Government would step in where grocers are few (what can possibly go wrong there?)

WRAL.com ^ | 5/27/2011 | WRAL

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Didn't they have govt. run stores in the USSR? OK their shelves were empty but at least they didn't sell junk food, right?

[Arm_Bears]

ECON 101: No one can create a market where one does not exist naturally—Not even the government.

[cripplecreek]

A lot of retailers moved out of Detroit because they couldn’t make enough money to make up for losses to theft.

[republicangel]

There is a market, but the shrink rate is too high. (theft)

[snoringbear]

“”All the grocery stores have left”

Gee, wonder why all the grocery stores have left... maybe if the residents would stop fouling their own nests, then businesses would return. After all, supply always follows demand, if supply isn’t afraid of being robbed and/or murdered...

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

So now we get a glimpse of where Moochelle’s “Eat Healthy” initiative is headed - just like school lunches became “school breakfasts” all “for the children” - we’re going to have the gubbermint stepping in to provide a teat to suckle on for the “food desert” inhabitants.

[marktwain]

Gee, wonder why all the grocery stores have left... maybe if the residents would stop fouling their own nests, then businesses would return. After all, supply always follows demand, if supply isn’t afraid of being robbed and/or murdered...

Exactly right. Poverty does not create crime. Crime creates poverty.

[G Larry]

Hmmm.....if they managed both ends of the equation......???

Food stamps can only be used at government run food stores.......

[wendy1946]

Those who live along Angier Avenue in east Durham can buy food, but most of it is not very healthy.

I learned as much as I need to know about Durham NC in 06-08 with that Duke LAX case. The people of Durham don't DESERVE to be eating healthy food, they deserve to be eating rat poison.

[Popman]

Funny, evil greedy Wally World wants to build stores in the inner city but union thugs and moronic political dims keep stopping them

[pnh102]

Good grief how did people ever get by without government-run health food stores.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Take old failed communist ideas and dress them up with new lingo like “food deserts” and “eat healthy” - welcome to the USSA comrade!

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

One of the true mysteries of life that is.

[Tai_Chung]

“All the grocery stores have left...”

Instead of opening a government store, they should ask why the stores left and then create conditions to allow the stores to return. Without knowing the area, I can speculate on a few reasons.

1. High Crime
2. Obama Economy
3. Liberal Taxes
4. Anti-Business environment
5. Heavily Democratic area

If they want real change, they should refuse another government handout (grocery store) and vote conservatives into office. Let churches and private charities fill the gaps during the transition period.

[Popman]

Read the article and don’t see where “government” is running grocery stores

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Yet.

[ladyvet]

What a waste. Teaching them to cook healthy? WTF?! Can't they get a cookbook and follow the directions? I go to Wal-Mart, plenty of fresh fruits and veggies. That is NOT what I see in most food stamp carts.

[Texas Eagle]

Just for kicks, I did a little Bing search for grocery stores near Angier Avenue in Durham, N.C.

There are at least 80 grocery stores including supermarkets, whole food stores, and produce outlets.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers opened a grocery store there a year ago .....

Where do you think that “TROSA”s money comes from?

[gunnyg]

Once proud and free Americans can now solely claim only a superior tolerance for obediently taking crap...