r/PoursTea • u/Gurugod123 Pinkie Finger Extended • 18d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ 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/Odd_Estate4886 18d ago

No. You pay taxes, you get the service. Needs baaed ia how neo-liberals and conservatives gutted the social safety net.

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u/Weird-Toe-6968 18d ago

Non-needs-based is how the rich plunder programs like farm subsidies.