On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher discussed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) government-run grocery store proposal and said that it’s an idea that hasn’t worked before and is going to unfairly undercut legitimate private sector businesses.
Maher said, “He’s opening these city-run stores, grocery stores. I don’t think they have one yet, but that’s the plan, that will sell meat and bread and other items, I assume, for 30% below market rate. His quote was, the Mayor said, I look forward to the competition. May the most affordable grocery store win. Well, it’s not competition if you’re undercutting legitimate businessmen by 30%. I wonder who’s going to win. But who’s subsidizing that, who’s paying for that? I guess richer people, and that’s the plan.”
Maher then asked former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), “But do you think it’s workable? It never has before.”…