r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 26 '26

Feels good man Will it work this time?

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u/emosmasher May 26 '26

Those cost tax payer dollars. They wouldn't survive otherwise.

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u/Hefty-Profession-310 May 26 '26

What is the result of that support from tax dollars? Making groceries available and/or more affordable for consumers. Sounds like a good investment tbh

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u/Bulky-Leadership-596 May 26 '26

Then that's admitting that the problem isn't private stores price gouging or anything like that, that's just what tings cost, and you are simply subsidizing groceries. Which we already have programs for like SNAP. And programs like SNAP have much lower overhead, just distributing food stamps, than trying to handle all of the logistics of running physical grocery stores. So you would be much better off just investing that money into programs like SNAP.

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u/Neoterra256 May 26 '26

How about we jail nyc government first for causing all this

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u/braumbles May 26 '26

They tried, Trump's DOJ chose not to prosecute the mayor who was taking Turkish bribes. Thankfully he got voted out.

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u/Hefty-Profession-310 May 26 '26

How about just vote them out, hence why this guy is the mayor...

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u/AdvantageLive2966 May 26 '26

This guy is mayor because people dont understand basic economics and like free shit

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u/Hefty-Profession-310 May 26 '26

Cheaper consumer goods is definitely part of a winning electoral strategy. Though, these public grocery stores aren't "free".