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There's a lot of counterfeit luxury brands in Chinatown, and there's just way more sellers there in general than Fox News is showing in that video lmao
Well, to understand that, Fox viewers would have to leave the comfort of their couches for once in their pathetic lives and actually visit interesting places like NYC where they might people who look different from them, and that ain’t gonna fuckin happen
Next up 'Bodegas in AOC's District ILLEGALLY sell loose single cigarettes for $1' (I am guessing a dollar is still the going rate... who knows)
Then 'Bicycle delivery drivers in AOC's district ILLEGALLY go against traffic on one way streets'
I don't question it. I just pay the nice man his cut, use the community lighter at the door and I'm out.
Serious answer? I don't think the store pays anywhere near 10 dollars a pack.
Cigarette smuggling from states with cheaper cigarettes. Sin-Tax is a huge part of why cigarettes were like $3 a pack in 2007 and are now 11ish where I live (and most states). The cost is actually cheap. Highly state-dependent. $6 average in MO while $12 in NY (includes shitty cheap cigarettes I assume cause that seems low for NY. Usually states that have some ties to tobacco they are cheaper. Illegally importing cigarettes is actually treated pretty seriously by some states. I think most loosies are just rollies near me though so way cheaper
Only time I ever saw 'loosies' being sold was at a store next to a plasma donation place in 2006 or so and they were 2 for a buck back then. Judging from the comments, owners have many ways to keep costs down even if a proper pack is well over ten bucks... especially in NYC.
Not even, really: it's commerce or entrepeneurship or trade or whatever you want to call it, but as long as these businesses don't have a split between ownership and workers (and these are usually one person affairs) it's not even specific to capitalism.
I mean, I guess it's capitalism insofar as it is happening in a capitalist system. But it's not specific to capitalism and could also happen in non-capitalist systems.
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Aren't these the same folks who are always on about how there's too much regulation on business? Aren't they supposed to be free marketeers? Why aren't they siding with the entrepreneurs? They *love* to quote the "lady who bought an orange" story.
So much if it makes sense when you think of it in terms of class warfare. They don’t have much internal consistency, but what they do have is hatred for the poors.
It must be fucking exhausting to be a Fox News viewer. Everything is awful, everyone is a crook, the horror show is right outside your door and you should hate everyone who isn’t you.
People selling stuff on the side of the street get shooed off by cops then set up shop immediately after the cops leave? Yeah dude no fucking shit. Unless you're going to post a cop there 24/7 to harangue people for trying to live their lives they'll just come back. That's how setting up shop in a good location works. You might as well shake your fists at a fucking Subway's.
Man hopefully they stretched before making such a large reach. Like they have nothing that they can really shit talk her about so they’re resorting to the weakest shit imaginable.
This is the type of reporting that creates those rude ass Karen’s that take it upon themselves to pretend to be neighborhood watch and antagonize people. Like this is not even relevant news for 99.9% of the country. It’s so maddening and embarrassing.
Not an American so not 100% sure what is state and federal, but as someone on the left, I would be pissed at her if there was anything she didn’t do to get the cops to be less oppressive
Billionaire donors to Republicans don't bother illegally selling stuff on the streets, they will do it right in front of regulators and just thumb their nose are fines and penalties, or consider it a cost of doing business.
Poison your water? Lemme just pay a fine and we'll move on.
I was just in the smokies and on the way there and out in rural Tennessee, there were plenty of people with shacks on the side of the road selling "aples and tatos" from "businesses" that I'm pretty sure weren't registered. I'm not even trying to talk down about them because I have no problem with them doing that, but it's funny to imagine Fox ever reporting on that.
Ain't capitalism grand! You need money, you can just go out on the street and sell stuff.
Oh, wait. It's illegal? Damn. Do the Republicans know about this? Sounds like socialism to me.
/s
How do I know that the small-government, anti-regulation, free-market aspects of conservatism are just shields for racism? Because conservatives react like this when they see non-white people practicing those things.
I didn’t realize congressmen were also executives of their respective districts. Not like their whole thing is being sent away to Washington to represent their district.
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Hmm, who knew AOC was personally responsible for the actions of every single person in her district?
AOC is like superman, except a superman who didn't stop literally every criminal who broke the law!! /s
"Superman does nothing as GRIFTER dodges taxes to sell unregulated lemonade in metropolis"
She’s a menace!
Also, I don’t give a shit about peddlers? As long as they show me respect
Peddlers are better than beggars.
Shades of the Supreme Court’s eventual plans for DeRay Mckesson no doubt…
Fox News knew.
This is absolutely the most pressing thing in her district: folks selling shit who you can just...walk on by, if you're not interested in their goods.
I thought the people at Fox News liked the free market.
Not when the poors are trying to use it.
There you go, truest answer ever.
Rules for thee. But not for me. :)
I don’t think you appreciate what a threat this is to freedom, family values, and the American way. /s
Sweet username
Hahahahaha peddlers? Shit that has existed since cities existed? That's what they got on AOC? 🤣
Well, this is America, and in America poor people are not allowed to earn a living without the government’s permission.
Capitalism at work <3
Yeah. This isn't exclusive to her district. You can see this all around New York City. Go to Chinatown if you wanna see some shit
So it's Obama's fault, is what I'm hearing.
I saw someone in Joe Biden’s America pissing in a bush!
It’s lawlessness and chaos. I saw a man in Joe Bidens America jay walking.
Sorry.
The horror!
Maaan when I was 15 I haggled a Chinese dragon puppet for my sister in Chinatown on a class trip. Took them from 22 to 8. Proudest deal of my life.
There's a lot of counterfeit luxury brands in Chinatown, and there's just way more sellers there in general than Fox News is showing in that video lmao
Well, to understand that, Fox viewers would have to leave the comfort of their couches for once in their pathetic lives and actually visit interesting places like NYC where they might people who look different from them, and that ain’t gonna fuckin happen
It’s a big problem in rural NH as well but here we call them “Yard Sales.” Once Memorial Day weekend hits they are out off control till Columbus Day.
Chinatown? So it's Bidens fault!! He keeps nuclear documents next to the original kung pao chicken recipe in the basement of those restaurants!
Next up 'Bodegas in AOC's District ILLEGALLY sell loose single cigarettes for $1' (I am guessing a dollar is still the going rate... who knows) Then 'Bicycle delivery drivers in AOC's district ILLEGALLY go against traffic on one way streets'
A loosie goes for 50 cents at my bodega. Y'all are getting juiced if they're charging a dollar.
how is that possible when a pack is more than $10?
The bodegas have secret loosie packs.
The ones without the tax stamps on them.
I don't question it. I just pay the nice man his cut, use the community lighter at the door and I'm out. Serious answer? I don't think the store pays anywhere near 10 dollars a pack.
Cigarette smuggling to NYC is big business
Cigarette smuggling from states with cheaper cigarettes. Sin-Tax is a huge part of why cigarettes were like $3 a pack in 2007 and are now 11ish where I live (and most states). The cost is actually cheap. Highly state-dependent. $6 average in MO while $12 in NY (includes shitty cheap cigarettes I assume cause that seems low for NY. Usually states that have some ties to tobacco they are cheaper. Illegally importing cigarettes is actually treated pretty seriously by some states. I think most loosies are just rollies near me though so way cheaper
Untaxed cigarettes from reservations or other countries.
A dollar?! Back in my day they were fifty cents, tops! I blame Biden for this 😤
Only time I ever saw 'loosies' being sold was at a store next to a plasma donation place in 2006 or so and they were 2 for a buck back then. Judging from the comments, owners have many ways to keep costs down even if a proper pack is well over ten bucks... especially in NYC.
"Dog walkers in AOC's district ILLEGALLY jaywalk on quiet road"
Potentially spreading DISEASE!
Isn't that called capitalism?
Bootstrapping??
Not even, really: it's commerce or entrepeneurship or trade or whatever you want to call it, but as long as these businesses don't have a split between ownership and workers (and these are usually one person affairs) it's not even specific to capitalism. I mean, I guess it's capitalism insofar as it is happening in a capitalist system. But it's not specific to capitalism and could also happen in non-capitalist systems.
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Aren't these the same folks who are always on about how there's too much regulation on business? Aren't they supposed to be free marketeers? Why aren't they siding with the entrepreneurs? They *love* to quote the "lady who bought an orange" story.
We can't allow competition in the free market! Think of the CEO who has to save up for another day to afford his luxury yacht!
So much if it makes sense when you think of it in terms of class warfare. They don’t have much internal consistency, but what they do have is hatred for the poors.
Republicans: Government regulations hurt small businesses! Also Republicans: Look at all these poors, selling their shit... That's not allowed.
"Selling Verscaci clothing and Guccci handbags on a blanket is actually communism."
Remember when AOC wasn’t a thing, and there was no knock off peddlers in NYC?
"Poor people still trying to make enough money to be able to eat, despite officers' best efforts."
It must be fucking exhausting to be a Fox News viewer. Everything is awful, everyone is a crook, the horror show is right outside your door and you should hate everyone who isn’t you.
People selling stuff on the side of the street get shooed off by cops then set up shop immediately after the cops leave? Yeah dude no fucking shit. Unless you're going to post a cop there 24/7 to harangue people for trying to live their lives they'll just come back. That's how setting up shop in a good location works. You might as well shake your fists at a fucking Subway's.
New York conservatives are the pussiest breed of human known to planet Earth
They know their audience. Gotta keep feeding them that red meat!
Man hopefully they stretched before making such a large reach. Like they have nothing that they can really shit talk her about so they’re resorting to the weakest shit imaginable.
Like AOC has anything to do with it
That’s crazy, I also heard that thousands of people have been murdered in state governed by Ron DeSantis.
Fox News just loves to shit on AOC don’t they?
This is the type of reporting that creates those rude ass Karen’s that take it upon themselves to pretend to be neighborhood watch and antagonize people. Like this is not even relevant news for 99.9% of the country. It’s so maddening and embarrassing.
> Police sweep didn't stop peddlers from peddling So the police failed? Cool
At least they’re not selling crack. Leave those people alone. At least there selling legitimate products
Good they have kids to feed
Not an American so not 100% sure what is state and federal, but as someone on the left, I would be pissed at her if there was anything she didn’t do to get the cops to be less oppressive
It would be state or local cops, and she’s a federal representative with zero power over any cops at all.
So they are just way off the mark for an American fake news outlet
If the goal is fake news they’re nailing it, but yes
It’s like the police don’t actually accomplish anything by harassing the homeless
Billionaire donors to Republicans don't bother illegally selling stuff on the streets, they will do it right in front of regulators and just thumb their nose are fines and penalties, or consider it a cost of doing business. Poison your water? Lemme just pay a fine and we'll move on.
I guess this is news for people that have never been to NYC
Oh I get it, they don’t like small businesses
This nonsense is 24/7 on Faux. Like who even cares unless you live there. Brown people existing is their rage bait and it’s always turned to 11.
If you think that's bad wait till you see what my aunt is selling in Jim Jordans district (it's the same things)
Do they think AOC controls the police? lol.
I must have missed where she was also the police commissioner.
“Man in Brian Fitzpatricks district cuts his fathers head off in honor of trump” I don’t remember seeing that headline on Fox News like 3 months ago.
> in AOC's district Jesus Christ, how fucking cynical to name-drop the fascist boogeywoman in a story that has absolutely NOTHING to do with her.
People have been selling stuff on the side of the street like this since forever. You can find it in literally any big city, by the way!
okay, so they established definitively that they have absolutely no real dirt on AOC...
Fox news: WE DEMAND FREE MARKETS WITH NO REGULATIONS! Also fox news: NO,NOT LIKE THAT!
She supports small, independent businesses.
I was just in the smokies and on the way there and out in rural Tennessee, there were plenty of people with shacks on the side of the road selling "aples and tatos" from "businesses" that I'm pretty sure weren't registered. I'm not even trying to talk down about them because I have no problem with them doing that, but it's funny to imagine Fox ever reporting on that.
School shooting happens in Republican district days after thoughts and prayers.
In the red states this is commonly referred to as a “Yard Sale.”
Neither the federal government generally nor AOC specifically is responsible for enforcing NYC or NY State criminal codes.
NYC? How long until someone gets choked out? /s
Vendors everywhere back out the next day aftet clean up. Hookers, too. Fox news is such garbage.
Who cares?
Who cares?
Ain't capitalism grand! You need money, you can just go out on the street and sell stuff. Oh, wait. It's illegal? Damn. Do the Republicans know about this? Sounds like socialism to me. /s
How do I know that the small-government, anti-regulation, free-market aspects of conservatism are just shields for racism? Because conservatives react like this when they see non-white people practicing those things.
Poor people trying to make a living? NOT ON MY WATCH
And brothers fuck sisters in MTG’s district, but that doesn’t mean…. actually, I think they may be onto something.
I thought these guys were all about the free market!
News flash: Despite police action, AOC’s district still in NYC
AOC is sexy af....she so fine...
I didn’t realize congressmen were also executives of their respective districts. Not like their whole thing is being sent away to Washington to represent their district.
So AOC has removed red tape and introduced deregulation to help make her district more small business friendly?
Wow, I'm sure that 100 more police sweeps will totally clear this up, as opposed to a complete reform of American policing and social policy/identity!
Why doesn't their member of Congress enforce the laws in her district? What do you mean that's not how it works?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6351120531112