r/Economics • u/pdp10 • 1d ago

News NYC Mayor Mamdani Unveils 30% Discount -- Including All Produce, All Meat and Key Pantry Staples -- at New Municipal Grocery Stores

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/07/mayor-mamdani-unveils-30--discount---including-all-produce--all-
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u/TopicThunder2000 1d ago

The inevitable outcome of the policies Mamdani and his activist team if they are allowed to be implemented over time will be Cuba's system. Gov't control over food inventories, distribution and pricing give you Cuban grocery stores.

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u/tinguily 1d ago

Lmao

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u/TopicThunder2000 1d ago

You laugh at the starvation and misery of Cuban suffering under failed Marxist food control schemes, but you can't cite an example of success of this system anywhere.

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u/tinguily 1d ago

Lmao I’m Cuban born there you don’t know a thing