favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 12 days agoMamdani updates Reagan's "nine most terrifying words" with nine more terrifying words: "I worked all day and can't feed my family"i.imgur.comvideomessage-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up1691arrow-down17
arrow-up1684arrow-down1videoMamdani updates Reagan's "nine most terrifying words" with nine more terrifying words: "I worked all day and can't feed my family"i.imgur.comfavoredponcho@lemmy.zip to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square126linkfedilink
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up17·11 days agoYou mean reclaiming a higher percentage of New Yorker’s tax dollars for New Yorkers? NYC pays more in taxes to the state than it recieves. Seems fair they get more money back for their community
minus-squareAkh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down21·11 days agoBut billionaires owning second homes do not pay anywhere near an appropriate amount of taxes
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up30·edit-211 days agoHe did increase taxes on second homes. What are you even talking about? Could it have been a higher tax? Sure, but let’s not pretend it’s nothing https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/mayor-mamdani-new-york-pied-terre-property-tax-real-estate.html I’m sorry he’s making the lives of his constituents better in a way you don’t approve of?
You mean reclaiming a higher percentage of New Yorker’s tax dollars for New Yorkers?
NYC pays more in taxes to the state than it recieves. Seems fair they get more money back for their community
But billionaires owning second homes do not pay anywhere near an appropriate amount of taxes
He did increase taxes on second homes. What are you even talking about? Could it have been a higher tax? Sure, but let’s not pretend it’s nothing
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/mayor-mamdani-new-york-pied-terre-property-tax-real-estate.html
I’m sorry he’s making the lives of his constituents better in a way you don’t approve of?