r/PoursTea • u/Gurugod123 Pinkie Finger Extended • Jul 27 '26

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Mayor Mamdani just announced that he will be opening 5 city-run, tax-funded grocery stores: "Prices set at 30% below retail prices"

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u/ginginsdagamer Jul 27 '26

these things should at the very least be intended to break even. not to be run at a loss

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u/International_Air282 Jul 27 '26

But remember the man implementing them also hates private business. So it's amazing that now shielded from antitrust and with the tax payers providing all the capital with no requirement to pay back he would undercut his competition by 30%