Get Government Out of the Kitchen

No, we don’t need to nationalize restaurants.

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A man holds a tray of food at a McDonald’s restaurant at Times Square in New York City in 2012.

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Interesting new survey from the Center for Strategic Politics: Fifty-nine percent of Democrats would be happy if Trump was removed by a military coup, because nothing says “Our Democracy” like men in uniform removing a duly elected official. Somehow you don’t think they’d be happy to wake up to see Pete Hegseth gripping the podium Alex Haig–style and saying, “I am in command here, now, at the White House.” It’s as if they think the transgender health official from the Biden years would lead the coup.

Another result: Thirty-nine percent of Democratic voters would approve of the restaurant industry being publicly owned and operated. They want to nationalize meal prep? Seize the means of reduction! You imagine fusty old-style progressives with gray hair sprouting from their ears who say to themselves, “These restaurant prices are too high. We need government ownership to impose some fiscal discipline.”

James Lileks

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