Re: NYC Groceries

On 8/22/26 9:27 AM, Wilson 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."
> 
> 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

rich people do not "generate" wealth, they by and large collect rent 
which is how their investments can grow 5-10% while the economy only 
grows 1-2%

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