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minus-squarejimmy90@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agoas i just learned in another lemmy post the US military call it a commisary which is also socialist btw because we’re on lemmy
minus-squareredhat421@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThe US commissaries are subsidized and provide a mandatory ~23% savings on prices over retail stores. NYC could totally do the same thing if they wanted. More Perfect Union has a breakdown on this, it’s pretty good/ informative.
as i just learned in another lemmy post the US military call it a commisary
which is also socialist btw because we’re on lemmy
The US commissaries are subsidized and provide a mandatory ~23% savings on prices over retail stores.
NYC could totally do the same thing if they wanted.
More Perfect Union has a breakdown on this, it’s pretty good/ informative.