By: Daiman Teer for The Simpleton Star
Look, I’m no economist, but even a blind man could see that Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan for New York City to run its own grocery stores is pure, unadulterated childish communism dressed up as “affordable food for the people.”
The smiling guy, a complete phony, wants the city government – the same geniuses who turned the MTA into a rolling dumpster fire and public housing into crime-ridden hellholes – to own, stock, and operate supermarkets. One in every borough. First one opening in East Harlem’s La Marqueta in 2027 at a cool $30 million taxpayer price tag, with $60 million more for the pilot. Because nothing screams “we care about working families” like forcing every New Yorker to subsidize government bread and milk while the shelves sit empty.
This isn’t some bold new idea. It’s central planning 101: the state seizes control of the means of production (in this case, the produce aisle), pretends profit is evil, and promises lower prices by cutting out “corporate greed.”
Sound familiar? It’s the exact same fairy tale that gave the Soviet Union those legendary empty bread lines. Government doesn’t create food out of thin air. It just takes your money, hires union hacks (and the mob) who couldn’t run a legit lemonade stand, and wonders why the bananas are rotting while the “manager” is on his third coffee break.
Here’s the joke on feasibility: Mamdani actually thinks a bunch of city bureaucrats who can’t fix a pothole without a $2 million consultant – are going to out-compete Walmart, Trader Joe’s, and every bodega on the block. Razor-thin 1-3% profit margins? No problem, they’ll just lose money forever and call it “public service.”
Theft and shrink? They’ll hand out participation trophies instead of firing anyone. Spoilage? Who cares when the losses get buried in the next city budget. It’s not a grocery store. It’s a welfare program with expired yogurt.
And before you call me crazy, let’s list every single real-world example where this brilliant communist experiment has already blown up in their faces:
- Kansas City, Missouri (Sun Fresh / KC Sun Fresh): The city poured $18 million into this taxpayer-backed disaster starting in 2018. By 2025 it was losing nearly $900,000 a year, with empty shelves, rotten produce, and international headlines calling it a “complete disaster.” It finally shut down or was on the verge of closure while Mamdani was still campaigning for the exact same stupidity. Empty coolers and crime — that’s what “public option” looks like.
- Baldwin, Florida: Tiny town of 1,300 people. Private grocer closes, so the city opens its own “Baldwin Market” in 2019. No rent, no property taxes, heavy subsidies — and it still lost money every single month. Accumulated a $171,000 deficit, stocked expired goods, and was so badly run that locals begged for it to close. It finally did in 2024 after five years of bleeding taxpayer cash. Left behind an empty building and zero groceries.
- Erie, Kansas: City buys the only grocery store in 2020-2021 to “prevent a food desert.” Lost $132,000 in a single year, profitable for exactly one month in 2022. Competition from a Dollar General across the street and Walmart 15 miles away crushed it. After years of red ink, the city finally gave up in 2024 and leased it to a private operator. Government: 0, capitalism: 1.
- Other half-assed attempts (Little River, KS; St. Paul, KS; Chicago’s abandoned plan): Same story every time. Cities buy or build the store, lose money hand over fist, then quietly hand the keys back to private hands or just shut the doors. Even the rare “success” stories only work with massive ongoing subsidies and zero real competition.
These aren’t cherry-picked. Every single time government tries to play grocer, it ends the same way: higher costs for taxpayers, worse selection for customers, and politicians acting shocked when it collapses. NYC already has over 1,000 grocery stores. The real problem isn’t “food deserts” — it’s sky-high taxes, insane regulations, and shoplifting mobs that private stores have to fight every day.
Mamdani’s solution? Make the city the biggest shoplifter of all by stealing your wallet to fund the experiment.
This isn’t about feeding the poor. It’s about power. It’s about the far-left finally getting their hands on the last piece of the economy they haven’t ruined yet. And when these five shiny new communist markets open with fanfare, watch the headlines in 2028: “NYC Grocery Stores Lose Millions – Officials Promise More Funding.” The shelves will be bare, the unions (MOB) will be fat and happy, and you’ll be paying for it.
New Yorkers deserve better than bread lines and excuses. But with Mamdani at the wheel, we’re about to get the full Soviet experience — just with better Instagram filters and a $60 million price tag. Mark my words: this thing will fail spectacularly. The only question is how many of your tax dollars will disappear before they admit it.
BIBLE VERSE
Proverbs 14:12
“There is a way that appears to be right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.”
WHY I CHOSE THIS VERSE
This verse perfectly describes the NYC voter. They keep thinking socialist ideas like government-run grocery stores, sky-high taxes, defund the police, open borders, and “free everything” sound righteous and compassionate. It feels right to them. It sounds fair. It gets them likes on social media. But history, economics, and every failed experiment proves it leads straight to ruin — empty shelves, bankrupt cities, and skyrocketing crime. New Yorkers aren’t just making a policy mistake. They’re choosing a path that looks good on the surface but destroys everything it touches. Proverbs 14:12 calls that foolishness exactly what it is.
A PRAYER FOR THE NYC VOTER
Lord, have mercy on the people of New York City, for they know not what they do — and honestly, at this point, it’s starting to look intentional.
Forgive them for repeatedly electing leaders who promise heaven on earth through government control, then act shocked when it turns into hell. They voted for the smooth talkers, the socialists, and the professional victims, thinking this time it would be different. They chose feelings over facts, handouts over hard work, and slogans over sense.
Open their blind eyes, Lord. Let them see that bread lines are not compassion, that confiscating money from producers to fund utopian fantasies is not justice, and that government incompetence is not a feature — it’s the inevitable result of their choices.Deliver them from their own stupidity before they turn the greatest city in the world into a full-blown communist theme park with $30 million taxpayer-funded grocery stores that can’t even keep the milk from spoiling
And if they refuse to learn, at least give the rest of us the strength not to laugh too hard when it all collapses.In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
