The rich who Mamdani and other political leaders target “are the epitome of the American dream” and the largest employers and philanthropists, Roth said. “They are at the top of the great American economic pyramid for a reason. They should be praised and thanked.”

Mamdani’s office responded, saying the mayor wanted all New Yorkers to succeed, including business owners and Griffin, “who is a major employer in our City and a powerful figure in our economy.” But that does not negate the fact that the tax system is “fundamentally broken” and needs to be reformed to make New York City more affordable.

Most New York City business leaders fiercely opposed Mamdani, a democratic socialist, during his campaign last year. Since he entered office this year, some have warmed to him and consider him to be pragmatic. But the video, which came out three weeks ago, has outraged many of the business class. They say that hostility toward the rich will drive out businesses and wealthy taxpayers from New York City.

Griffin, at a separate event, said Tuesday that the video was “creepy and weird” and New York “doesn’t welcome success” under Mamdani. Citadel plans to expand in Miami over New York City in response to the video, he said.

He compared New York to Chicago, where Citadel was previously headquartered. Griffin moved Citadel out of Chicago in 2022, citing crime and anti-business sentiment.

“Looking at what Mamdani did to me and more broadly is doing to the city of New York is triggering the trauma I went through in Chicago,” Griffin said.

A pied-à-terre tax could generate approximately $500 million annually from an estimated 11,200 second homes, according to the city comptroller.

The political clash in New York comes as other cities and states attempt to raise taxes on the wealthy. Similar political cycles are playing out over the impact these taxes will have and the risks of the wealthy fleeing.

Massachusetts passed a surtax on income over $1 million in 2022, and Washington State and Rhode Island plan to tax income over $1 million. California voters will soon decide on a measure to tax billionaires in the state.

Opponents, including Silicon Valley magnates like Google co-founder Sergey Brin, have poured tens of millions of dollars into efforts to block the tax.

Tax the rich

>>1512633
Remember that weekends and livable wages are the results of battles between robber barons and unions having literal battles where people died.

Remember that those things are what we negotiated, and that the alternative to that was we go to the factory owners house, drag them outside, and beat them to death in front of their families.

>>1512619
it is when its being said by privilaged cunts like those LA streamer cunts Hasan and pokicunt stans should all be raped to death for their hypocrisy

>>1512635
>unions are the reason we're able to live and have days off work
This is what communist faggots actualy believe.

>>1512638
Never had a conversation not on reddit, huh ?

Eat the rich.

He's right. NY, especially NYC, wastes billions from just fraud . Taxing more doesn't do anything about the massive spending and fraud

>>1512658
Look up the Anthracite strike

>>1512660
redditards bootlick those la cunts anon. first time being outside ur echo chamber?

>>1512619
He's right, it's antisemitic

>>1512719
whoever told you that 4chan cares about what streamer cunts are doing set you up for failure, esl shill

>>1512736
Brother, there are shills worse than that that VIOLATE rules 1-77 of the internet.

>>1512619
Your opinion is noted.
Tax the rich.

>>1512658
Then they're right.

No poor person ever offered me a job.

>>1512635
You can't do that anymore, that's why we live in the surveillance state.
The "Factory Owners" don't even live in this country, they are spying on you 24/7 with AI, and if you tried to protest, anywhere on this planet, they would know and instantly cut off your access to capital and legal representation.

>>1512619
So many tax dollars are lost now that mom and pop commercial homeowners cannot purchase third or even fourth homes. This is basically communism. What next? Another holocaust?

>>1512638
These "people" like Hassan, and Destiny are a psyop. Even the obvious "based" leftie youtuber are industry plants. They're like the obvious FBI agent on /pol/ going "BOY I SURE HOPE SOMEONE COMMITS AN ACT OF TERROR TODAY" and then jotting down notes when they get some sarcastic post going "yeah frfr".

Hassan, for instance, is a very obvious mole for billionaire media outlets to corral the left into supporting all the worst shit imaginable for workers rights. He has very obvious family connections to his mortal enemies through his family connection through Cenk Uigyur (whatever chunk's real name is), and he purposefully associates with anything that's more left-wing than demanding bathroom breaks in warehouses.

Then, once his face is all over a movement, he purposefully throws a red-coat of paint over it and puts hammers and sickles everywhere to remind everyone of LE GOMMUNISM, Islamic stars all over every figure to remind people of 9/11, and interviews the same entourage of well-poisoners and it makes literally everyone recoil in fear away from any movement, making sure porky and the jews win again.

It's become so bad that he has a legit following despite talking like a high schooler in his 40s and purposefully advocating for donations to terror organizations in Europe (To break whatever social protections they have, since America is thoroughly defeated). To the point where he had to make a big show about getting an obvious pain-sensitive dog and shocking the fuck out of it live on Camera to finish the touches on his supervillain persona. During this, he was advocating raising the minimum wage, so every video clip of him sautéing his dog is associated with him babbling about minimum wage and tipping culture that gets shared on social media.

And all of them are like this. You may find someone you think is "Le based" and then the next day they're on camera with their pants down. If there was a sincere voice, you would never hear about it.

>>1512760
We live in communism for 4-5 industries. We have a functionally identical system to pre-collapse Soviet Union. Where we are desperately trying to get ahead of our own inflation and debt-borrowing for welfare, but we ONLY lend exclusively to the Oligarchs and Jews who run the system through nepotism and bribery. We get nothing. We get to look forward to the hyperinflation that struck the Soviet Union just before the wall fell. Only this time, there will be no one extending a hand once our tech monopolies fall to bail us out.

>>1512761
take this reddit trash back to your containment board

>>1512638
Why is it hypocritical for a rich person to say they should be taxed more? Being rich doesn't mean you lobbied for lower taxes or dodged taxes to get there. Some people just inherited money from people that did that.

>>1512763
Eat a bullet, ESL shill

>>1512764
>Why is it hypocritical for a rich person to say they should be taxed more?
Because while he is doing this, he's also saying "I LOVE TERROR CELLS" and mashing a big red button to turn his dog into beef jerky. He does not sincerely mean the things he says. He is saying these things so people associate raising taxes on the rich to that nepo baby who owns a mansion in Miami while shocking his dog on twitch, who seemingly never does anything about it for some reason as he's """""advocating""""" for unions for Amazon.

>>1512763
This is on-topic and as much as you want to pretend to be a retarded boomer who doesn't know how to use computers or the internet: Social Media is an asset of politics, now. There is no escaping that. The voters of the future aren't going to be voting from Fox News or whatever shithole you get your slop from, it'll be from Youtube, Tiktok, Twitch.

>>1512762
Yes and just like hatred against Jews led to the fall of Germany and later the Soviets, liberals (who are the true racists by the way) are trying to bring down America with their irrational antisemitism

>>1512768
kek, Anon the Jews who brought down Germany were doing the same false flags as Hassan is doing now to destroy the liberal movement. They are on the same team. The Liberals are the only ones saying "Hey maybe 1% of people owning literally everything is bad for everyone". Conservatives love that.

>irrational antisemitism
>irrational
LOL
So we another billy for daddy bibi, right? Hasan would hate that. You wouldn't be like Hasan.

>>1512619
Why should anyone care about a billionaire's feelings? Billionaires got that way by not caring about people's feelings.

>>1512768
Conservatives actively have neo nazis dressing up and pretending to be Republicans as well. don't pretend these imbeciles are a liberal-only phenomena. any time either side looks like they're about to cast off the yoke of the eternal hand-rubber, suddenly a ton of previously-unknown political cults get unearthed strangely by exclusively mainstream media outlets.

The breadtubers only exist because liberals spent so much time on the optics game of cleaning up their self-image that their main advocates are now retards with beady little glasses, pubes on their head, purposefully looking like the most insufferable basedboys imaginable to kill their ideologies through cringe. And look, you still think they're the REAL racists because of dipshits like Hassan, his job is complete.

>>1512766
>Because while he is doing this, he's also saying "I LOVE TERROR CELLS" and mashing a big red button to turn his dog into beef jerky. He does not sincerely mean the things he says. He is saying these things so people associate raising taxes on the rich to that nepo baby who owns a mansion in Miami while shocking his dog on twitch, who seemingly never does anything about it
Do you not know what a hypocrite is? Also he lives in California and has campaigned for pro-tax candidates.

>>1512756
How many have you gone to for jobs?

>>1512775
He's not a hypocrite, he is a plant. This is like calling a spy a 'hypocrite' because he's lying to get information, of course they are, that's their job.

Stop pretending he's a hypocrite and call him what he is: a traitor.

>>1512756
Most politicians understood that you get more money if 99% of people control 70 or even 80% of the wealth, as individuals can get taxed more than corporations. This is why America was great 50-60 years ago when everyone was in a union.

You're purposefully sabotaged yourself to get at "DEM MEAN POOR PEOPLE NEVER GAVE ME A JOB" meanwhile the chosen ones aren't giving you one, ether. They're outsourcing to India and AI.

>>1512771
Ok tranny I’m sure all those Muslim leeches you import are making America great again with each welfare check they cash
>>1512774
>libs outwardly trying to destroy the Jewish state and keep blacks poor with their racist policies like telling them to be victims instead of letting them pull themselves up by the bootstraps
>ackshually you are the racist
Ok tranny

>>1512779
Jews brought the muslim leeches in, you retard. They brought ALL of the leeches in, and all of their plants advocate for it.

>>1512779
>libs outwardly trying to destroy the Jewish state and keep blacks poor with their racist policies like telling them to be victims instead of letting them pull themselves up by the bootstraps
There have been multiple threads on this board alone about Neo Nazis suddenly appearing in conservative/republican candidates. Shut the fuck up, everyone hates the Israelite.

>>1512777
>Stop pretending he's a hypocrite
I'm not? I'm saying he isn't a hypocrite.

>>1512779
damn libs are based, why aren't all of us liberals instead of trying to onboard with this orange chicken who keeps bringing illegals in and giving to israel?

>>1512783
No, you're saying he has principles to align with. I'm saying he has no principles, he's in his position because he does whatever his masters tell him to do. His masters want him to do his song and dance about Communism while giving every cent his viewers give him away to politicians who will steal their rights.

>>1512782
>everyone hates the Israelite.
Fuck you and your anti-MAGA propaganda
Trump and Israel will fix the world whether or not you want them to, you antisemetic libfag

>>1512778
>as individuals can get taxed more than corporations
Unless they get paid in stock and borrow against the value of their assets to fund their lifestyles, which they all do now.

>>1512785
>No, you're saying he has principles to align with
No, I'm saying he's not a hypocrite, you illiterate howler monkey.

Don't tell me not to do something and then bitch when I don't do it, btw.

>>1512786
Orange Man sucks Bibi's uncircumcised cock every night while imagining himself being raped by Iranians. Your life is anti-MAGA propaganda, and you should end it.

>>1512788
> which they all do now.
Literally every poor person gets wages. Even 401Ks are becoming obsolete, gig work is the majority of jobs in the economy, now. Who are the individuals paid in stock options, I'll wait.

>>1512791
Oh okay so YOU'RE the esl shill that I keep hearing about. Maybe ask your supervisor what 'hypocrite' means then, illiterate cow-shit eating dahlit.

>>1512793
I misread your post, disregard.

>>1512794
>Maybe ask your supervisor what 'hypocrite' means then
Am I arguing with 1 illiterate dipshit or 2? YOU said he's not a hypocrite 2 and 3 fucking replies ago.

Also a hypocrite is someone who acts contrary to their words, chucklefuck. That's something Hasan doesn't do on taxes as was repeatedly pointed out.

>>1512802
you're projecting again, esl shill

>>1512803
See
>>1512777
>He's not a hypocrite
>Stop pretending he's a hypocrite

>>1512749
If they're right then why do so many people keep moving from union states to right-to-work states?

>>1512761
that's why i hate their simps more then i do them personally. hence me wanting their stans lynched

>>1512842
That’s irrelevant.

>>1512842
>If they're right then why do so many people keep moving from union states to right-to-work states?
as someone benefiting from CA labor laws in a right to work state, your ignorance is amusing

>>1512842
>If they're right then why do so many people keep moving from union states to right-to-work states?
Really? Literally every study on the GDP shows the exact opposite is happening for skilled workers:
https://decipherbrief.substack.com/p/corporate-impact-of-moving-from-red

You're confusing unskilled hicks working gig jobs as "Contractors" (literal slaves with no rights) with skilled workers who have something to lose by working literal slave jobs. The entire world isn't California, and every red state isn't Florida. Most of whom are shitholes like arkansas who do nothing but take take take, never give back.

>>1512853
How much benefit do you get from the warning
>WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer
Have you ever bought a product with that warning anyways?

>Have you ever bought a product with that warning anyways?
Oh, thats sad
ESL shill doesn't even get American products in their village

>>1512778
you're a retarded narcissist who made the last 10 years so unbearably shitty people would rather have literal civil war then to ever let you be in power again and rightfully so.
Also gotta love you downplaying the shit you've done Yes i would rather have trump then you. There is no world where I'd ever vote democrat despite being a liberal.

>>1512842
>If they're right then why do so many people keep moving from union states to right-to-work states?
Warmer climate+to dodge death taxes

>>1512896
>There is no world where I'd ever vote democrat despite being a liberal.
"Classical" liberals aren't liberals in the American sense, m8. Fuck off.

if you think billionaires are the epitome of the american dream, then you're wholely retarded.

the american dream traditionally was colonial style home, the picket fence, the wife, the car, the kids, and the dog. not unchecked, unregulated corporate greed. you can only earn so much money. after a certain threshold you're no longer earning so much as you're abusing others.

>>1512756
Rich people would rather hire a jeet or use AI than give you a paycheck that you can live on

>>1512896
So you're a liberal...? So the fascist admin you're fellating ended Roe v. Wade, gutted climate protections in favor of fossil fuel expansion, is deporting American citizens instead of reforming our immigration system and creating pathways to citizenship, has written an executive order making us all genderless in an attempt to legislate trans people out of existence.

One of two things is happening here. Either you are not a liberal, or you are fucking retarded.

>>1512996
You type like a retard

>>1513001
how are all of your opinions objectively wrong, esl shill? it's a strange talent of yours

>>1512992
The American Dream is to abuse others.

>>1513004
you really are a russia shill huh

>>1513005
There are two people on this website, you and people you call shills
You would be a lolcow if anyone paid attention

>>1512619
this is what i voted for #winning

>>1512996
climate protections have nothing to do with liberalism dipshit.
Roe V wade, I would've cared about if you didn't fucking make it so anyone with enough money can literally go into female bathrooms you disgusting pervert.
Fuck you, Ya and I hope losers like you get wiped out of existance after every fucking time you make your disgusting excuses. Oh this person doesn't ACTUALLY represent us. If you wanted my support you would've fucking lynched that lilytino cunt when she went into female bathrooms and started filming underaged girls instead of crawling and screeching with excuses.

You fucking incompetent loser are the reason trump is in power right now because ur such a detestable piece of shit.

Gotta love the retard saying oh look the other side doing this is so bad, meanwhile YOU are literally 10x worst then them.

>>1512996
yet again you've proven that voting for trump was the right call. not for his policies but because I want fucking retards like you to seethe and have an aneurysm until you die for being such a retard you think ESL is a argument.
Fucking trump is so goddamn slow with his policies. I hope he does just so you can fuck off, privileged absolute cunt.
you think people are stupid and don't realize that the fucking "trans" vocal cunts are all white privilaged middle-upper class retards. the sooner you die the sooner we can get back to sanity and the actual trans people can be left alone and not be lumped in with your dogshit movement

>>1513221
>You fucking incompetent loser are the reason trump is in power right now because ur such a detestable piece of shit.
No, it's because of the far right slowly chipping away at liberal democracy for the last 40 years. People like you helped. I'd say I'm sure they appreciate your contribution, but that would be a lie.
>Gotta love the retard saying oh look the other side doing this is so bad, meanwhile YOU are literally 10x worst then them.
No, anon, I don't love you.

>>1513227
Far right Democrats?

>>1513229
No.

>>1513227
>No, it's because of the far right slowly chipping away at liberal democracy for the last 40 years.
haha nice fiction, anyone with a brain knows which side is ruining democracy.

your trans movement has literally justified doxing and sending death threats to kids because their parents donated to the republican party. And yet here you have a retard trying to guilt trip me saying if i was a real liberal I'd care more about roe V wade then death threats and child abuse.

ok illiterate cunt.

>>1513227
>party that attack kids for wearing mario hats
>we're actually the good guys and you're a hateful bigot for not supporting us also if you don't support us you should die
>WHY DIDN"T YOU SUPPORT US!!!!

>>1513231
>anyone with a brain knows which side is ruining democracy.
Correct.

>>1513236
glad you agree now what should we do with these lobotomized leftists
I recommend firewood

>>1513237
I think stripping the media of their paid-speech might help cool them down.
That might create a dangerous slippery slope though, so I'm onboard with turning them and their texts into firewood.
No one is born a raving libshit, it;s a learn behavior, but I don't think it can be cured so long as there's a voice for it.

>>1512633
cool it with the antisemitism

>>1513242
>I want to take away people's free speech. I'm literally espousing fascist ideology.

Well yeah, obviously, you're a fucking moron. If you actually had anything worthwhile to say you'd argue people out of their position. Your arguments fall apart under their own weight, so the only way for you to win is to make sure nobody ever learns about the other side beyond their strawmen.

>>1513237
Isn't it wild how they can't blame literally any of their problems on the things that cause them; how despite the utter lack ofany evidenced chain of causation it's always somehow the fault of trans people and immigrants.

What a coincidence that facist scapegoats would cause so many problems here too!

Tax the rich

>>1513293
oh no one's blaming trans people, in the same way you don't blame a drunk on the street whose openly hostile.
We just don't want drunks on the street and want the people who say they have a right to be drunk and violent on the street gone and out of office.
Its amazing how low IQ you are that you love simplifying it down as MUH RACIST BIGOT HATES TRANS PEOPLE THAT"S WHY THEY VOTED HIM IN.

>>1513327
>We're not blaming trans people, we're just comparing them existing to someone making the choice to get drunk
>Also in that same hypothetical we also don't want drunk people to exist
>But we don't want them to not exist or anything we just don't want to see them or hear them or have them do anything

>>1513362
are you or are you not making a choice anon?
also its funny how you want to call it bigotry to say its a mental illness while simultaneously being a rich white person issue.
I want you dead for being such a retard