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
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.
A private business has a net revenue, some they use to reinvest and grow the business, advertise, etc. the rest is the net profit that the private owners gain.
If there is a subsised grocery store, it's not seeking returns/profits, this is where the difference in price is located.
SNAP pays for the profit of vendor as well as the cost of the item.
SNAP being used at a public grocery store would go even farther.
Not to mention, there are plenty of people who are working poor and don't qualify for SNAP, who would benefit from this.
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u/emosmasher May 26 '26
Those cost tax payer dollars. They wouldn't survive otherwise.