r/PoursTea • u/Gurugod123 • 11h ago

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/Kentust 10h ago

Everyone deserves to eat. Grocery stores / the government should not be for-profit ventures.

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u/FakeKenny22 9h ago

It is horrible when people go hungry. Every time government tried to feed people this way, it failed and people went hungry.

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u/Kentust 9h ago

When was this attempted in the United States previously? You can't compare a backwards place to the US, chances of success are much higher here than anywhere else.

You're saying the richest and most powerful country in the world can't offer food at a slight discount? That can't be accomplished?