Re: NYC Groceries

On 8/22/26 10:46 AM, Dude wrote:
> On 8/22/2026 9:49 AM, dart200 wrote:
>> 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%
>>
> Let's not be hypocritical, Nick. By most world standards you're the rich 
> kid on the block.
> 99.9% of all people on earth live in nations states. Only a tiny 
> fraction are stateless. 100% of people living on earth pay taxes.
> 
> What makes you so special?

that i actually have a respect for basic freedoms, apparently...

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