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New York Democrats Call For Tax Hike Over Migrant Crisis, Want To Force Counties To House Migrants
Daily Wire ^ | September 19, 2023 | Mairead Elordi

Posted on 09/24/2023 6:26:34 AM PDT by lowbridge

A group of New York Democrats are calling for a tax hike on the wealthy to help pay for New York’s migrant crisis.

The group of 20 New York Democrats, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), released a statement on Monday blasting the government’s response to the migrant crisis and pitching a litany of measures that the city, state, and federal government can take to help.

Several of the lawmakers self-identify as Democratic socialists.

One proposal the group put forth is to increase state taxes on the top 5% of New Yorkers and have that money go towards homeless and migrant services.

“I would absolutely be over the moon if they call back a special session to raise taxes on the rich,” said state Senator Jabari Brisport, who represents part of Brooklyn.

“New York is the most unequal state with the most billionaires in it, and they do not pay what they owe to the rest of us in New York,” Brisport said. “So raising their taxes to fund social services for all New Yorkers.”

The 20 Democrats also called for forcing New York’s counties to take in and house migrants by expanding the right-to-shelter mandate statewide.

At least four New York counties have issued executive orders blocking the new migrants from being placed in their communities. The counties are suing New York City for attempting to resettle migrants in their areas.

Yet another proposal from the group is to dip into New York’s economic uncertainties fund, which currently holds more than $13 billion.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailywire.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: demonicrats; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigration; migrantcrisis; migrantsurge; newyork; nyc; taxes; taxhike
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To: MtnClimber
The democRATS let them in. Didn’t they have a plan for when they got here?

Plans? We don' need no stinkin' plans. Our religion in magical realism.

21 posted on 09/24/2023 6:43:03 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: lowbridge
“New York is the most unequal state with the most billionaires in it, and they do not pay what they owe to the rest of us in New York,” Brisport said. “So raising their taxes to fund social services for all New Yorkers.”

Nobody owes you a damned thing you blood-sucking leech of a waste of oxygen.

22 posted on 09/24/2023 6:43:04 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: lowbridge

The only true “crisis” for a New York Democrat is lack of a reason for a tax hike


23 posted on 09/24/2023 6:43:29 AM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanaheytion is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: lowbridge

by expanding the right-to-shelter mandate

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Expanding ?

There is no “right to shelter” in the U.S. constitution.

There is nothing to expand.

More dishonesty from the usual suspects.

Spit.


24 posted on 09/24/2023 6:44:05 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Vet, John Adams Descendant , deal with it.)
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To: lowbridge

How much does Cankles pay?


25 posted on 09/24/2023 6:44:16 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: brianr10

Create the problem, deny on your mother’s life that you did, point the finger at the other guy, demand that they be punished by execution,present false evidence...repeat until all of your enemies are dead and gone,then say “look at all my accomplishments as president”.


26 posted on 09/24/2023 6:44:29 AM PDT by scottiemom (As a former Texas public school teacher, I recommend home school)
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To: lowbridge

New York is the most unequal state with the most billionaires in it, and they do not pay what ‘they owe to the rest of us’ in New York,”

There’s your socialist brain right there.


27 posted on 09/24/2023 6:44:47 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: lowbridge

This doesn’t surprise me. You can imagine ones like AOC being not at all popular in areas like Central Leatherstocking or Ogdensburg or Watertown and the people there also likely overwhelmingly do not want these invaders. But true to their arrogance, these progressive Democrats still want to impose this sort of thing on all of New York State and elsewhere.


28 posted on 09/24/2023 6:45:59 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: lowbridge

they do not pay what they owe to the rest of us in New York,” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WOW~


29 posted on 09/24/2023 6:46:04 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (There are only two sexes, male and female but there are 57 different types of queers.)
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To: cuz1961

AMEN! These people are INVADERS !


30 posted on 09/24/2023 6:46:32 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: lowbridge
“New York is the most unequal state with the most billionaires in it, and they do not pay what they owe to the rest of us in New York,” Brisport said. “So raising their taxes to fund social services for all New Yorkers.”

THEY OWE YOU??? On what planet did people who earn or inherit their money owe any of us a portion? Taxes may be a necessary evil imposed for good government*, but that doesn't mean these people actually owe us a thing.

*Of course, good government apparently went into the trash can long ago.

31 posted on 09/24/2023 6:46:50 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: lowbridge

JABARI? Let me guess.


32 posted on 09/24/2023 6:47:14 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: lowbridge

You must pay more taxes so we can give it to Foreigners so they can send it to their Home Country


33 posted on 09/24/2023 6:48:44 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: MtnClimber

Democrats are incapable of planning anything. They don’t believe in cause and effect. They don’t believe in unintended consequences. They want to teach our kids 2 + 2 = 5. They believe communism works. They believe they can raise taxes to 100% of your income and government will be rich. They believe windmills and solar cells can power an industrial nation.

They are the stupidest people alive. They do not live in the real world.


34 posted on 09/24/2023 6:49:42 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: lowbridge

NY Dems to productive citizens:

“Stop hitting yourself... Stop hitting yourself... Stop hitting yourself...”


35 posted on 09/24/2023 6:51:08 AM PDT by cockroach_magoo (“Sure we’ll have Fascism here, but it will come as an anti-Fascism movement.”  - Huey Long)
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To: All

The US is fast approaching “the Fall of Rome” level of self-serving migrants who rampage a country, demand all of the benefits of a successful culture, but criminally avoid integration or embracing the historic culture, and its laws.

Time is running out before these illegals mass together into an “identity group,” organize politically, and decimate our country to Third World levels in a calculated measure far greater than what we’ve already seen.


36 posted on 09/24/2023 6:52:00 AM PDT by Liz ( 2024 Dems will have the same guy with the same team around him, just older.)
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To: brianr10
“Create a problem, raise taxes to fix it.”

She is having her best orgasm ever over this.


37 posted on 09/24/2023 6:52:30 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: Graybeard58

Commies will eat commies when there’s nothing left. Love it.


38 posted on 09/24/2023 6:52:32 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Good government= unicorns


39 posted on 09/24/2023 6:52:48 AM PDT by darkangel82
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To: butlerweave

They would have come to Florida, and made our lives hell, but our strong Trump backed Republican governor and legislators found the moral courage to discourage that.


40 posted on 09/24/2023 6:53:25 AM PDT by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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