ll74
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I didn't assume ..you did.Of course you "assumed" which makes you an ass.
And?Grocery stores work at the lowest profit margin of ALL retail businesses. And based on location the higher the lose based on theft, the higher the prices the owner has to charge to merely keep the doors open.
Not always true.It is absolutely true that if you shopped at chain store 'X' in an affluent neighborhood the prices were lower than stores of the same chain located in the ghetto. And the denizens of the ghetto scream that they're 'getting ripped off.' No they aren't, they're making up the losses of the assholes in their community that engage in theft.
You're not an owner.Ultimately, as an owner, the loses reach a level where you just pack up your shit and leave.
I'm discussing feeding people. You're not.Now, if the community wants to use the citizens tax dollars to subsidize a store, fine, have at it. Let's see how local Communism works. But it's been tried and has failed every time. Subsidized grocery stores are no answer. If you don't deal with the criminal you'll never get rid of the crime.