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2025-08-21 Economy

Bed, Bath & Beyond flees California, tells the world exactly why

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Posted by Besoeker 2025-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [299 views ] Top

#1 That was some good bridge demolition. Expect some petty reprisal from Newsom beyond snark.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-08-21 06:19|| 2025-08-21 06:19|| Front Page Top

#2
Can see it now.

Gov. Newsome declares 20% Tariffs / surtax on companies shipping in items, if the company is not physically located in California.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-08-21 07:42|| 2025-08-21 07:42|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ Secession is not out of the question, nor is armed confrontation. These people will go to any lengths. It's a civil war of sorts.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-08-21 07:48|| 2025-08-21 07:48|| Front Page Top

#4 That would not be Constitutional but at least it would be across the board.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-08-21 07:48|| 2025-08-21 07:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Article I, § 10, clause 2 of the United States Constitution, known as the Import-Export Clause, prevents the states, without the consent of Congress, from imposing tariffs on imports and exports above what is necessary for their inspection laws and secures for the federal government the revenues from all tariffs on imports and exports.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-08-21 08:01|| 2025-08-21 08:01|| Front Page Top

#6 ^#5

Given the creativity of the Far Left Liberal Democrats and their appointed Federal Judges.

What if it were a State levied tax or Sur-charge tax to offset state conditions and package waste disposal, For items shipped in that don't meet the CAL. Enhance Environmental Green Zero Impact standards. eg. Plastic packagings?

Posted by NN2N1 2025-08-21 09:22|| 2025-08-21 09:22|| Front Page Top

#7 BB&B has some valid reasons for closing retail stores in the state.

What they didn't mention might also be the unenforced 'liberation' of items from their storefronts.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2025-08-21 12:14|| 2025-08-21 12:14|| Front Page Top

#8 I believe Kaliphornia has or wants to have an exit tax on people fleeing that legislative sh!thole.

Posted by DooDahMan 2025-08-21 13:10|| 2025-08-21 13:10|| Front Page Top

#9 From the
Governor Newsom Press Office
@GovPressOffice we hear that Newsom remains unfazed...

After their bankruptcy and closure of every store, like most Americans, we thought Bed, Bath & Beyond no longer existed.

We wish them well in their efforts to become relevant again as they try to open a 2nd store.

It sounds like he's actually glad they're gone and he hopes that others will leave as well. They will, of course, and a lot of others already have.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-08-21 13:54|| 2025-08-21 13:54|| Front Page Top

#10 That is his media handlers, who look just as gay and snotty as this statement.

See, they are trying to do their best Trump style. But because they are hollow screen generation people with no life experience, it comes off like....this.

I've heard it said that, in media, Authenticity is the Currency of the Future (and other such variations on that theme). This group has none.

Oh, and who else shops at BB&B? AWFLs.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-08-21 16:31|| 2025-08-21 16:31|| Front Page Top

#11 ^ A bit snarky for the governor of a state. Not a good look.

Man, I'm so old I remember when governors tried to attract business to their state, sometimes even going so far as offering ~~money~~ incentives in various forms.

Posted by SteveS 2025-08-21 18:26|| 2025-08-21 18:26|| Front Page Top

#12 Ace covered this the other day, what he was saying 'drunk tweets'. Apparently they are so bad apes of 'Trump Style' friendlies were telling them to shut up.

I've heard of various forms of what would be considered, by any other name, an Exit Tax, at least balloon trialed.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-08-21 20:52|| 2025-08-21 20:52|| Front Page Top

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