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共和党众议员迈克·鲁利：耗资7000万美元在五个行政区开设政府资助商店的计划将压垮小企业
作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德 福克斯新闻
俄亥俄州共和党众议员迈克·鲁利的家族拥有鲁利兄弟杂货连锁店，他接受了福克斯新闻数字频道的采访，谈及特朗普总统呼吁商店降价以及纽约市政府运营杂货店的计划。
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一名前杂货商加入了对纽约市市长佐赫兰·曼达尼政府运营杂货店计划的批评声浪，称该计划将迫使数百家小企业与之竞争，从而损害它们的利益。
“这家超市从开业第一天到关门那天，全程都会持续亏损，”俄亥俄州共和党众议员迈克·鲁利告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“我敢拿全部家当打赌，这些杂货店撑不过五年——它们可能甚至撑不过一年。”
鲁利是在家族位于俄亥俄州的鲁利兄弟杂货连锁店长大的，目前该连锁店由他的兄弟们经营。
【专家痛批曼达尼的杂货店计划是“幻象”，最终将由纳税人买单】
2026年7月27日，纽约市市长佐赫兰·曼达尼在纽约市布鲁克林区的一个食品分发中心发表讲话时举起香蕉。（斯宾塞·普拉特/盖蒂图片社）
鲁利表示，他家族拥有两家门店、规模不大但经营红火的杂货店，让他能够理解纽约市小企业主面临的挑战，他认为曼达尼市营商店带来的竞争将损害这些小企业的利益。
“你会让数百家这样的小企业倒闭。其中很多企业都是移民开办的，”鲁利说。“所以我认为，市长不可能想出比这更糟糕的局面了。”
【纽约州长候选人誓言就社会主义议程与曼达尼对决：“我会阻止他”】
作为纽约市民主党社会主义者市长，曼达尼在竞选期间公布了政府资助开设杂货店的计划。该市随后承诺投入7000万美元，在五个行政区各开设一家门店，目标是到2030年全部五家门店开业。
2024年7月23日，俄亥俄州共和党众议员迈克尔·鲁利在华盛顿特区举行的众议院铁路、管道和危险品小组委员会关于“东巴勒斯坦脱轨事件后的铁路安全”听证会上作证。（塞缪尔·科勒姆/盖蒂图片社）
曼达尼在最近的一次新闻发布会上谈到了这项协议，他说：“我们的五家市营杂货店每月会有一次，将核心商品的价格定在常规零售价的30%以下。”
尽管该计划得到了进步人士的支持，但却遭到了多元文化商业联盟等商业团体的抨击。据《纽约邮报》报道，该联盟正威胁要起诉曼达尼。
鲁利指出，杂货店的利润率本就微薄，他表示曼达尼的政府门店可能会“全程持续亏损运营”。
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“你看看杂货行业，毛利率约为27%。这还没算各项开支。支付完各项开支后，净利润大约只有1.25%到1.5%，”他说。
他认为，只要这些门店继续营业，就会成为纳税人的负担。
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“这是市长犯下的最大错误，”鲁利说。
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Grocer-turned-lawmaker says Mamdani’s government-run stores ‘might not even last a year’
August 5, 2026 9:00am EDT / Fox News
Rep Mike Rulli says the $70M plan for government-funded stores in all five boroughs will crush small businesses
By Elizabeth Elkind, Fox News
Rep. Mike Rulli, R-Ohio, whose family owns Rulli Brothers grocery stores, spoke with Fox News Digital about President Trump’s call on stores to lower prices, and New York City’s government-run grocery stores.
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A former grocer is joining the chorus of criticism against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan for government-run grocery stores, arguing it would harm hundreds of small businesses forced to compete with them.
“That supermarket will just bleed red the entire time it’s open, from the first time you turn the key until it closes,” Rep. Mike Rulli, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital. “And I would bet the farm there’s no way these grocery stores last more than five years — they might not even last a year.”
Rulli grew up with his family’s Ohio-based grocery store chain, Rulli Brothers, which is now run by his brothers.
EXPERTS SCORCH MAMDANI’S GROCERY PLAN AS AN ‘ILLUSION’ THAT WILL HAVE TAXPAYERS FOOTING THE BILL
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds up bananas as he speaks at a food distribution center on July 27, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Rulli said his family’s small but thriving two-location business has given him an appreciation for the challenges facing small business owners in New York City, whom he argued would be harmed by competition from Mamdani’s city-run stores.
“You will put hundreds of these small businesses out of business. And a lot of these businesses are owned by immigrants,” Rulli said. “So I mean, I don’t think the mayor could possibly have asked for a worse situation.”
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Mamdani, the Democratic socialist mayor of New York City, unveiled a plan for government-funded grocery stores while on the campaign trail. The city has since committed $70 million to constructing one store in each of the five boroughs, with an aim to open all five by 2030.
Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Ohio, testifies during a House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials hearing on “Rail safety in the aftermath of the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment” in Washington, D.C., on July 23, 2024.(Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Mamdani discussed the agreement during a recent news conference, saying, “Once a month, our five city-run grocery stores will set prices for this core set of goods at 30% below typical retail prices.”
MAMDANI’S CITY GROCERY PLAN COULD LEAVE TAXPAYERS PAYING FOR EVERY BANANA
While the plan has been cheered by progressives, it has been panned by business groups such as the Multicultural Business Coalition, which the New York Post reported was threatening to sue Mamdani.
Rulli, noting that grocery stores already operate on thin profit margins, said Mamdani’s government shops will likely be “operating at a loss the entire time.”
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“When you think about the grocery industry, [it] runs on about 27% gross. That’s before you pay your bills. Once you pay your bills, you’re about one-and-a-quarter, one-and-half-percent net,” he said.
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That, he argued, would make it a drain on taxpayers as long as they remained open.
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“This is the biggest mistake the mayor has made,” Rulli said.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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