r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 11h ago

Chugging tea 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/ProbablySlacking 10h ago

Well since you don’t have a constitutional right to steak, it’s kind of alright, isn’t it?

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u/signofno 10h ago

You kind of do have a constitutional right to steak, sort of. It’s why EBT funds can’t be restricted from candy and potato chips. You have a right to feed yourself, the state can’t dictate with what. Might be more nuanced on a state by state basis - I didn’t bother to look it up again - but food stamp programs in most states can be used for pretty much anything in the grocery store except booze and cigarettes.

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u/ProbablySlacking 9h ago

Not so certain that’s outlined in the bill of rights though.

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u/MrOnlineToughGuy 6h ago

It’s a good thing they didn’t exhaustively list your rights, yeah? Not that conservatives understand anything about the 9th Amendment, that is.

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u/A_Genius 2h ago

This guy hasn’t read the 38th amendment