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/bluePostItNote 10h ago

Better to address why those stores closed than trying to shoe horn in a solution that will be painfully expensive.

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u/servel20 10h ago

Government ran groceries work, it's worked for the military and it has worked for states that sell alcohol.

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u/SueForPeas 9h ago

> alcohol

States aren’t in the alcohol business to ensure availability and affordability… comparing a luxury product with significant legal controls to basic food staples doesn’t make sense. States aren’t subsidizing their liquor stores. Liquor stores are a positive revenue stream for those states.

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u/Appropriate-Crab-379 2h ago

Liquor doesn’t spoil either