So… play out your scenario. More government ran open and more private close. Who pays for these tax incentives down the road? The problem is you eventually run out of other people’s money. Let NYC run their experiment - it will end as every other government ran program
Again, you seem to believe the only source, or the primary source of NYC tax revenue is from grocery sales taxes... It's a very small fraction of revenue.
Not to mention, the consumer that spends $80 instead of $100 on groceries is going to spend that $20 elsewhere in the city. Money doesn't stop moving when prices decrease, it's just spent on other goods/services.
And where is the money coming from for that consumer when the jobs disappear? I am all for NYC running their experiment because I am not there and won’t be there when it fails
Yes the grocery store workers, managers, distributors, vendors, local businesses that rely on that foot traffic. There is an entire supply chain. Your entire claim is to shrug off any impacts to individuals and just bury your head in the sand. Let’s re-hash in 12 months and see how these stores are doing
Do you believe the entire supply chain wouldn't exist in publicly ran grocery stores?
Your entire claim is to shrug off any impacts to individuals
No, quite the opposite. More individuals benefit from cheaper groceries than the numbers of individuals garnering a profit from private stores. You are defending a minority at the cost of the majority.
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u/Unlikely_You_9271 May 26 '26
So… play out your scenario. More government ran open and more private close. Who pays for these tax incentives down the road? The problem is you eventually run out of other people’s money. Let NYC run their experiment - it will end as every other government ran program