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Mayor Mamdani says he has balanced NYC's budget, will not raise property taxes - CBS New York (www.cbsnews.com)
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[+] -87 points 3 months ago (3 children)

"we balanced the budget without needing to raise municipal taxes... by raising your state taxes"

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  • [–] 116 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    You do realize he is the mayor and not the governor. Thus he cannot raise state taxes.

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  • [+] -6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yes I'm aware, it was literally a sarcastic comment, not a brain-dead take.

    When the state tax coffers are covering a 4 billion dollar municipal deficit, and the state coffers are disproportionately funded by NYC residents, it's just a case of the left hand stealing from the right pocket. There is still a 4 billion dollar deficit, it's just being paid for by either a different tax revenue stream, or budget cuts to a different set of services

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  • [+] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 55 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    Every time I see comments like the one you replied to, this comes to mind:

    The reality of some people’s situation is so far removed from their understanding they’re basically cheering or jeering for the sake of mob mentality and not much else.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Someone in another thread recommended the book "dying of whiteness" and it's absolutely horrifying. We all know conservatives vote against their self interests. Well, they know too. Many of them know. They're happy to die for their beliefs if it means no {slur} gets anything nice.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    This. I grew up in a MAGA incubator (aka private Christian school). These people literally believe that the world is going to end. The ONLY skin they have in the game of life is their own salvation. Many of them are in fact NOT Christians, and worship a god that forgives only them while judging everyone else.

    We give these people power and responsibility at our own peril.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    If the world is going to end, why do they give a flying fuck about taxes?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago*

    Because collectively they are christo-fascists. There is a cultural emphasis on voting conservative as a form of spiritual warfare. Conservative politicians have taken advantage of this for decades.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    Yes that is indeed generally the state of things. It used to be the general american delusion was temporarily embarrassed millionaire; now it seems so much worse, and diversified. How do you break a population of that? Guh what a fuckin mess.

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