It must be nice to be a democrat. It’s almost like being a meteorologist. You don’t always have to be right. Not even 50% of the time.
Stores live on marketing and advertising to sell their products just like the democrat party.
Sales tax, property tax, gas tax, income tax, death tax, payroll taxes, tax on benefits, capital gains taxes, cigarette taxes, gift taxes, taxes on your utilities and about a zillion other ways the government "legally" steals from us to redistribute money to their friends and spend it on their pet projects.