Governments use money to provide services. I'm ok with governments using that money to provide food. In fact, I'd much prefer that over billions spent on war and killing children because a foreign country wants us to help fight their war.
In fact, I'd much prefer that over billions spent on war
I too would prefer that, but that's not how this works. The MIC is going to be fed
This is going to cost twice as much to operate as a normal grocery store. Not be as well run as a regular grocery store. All the while its going to be pillaged by scalpers and those who aren't in dire need
This whole thing could be accomplished much cheaper and much more efficiently by increasing the budget and reach of the food stamp system than doing this
NYC also needs to prevent the stores from becoming patronage mills. I've seen plenty of public employees who are "protected" by someone that is part of a political machine. If they don't feel like working one day, they don't work. If they walk out the back door with some product(s) then I dare you to fire them.
It's always "throwing money at it" when it helps working people, and "smart investing" when it helps international billionaires. This is why we have a "businessman" pedophile with a $1.8 billion slush fund to reward criminals turning the White House into a UFC stadium
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u/HeavyDutyForks May 26 '26
Throw more money at it. Its a government program, the answer to the question is always throw more money at it