Re: NYC Groceries

On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:27:45 -0400, Wilson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Oh my god, they’re going to subsidize the other grocery stores:
>
>So we know that Mamdani plans to open city-run grocery stores in New 
>York City (the first one is expected by the end of 2027, don’t hold your 
>breath, public health PhDs are likely getting brought in as general 
>contractors), but did you know that the plan is also to subsidize the 
>nearby shops that will be hurt by the government markets? Yes. See, 
>surrounding grocery stores won’t be able to compete with the state-run 
>stores’ lower prices. But the Mamdani administration has an answer for 
>that: funding neighboring grocery stores so they can lower their prices 
>too. One city representative said they could offer "policies and 
>programs, grants, incentives that can come alongside these grocery 
>stores to support other local independent businesses."

All of a sudden it sounds like a boondoggle.

>I am obsessed with this saga. By the end of it, Mamdani is going to 
>decide it’s cheaper to just send free yams to everyone in the city and 
>call it a day. One fascinating thing about giving stuff away is that 
>people really love it! And they are too dumb to connect the dots about 
>where the money came from. So Mamdani got a lot of glowing press for his 
>recent date-night program, where hundreds of parents could drop their 
>kids off for taxpayer-funded childcare at recreation centers one evening.
>
>Do people realize that this is paid for by all those rich New Yorkers he 
>hates so much? Like, do they realize that the abundance and wealth of a 
>society that can do this comes from money being generated by someone, 
>somewhere, and it ain’t Mamdani? No, they do not. They do not want to 
>thank their local hedge fund analyst working the 9-9-6 and paying some 
>50 percent of his income in taxes. No, no; Mamdani gave these parents a 
>night off! So fun! Eat the rich!"
>
>- Nellie Bowles
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