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They want to raise taxes on the rich. The ‘tax mules’ are already fleeing the city. Raising taxes will increase the flight, making the deficit worse.

Communists never can understand the concept of maximum tax income, or the Laffer curve. So it always ends in despair. When 2% of civilization pays more than 70% of the burden, running off the mules ends in disaster. That’s just math, and it has consequences like gravity.

Mandami needs to be honest now, they can dramatically increase taxes on the poor, or they are going to have to cut services. Perhaps both now.

1 posted on 01/30/2026 3:29:11 AM PST by Pete Dovgan
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Hahaha, already making excuses. Socialism will fix it.


2 posted on 01/30/2026 3:32:55 AM PST by DAC21
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To: Pete Dovgan

NYC income taxes have to be approved by the state legislature and governor.


3 posted on 01/30/2026 3:39:54 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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Didn't the Biden DOJ try and prosecute Adams on some trumped up charges when he warned about the financial burden of illegal immigrants?
4 posted on 01/30/2026 3:40:37 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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Communists love show trials. Mamdani should order the NYPD to arrest Adams. Then hold a show trial for him on Riker’s Island.

Just a suggestion.


5 posted on 01/30/2026 3:44:59 AM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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According the Google Ai results: NYC spends 8 million dollars a day on illegals/migrants.


6 posted on 01/30/2026 3:45:59 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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No worries. He will eventually arrive at the routine Socialist solution; people need to die.


7 posted on 01/30/2026 3:51:58 AM PST by Kudsman (47 is making things right again. )
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Het Zohran, here’s an idea ...

Call in ICE to remove and DEPORT all your illegal aliens.

Get rid of them. They will suck your city dry.


8 posted on 01/30/2026 3:53:35 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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“It’s worse than the great recession!” Commie idiot.


9 posted on 01/30/2026 3:57:33 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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Folks like this clown think there enough rich bleeding hearts out there ready to take one for the team. What he will learn is these folks are really good at protecting what is theirs. He will end up actually having to tax everyone , which of course will make NYC even more unaffordable and less attractive and then the spiral really begins.


10 posted on 01/30/2026 3:59:48 AM PST by MrRelevant
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Mamdani should send some civil servants to Minnesota to open some daycare services. Problem solved.


11 posted on 01/30/2026 4:07:03 AM PST by Doctor Congo
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Communists never can understand the concept of maximum tax income, or the Laffer curve.

Communism is the lie the evil tell the greedy and stupid. They understand these thing just fine. Their goal is destruction then consolidation of power to rule over the rubble.

12 posted on 01/30/2026 4:09:30 AM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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Looks like Mamdani surveyed the landscape and could not find any Republican politicians to blame for the massive fiscal deficit from proliferate spending simply because there are no Republican politicians in NYC. So, he did the next best thing and blamed other irresponsible Democrats for the deficit he no doubt would have created if he was in office at the time.


15 posted on 01/30/2026 4:23:27 AM PST by chuckee
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Looks like Mamdani surveyed the landscape and could not find any Republican politicians to blame for the massive fiscal deficit from proliferate spending simply because there are no Republican politicians in NYC. So, he did the next best thing and blamed other irresponsible Democrats for the deficit he no doubt would have created if he was in office at the time.


16 posted on 01/30/2026 4:23:39 AM PST by chuckee
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If everything under Mamdani is free NYC will be out of debt in no time 😳


17 posted on 01/30/2026 4:25:39 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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While he is probably correct since he has not been in office long enough. He also said hold my beer at the end of the press conference.


18 posted on 01/30/2026 4:27:01 AM PST by pas
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Mamdani just needs to get busy and get the city council to raise local taxes by 12 Billion and send it to the state legislature to approve it. Easy Peasy - problem solved.


19 posted on 01/30/2026 4:32:29 AM PST by Bernard ("Nothing is as expensive as that which the government provides for free." - Ronald Reagan)
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So, a Lefty Democrat blames a Lefty Democrat for Lefty Democrat policies and outcomes, while all the other Lefty Democrats cheered the mess further on.
24 posted on 01/30/2026 5:25:33 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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For anyone who has the time, a 21 min vid from YouTuber Actual Justice Warrior that I highly recommend.

A primer on just how the heck we got here.

It's not just the migrant spending. Note the info on education spending and enrollment, taxation.

Communist Mayor PANICS Over budget Crisis

26 posted on 01/30/2026 5:32:09 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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Rookie mistake???
One finger pointing at the guy leaving.
Four fingers pointing at himself...


27 posted on 01/30/2026 5:55:59 AM PST by Steven Tyler
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This is a fairly typical political playbook. A new administration does an investigation of the budget and finds that the city / state / country is in horrible fiscal shape. It gives the new administration a pass if the economy and government services remain in the toilet during the beginning of the new administration. Or, in Obama’s case, he blamed Bush for his entire first term.


29 posted on 01/30/2026 6:06:59 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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