Elections NYC mayoral race

[Possum Jenkins]

That's not accurate though. Europe doesn't have government owned grocery stores, and they do not rely on a small number of taxpayers to fund everything. Get real, nobody was actually excited about anything he offered because most of them don't even apply to the people who voted for him, they were just excited that he said someone else will pay for it.

He's a mayor ffs and doesn't have the authority to raise taxes, and even if he did, they do not have the same trap mechanism in place. Europe's tax burden is more evenly spread, so huge percentage points of the population would have to flee their entire country to mess up the tax base, and even that wouldn't work because the neighboring countries probably don't have it much better. NYC would just need a handful of people to decide it's a better deal to have a 30 minute commute and leave the city for the tax base to crumble.

Well yeah, Europe's tax burden is more spread out because its wealth is more spread out. The US is the most unequal society among developed nations. And city-run grocery stores is probably the most unusual policy but Istanbul has had it. All his other proposals are very common throughout the EU.

“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his newsletter, The Planet. “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”

That view hit on the wide differences in how Mamdani’s promises are seen by many across the Atlantic. “Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return. The debate here isn’t whether to have these programs, but how to improve them.”

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’

Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

www.theguardian.com

And yeah, a radical takeover of businesses would prompt capital to flee but that's not what's happening. Many of his proposals are common in northeastern states.


The proposal, according to Mamdani’s revenue plan, is similar to Massachusetts’s 4 percent surtax on individual income that exceeds $1 million, which was approved by voters in the state’s 2022 election. Revenue from the surtax is directed to transportation and education measures.


According to a preliminary estimate from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue in August, the state collected nearly $3 billion in surtax revenue for fiscal 2025.


Mamdani would advocate for the state’s top corporate tax rate to increase from 7.25 percent to 11.5 percent, the same top marginal rate as neighboring New Jersey, estimated to generate approximately $5 billion annually.

Tax Wonks Weigh In on NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s Tax Policies | Tax Notes

Tax Notes is the first source of essential daily news, analysis, and commentary for tax professionals whose success depends on being trusted for their expertise.

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Only the most miserly pieces of shit would flee because of a slight increase in taxes. The risk is worth it.

 

[nostradumbass]

Well yeah, Europe's tax burden is more spread out because its wealth is more spread out. The US is the most unequal society among developed nations. And city-run grocery stores is probably the most unusual policy but Istanbul has had it. All his other proposals are very common throughout the EU.

“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his newsletter, The Planet. “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”

That view hit on the wide differences in how Mamdani’s promises are seen by many across the Atlantic. “Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return. The debate here isn’t whether to have these programs, but how to improve them.”

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’

Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

www.theguardian.com

And yeah, a radical takeover of businesses would prompt capital to flee but that's not what's happening. Many of his proposals are common in northeastern states.


The proposal, according to Mamdani’s revenue plan, is similar to Massachusetts’s 4 percent surtax on individual income that exceeds $1 million, which was approved by voters in the state’s 2022 election. Revenue from the surtax is directed to transportation and education measures.


According to a preliminary estimate from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue in August, the state collected nearly $3 billion in surtax revenue for fiscal 2025.


Mamdani would advocate for the state’s top corporate tax rate to increase from 7.25 percent to 11.5 percent, the same top marginal rate as neighboring New Jersey, estimated to generate approximately $5 billion annually.

Tax Wonks Weigh In on NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s Tax Policies | Tax Notes

Tax Notes is the first source of essential daily news, analysis, and commentary for tax professionals whose success depends on being trusted for their expertise.

www.taxnotes.com

Only the most miserly pieces of shit would flee because of a slight increase in taxes. The risk is worth it.

No, it's really not worth it, because they don’t just lose the increase, they lose what they were already paying too.

Europe does not have the massive gap in what percentages each income group pay compared to their share of the income.

And again, the people who voted for Mamdani are not the people these programs apply to. The girls who voted for him don't even have kids, probably don't pay their own rent and don't even live there long term.

If it was the programs that were so great, and that's what people were voting for, surely they would also have voted for it if it was their own taxes going up, but we both know there is 0 chance they would have, because nobody whose taxes he wants to raise did vote for him. It's young girls who are willing to experiment as long as it's not their money, and can just leave if it falls apart

 

[Possum Jenkins]

No, it's really not worth it, because they don’t just lose the increase, they lose what they were already paying too.

Europe does not have the massive gap in what percentages each income group pay compared to their share of the income.

And again, the people who voted for Mamdani are not the people these programs apply to. The girls who voted for him don't even have kids, probably don't pay their own rent and don't even live there long term.

If it was the programs that were so great, and that's what people were voting for, surely they would also have voted for it if it was their own taxes going up, but we both know there is 0 chance they would have, because nobody whose taxes he wants to raise did vote for him. It's young girls who are willing to experiment as long as it's not their money, and can just leave if it falls apart

I said the risk is worth it. I think the chance is very small that a significant number of people are going to leave NY because a tax increase that's in line with neighboring states' is in place.

All the other stuff about who voted for him and who would or wouldn't still vote for him if X, Y, and Z was in place is irrelevant.

 

[Jacket time]

These younger folks are off the rocker

 

[nostradumbass]

I said the risk is worth it. I think the chance is very small that a significant number of people are going to leave NY because a tax increase that's in line with neighboring states' is in place.

All the other stuff about who voted for him and who would or wouldn't still vote for him if X, Y, and Z was in place is irrelevant.

Well it's certainly relevant that both the governor and the state legislature disagree with you and agree with me that it isn't worth driving away their tax base.

 

[White Whale]

Florida, Texas and Tennessee are seeing rich New Yorkers move to their states because of Mamdani’ election. He is losing a major tax base so its going to be harder to fund his ideas.

 

[Mr Holmes]

Florida, Texas and Tennessee are seeing rich New Yorkers move to their states because of Mamdani’ election. He is losing a major tax base so its going to be harder to fund his ideas.

I have a feeling that cheetah eating faces thread is going to get a lot more posts.

 

[ShadowRun]

We what, there are people in this thread says this works with no issues..

 

[PEB]

 

[UberHere]

We what, there are people in this thread says this works with no issues..

Yeah that’s just flat out retarded

 

[Possum Jenkins]

Well it's certainly relevant that both the governor and the state legislature disagree with you and agree with me that it isn't worth driving away their tax base.

Pretty meaningful that said governor endorsed Mamdani over the much more mainstream Cuomo.

At the very least she could have stayed quiet and not endorsed either.

 

[HereticBD]

At the very least she could have stayed quiet and not endorsed either.

She's gonna wish she did.

 

[nostradumbass]

Pretty meaningful that said governor endorsed Mamdani over the much more mainstream Cuomo.

At the very least she could have stayed quiet and not endorsed either.

It's meaningful that the democrat governor endorsed the democrat candidate? Cuomo wasn't the democrat candidate, and she didn't endorse anybody in the primary. Cuomo had already lost and ran as an independent, and she's the one the replaced him when he was forced out of office, then she called him toxic and fired his staff.

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

Multi-accent Mamdani is Kamala's boyfie in another life.








Virtually identical.

 

[Koya]

"I served you as the mayor"

 

[Scerpi]

We what, there are people in this thread says this works with no issues..

Dude is a complete moron... lol



Lets see him try to pull this off. Overriding US with International Law... Whatever the fuck International Law actually is?

Did US Citizens vote for lawmakers who created International Law? Do US Judges rule on it?

lol...

 

[UberHere]

Dude is a complete moron... lol



Lets see him try to pull this off. Overriding US with International Law... Whatever the fuck International Law actually is?

Did US Citizens vote for lawmakers who created International Law? Do US Judges rule on it?

lol...

International law is whatever the US and Israel say it is at any given time.

 

[Kingz]

Trump and Zohan will meet this Friday. I don’t see what they could possibly have to discuss but it should be interesting nonetheless

 

[cottagecheesefan]

This will be interesting and very entertaining IMO. Intriguing trump and his team are giving him a large platform with trump and will be live steaming it.

 

[Aegon Spengler]

Interesting video of the new mayor after his hunger strike from 4 years ago