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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Muddling 2 on October 17, 2021, 08:04:07 AM
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Walgreens is abandoning San Francisco because leftist policies created a shoplifting crisis.
"Economics students learn in their 101 classes that basic markets can’t function without a few prerequisites — namely, the protection of private property rights. It’s an introductory concept because it’s almost self-evident: How can people do business if they’re not secure in their property and profits? Yet the furthest-left faction of today’s Democratic Party, which governs in the most liberal bastions such as San Francisco, has abandoned even this most basic lesson. And, just as econ 101 predicted, stores are abandoning the California city in droves.
Just this week, the pharmacy chain Walgreens announced that it will close five of its stores in San Francisco, citing theft and retail crime as the main motivator behind its decision.
“Organized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across San Francisco, and we are not immune to that,” Walgreens spokesman Phil Caruso said . “Retail theft across our San Francisco stores has continued to increase in the past few months to five times our chain average. During this time, to help combat this issue, we increased our investments in security measures in stores across the city to 46 times our chain average in an effort to provide a safe environment.”
These aren’t the first stores in San Francisco that theft has forced Walgreens to shut down. In October 2020, it closed one location that was reportedly losing more than $1,000 a day due to shoplifting."
Link: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/walgreens-is-abandoning-san-francisco-because-leftist-policies-created-a-shoplifting-crisis
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To all San Francisco liberals...:ownit:
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Out of curiosity I Googled "Walgreen's locations in San Francisco". Currently there are 20 locations in San Francisco. Walgreen's is closing 25% of their remaining stores due to rampant shoplifting and crime thanks to Proposition 47 and refusal of SF city government to do anything about the shoplifting going on. My guess it won't be long before the remaining 15 SF Walgreen's locations shut their doors permenantly and the company never returns.
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Out of curiosity I Googled "Walgreen's locations in San Francisco". Currently there are 20 locations in San Francisco. Walgreen's is closing 25% of their remaining stores due to rampant shoplifting and crime thanks to Proposition 47 and refusal of SF city government to do anything about the shoplifting going on. My guess it won't be long before the remaining 15 SF Walgreen's locations shut their doors permenantly and the company never returns.
I'm looking forward to the plaintive wails of leftists decrying that there's no place in the city to fill prescriptions anymore.
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I'm looking forward to the plaintive wails of leftists decrying that there's no place in the city to fill prescriptions anymore.
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I'm not so sure they're interested in having their prescriptions filled when they're busy dodging human piles of shit on the street next to used syringes.
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I'm not so sure they're interested in having their prescriptions filled when they're busy dodging human piles of shit on the street next to used syringes.
You're almost certainly correct, but they will definitely need some sort of excuse to seize upon in order to decry Walgreens leaving the Shitty of Shan Franshisko [/Sean_Connery] as a direct result of their horrible policies. The inability to fill their prescriptions will just be the first excuse resorted to; doesn't mean it will be any more honest than anything else coming out of a leftist's soup cooler.
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You're almost certainly correct, but they will definitely need some sort of excuse to seize upon in order to decry Walgreens leaving the Shitty of Shan Franshisko [/Sean_Connery] as a direct result of their horrible policies. The inability to fill their prescriptions will just be the first excuse resorted to; doesn't mean it will be any more honest than anything else coming out of a leftist's soup cooler.
the headlines will read something like...
"BIG PHARMA TURNS IT'S BACK ON MINORITIES AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE CITY IN FAVOR OF BIGGER PROFITS"
"WHERE WILL THESE POOR MINORITIES AND PEOPLE OF COLOR GET THE MEDICATION THEY NEED TO SURVIVE?"
"CITY LEADERS DEMAND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ACT IMMEDIATELY WITH AN INJUNCTION TO STOP THIS RACIST MOVE BY BIG PHARMA"
and on and on and on....
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Now the thieves will have to take an uber to go shoplifting!! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :-) :-) :-) :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
Oh!!, the HORROR!!!!! :-* :-* :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:
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You're almost certainly correct, but they will definitely need some sort of excuse to seize upon in order to decry Walgreens leaving the Shitty of Shan Franshisko [/Sean_Connery] as a direct result of their horrible policies. The inability to fill their prescriptions will just be the first excuse resorted to; doesn't mean it will be any more honest than anything else coming out of a leftist's soup cooler.
Well, excuses are what leftists bray. Up and down, left and right. Uh....more "left" than right, that is. :-)
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Well, excuses are what leftists bray. Up and down, left and right. Uh....more "left" than right, that is. :-)
Excuses are what leftist scum bray, because they certainly can't mention anything about RESULTS.
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Excuses are what leftist scum bray, because they certainly can't mention anything about RESULTS.
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true dat.
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Walgreens is getting push back from the left. They claim that Walgreens is closing store stores, not because of thefts but because of over-saturation of the market.
If that is true, then closing 5 stores is still the right thing to do from a business standpoint.
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Walgreens is getting push back from the left. They claim that Walgreens is closing store stores, not because of thefts but because of over-saturation of the market.
If that is true, then closing 5 stores is still the right thing to do from a business standpoint.
And old and probably still accurate Chicago truism or joke on giving directions:
Upon telling someone that a bar or restaurant is located at Pulaski and Diversey, the respondent will inevitably say, "is that the block that the Walgreens or the Starbucks is on"?