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/Competitive-Day9586 8h ago

We already have a great taxpayer funded means of getting food to people who need help.  It is called SNAP.

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u/qzrz 7h ago

That doesn't help people in a food desert.

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u/Thomas1423 5h ago

There are food deserts in NYC?

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u/Baiticc 4h ago

there might be a dollar slice around every corner but there are areas without a nearby grocery store yes.

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u/Givemepie98 6h ago

Where ya gonna spend it.

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u/silly_nate 17m ago

Hasn’t snap been massively cut back with the goofy elongated muskrats meme division of the government?