
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