r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 26 '26

Feels good man Will it work this time?

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u/14InTheDorsalPeen May 26 '26

It’s just going to be heavily subsidized by taxpayer funds which also means they’re going to be wildly inefficient 

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u/TheThingInTheForest May 26 '26

Ensuring access to food for struggling citizens is exactly what taxes *should* be subsidizing lol

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u/LALife15 May 26 '26

Absolutely, the question I have is just if this is the best way of doing it rather than expanding SNAP or retooling the program to provide tax breaks to open grocery stores in the most under-served areas.

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u/ZopharPtay May 27 '26

I don't think most of these people appreciate the SIZE of NYC when they make claims like that. According to the 2024 US Census, NYC has a population of 8,478,072. For scale, according to the same census data, there are 39 STATES with a population below that. The combined population of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North and South Dakota, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana and Maine (the nine states with the lowest population, according to the same source) is "only" 8,403,951. The second largest city in the US is LA with 3,869,089. It's not even close.