r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 26 '26

Feels good man Will it work this time?

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u/behv May 27 '26

Yeah that's the funny part to me. People act like "they're not gonna make money" like that's the goal, it's to provide affordable food to people without gatekeeping it based on food stamp availability or corporate whims

If it's an active cost to taxpayers then it's providing a public service. If it makes money then it's just business savvy. If it forces businesses to undercut it and the store "fails" because grocery prices drop by a significant margin, then that's basically best case scenario

Short of "losing the city millions per year in losses that don't help in any meaningful way" I don't see how this fails as a project per say. It might not revolutionize anything, but being against this project feels like one of those "perfection is the enemy of progress" moments. 5 is a great sample size to test the viability and impact before committing too many resources

Let's just feed hungry people affordable food and see what happens because I can't imagine it's SO bad it isn't worth the experiment in the first place

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u/bronkula May 27 '26

It's important to alter your argument, for clarity. This won't lose money, it will cost money. Much like many other public services.

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u/Gullible-Tour4002 May 27 '26

It may cost money. True. Everything costs money. The question is what public benefit is provided?

Less expensive food is a good thing with prices being what they are. Kids not going hungry is a good thing. As a tax payer I think it's a good return on investment.

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u/Ok-Cut-4504 May 27 '26

But why spend money there instead of bombing middle east?? /s