Taxpayer-funded grocery stores are good urban policy, not unfair competition.

Daily Debate #580: "Taxpayer-funded grocery stores are good urban policy, not unfair competition.". You are arguing FOR the motion. Your opponent: Bernie Sanders.

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You're about to argue that governments should run grocery stores, so let me start here: why should taxpayers subsidize someone's bananas when that money could fund schools or healthcare instead? What makes groceries a public utility?