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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: Shoplifted Grocery Stores LEAVE Socialist Seattle in DROVES Creating Huge Food Deserts
Description: Seattle's brilliant solution to grocery stores fleeing due to rampant shoplifting? Force them to let competitors move in! Because nothing says "smart business policy" like watching Kroger shut down citing theft, safety issues, and hostile regulations, then demanding they can't block competition from opening in the same crime-ridden location. We dive into Seattle's latest legislative masterpiece that tackles food deserts by... completely ignoring why stores are closing in the first place. While politicians pat themselves on the back for "doing something," we explore the real reasons behind 25 break-ins at one restaurant, homeless encampments, and why even Whole Foods said "...