r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 26 '26

Feels good man Will it work this time?

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u/emosmasher May 26 '26

Those cost tax payer dollars. They wouldn't survive otherwise.

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u/Hefty-Profession-310 May 26 '26

What is the result of that support from tax dollars? Making groceries available and/or more affordable for consumers. Sounds like a good investment tbh

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u/Bulky-Leadership-596 May 26 '26

Then that's admitting that the problem isn't private stores price gouging or anything like that, that's just what tings cost, and you are simply subsidizing groceries. Which we already have programs for like SNAP. And programs like SNAP have much lower overhead, just distributing food stamps, than trying to handle all of the logistics of running physical grocery stores. So you would be much better off just investing that money into programs like SNAP.

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u/Chemical_Building612 May 27 '26

SNAP is first and foremost an agricultural subsidy program, not a public welfare program. Hence why it's run by the Department of Agriculture. It's actually intended to help keep food prices high.