Re: NYC Groceries

On 8/22/2026 9:46 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> 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.
>
There's no free junk food! YMMV.
 >

>> 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