Posted on 09/14/2025 7:42:55 AM PDT by John Semmens
In an interview on MSNBC "PoliticsNation" host Rev. Al Sharpton asked New York City mayoral candidate ZohranMamdani "you say you want to raise taxes on the wealthy to fund a bigger budget for the changes you want to implement in how the city is run. How will you keep them from leaving?"
"When you ask New Yorkers what is it that is making them feel uneasy in this city, you often hear from them about the cleanliness of our city, the safety of our city, the affordability of our city. We are not asking to raise these taxes for the sake of raising taxes," Mamdani responded.
"Well, if I lived in New York I'd be in that top 1%," Sharpton said. "I don't see how free buses and letting more prisoners out of jail would improve my life. Won't the millionaires who do live in the City be similarly skeptical?"
"Where do you live?" Mamdani asked.
"In New Jersey," Sharpton replied. "I moved because of the high taxes and soft-on-crime policies."
"But you do work in the City," Mamdani pointed out. "Don't you feel like you owe the City something for this privilege?"
"What privilege?" Sharpton exclaimed. "I've worked hard to get where I am. Nobody's giving me any privilege."
"I believe we're all in this together," Mamdani explained. "Those who have done better have an obligation to the collective to share the wealth they've gained. It will be my obligation as the mayor of the City to do whatever I can to ensure a more equitable distribution of this wealth."
"That sounds like communism to me," Sharpton complained. "I'm glad I don't live in your jurisdiction."
"Not yet," Mamdani admitted. "But being mayor is just the next step toward my collectivization of the United States. One day you will be in my jurisdiction and I will govern you as I deem necessary for the good of the whole."
“Not yet,” Mamdani admitted. “But being mayor is just the next step toward my collectivization of the United States. One day you will be in my jurisdiction and I will govern you as I deem necessary for the good of the whole.”
Good questions from Sharpton. He may be a grifter, but he is not a stupid grifter.
Mamdani isn’t black enough for the Reverend.
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