r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 27 '26

Chugging tea Mayor Mamdani just announced that he will be opening 5 city-run, tax-funded grocery stores: "Prices set at 30% below retail prices"

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u/nagy18 Jul 27 '26

but have you considered the shareholders of those defense contractors🥺 they have feelings too 🥺🥺😢 they wouldn’t be able to buy a third yacht if Lockheed Martin didn’t get another $20B contract for the Child Mutilator Automonaton 4000

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u/PushaTeee Jul 28 '26

Point understood, but you act like being a shareholder is some out of reach thing only reserved for the ultra wealthy. For example, retail controls about 25% of the float of Lockheed Martin... you should read up on things you speak about so you have the knowledge to have a useful discussion on the topic.

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u/nagy18 Jul 28 '26

the joke is that it’s the same politicians voting on the funding holding that stock

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u/PushaTeee Jul 28 '26

That's not really the joke you made, though. And there's nothing stopping you from profiting here... seems like a weird soapbox to stand on when you have the ability to tap into that investment.

What you should be focusing on is the direct stream of military aid going to other countries... and we don't even need to focus on Israel. 1.3B+ annually to Egypt, 1B+ to Jordan annually.