Business, Economics, and Taxes 2: That's Why We Fight to Take the Means Back

[ticapnews]

Oh please. I want Mamdani to succeed, but I'm also realistic. There is only so much he can do without support, and his available options aren't necessarily without longer-term consequences. The guy isn't a god.

But by all means, attack away and call me a BSABSVR conservadem.

I meant the media, the talking heads and the think tank types who shill for the 1% and would rather have an authoritarian dictatorship than risk anything remotely socialist, but sure.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

The caveat I've seen is that the funding gap closure was assisted by State funding to make the difference up. But I don't want to disparage what he has done. He definetly has made improvements the lower and middle class has seen immediate results from.


I absolutely had a good laugh at CNBC this morning where they interviewed someone who wants Mamdani to personally call Gov. Desantis and discuss how to work together to keep from billionaires leaving NYC. When pushed, said talking head said that billionaires from such famous NYC boroughs such as the Hamptons, Fairfield County, etc. are fleeing NYC for South Florida because they're being taxed out of NYC.

And then in the next breath says that the imports to South Florida are now pricing out locals in FLA who they have to move to Georgia and Tennessee.

yeah he cut some budgets and some unused OT buckets I believe, along with delaying pension payments.

he needs to get a wealth tax in, and then boom.

 

[MichVandal]

The caveat I've seen is that the funding gap closure was assisted by State funding to make the difference up. But I don't want to disparage what he has done. He definetly has made improvements the lower and middle class has seen immediate results from.

I give him a lot of credit for negotiating with Albany to get funding. If in the short term he can deal with the deficit without the tax increases, then in the long term, it's plausible that he can get the taxes and reduce the funding from the rest of the state.

Shocking that a democrat can be so skilled in government finances- if you listen to any r in the last 50 years. Imagine if he ran the rest of the country- could actually lower taxes for the poor and lower middle class in a way that would help them move the economy in a positive direction.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I give him a lot of credit for negotiating with Albany to get funding. If in the short term he can deal with the deficit without the tax increases, then in the long term, it's plausible that he can get the taxes and reduce the funding from the rest of the state.

Shocking that a democrat can be so skilled in government finances- if you listen to any r in the last 50 years. Imagine if he ran the rest of the country- could actually lower taxes for the poor and lower middle class in a way that would help them move the economy in a positive direction.

i forgot to mention that, thank you.

I love making the rest of the state start chipping in, they certainly benefit from the city

 

[ticapnews]

He's done a lot of little things that will improve life for the residents but don't cost anything. For example, putting a time limit on how long construction scaffolding can be on the street. It creates a hazard for pedestrians, is an impediment to the disabled and hurts small business because people see the scaffolding and assume they are closed. Not to mention an eyesore that causes claustrophobia. He used an example of one place where the scaffolding has been up 16 years. No one in the neighborhood even remembers who put the scaffolding up or why.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

He's done a lot of little things that will improve life for the residents but don't cost anything. For example, putting a time limit on how long construction scaffolding can be on the street. It creates a hazard for pedestrians, is an impediment to the disabled and hurts small business because people see the scaffolding and assume they are closed. Not to mention an eyesore that causes claustrophobia. He used an example of one place where the scaffolding has been up 16 years. No one in the neighborhood even remembers who put the scaffolding up or why.

don't forget, paying people to shovel after the blizzard so - gasp- the city became accessible and walkable while paying people. pure socialist slop

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

The government paying anyone a wage will always be viewed as socialism in this country, even if those people actually fucking work (and often harder and for less pay than their private industry counterparts). There's nothing we can do to change that perception without fundamentally changing how most Americans think about the government's role in the economy, which would require adjusting our education curriculum to be far less pro-corporate. Good luck with that.

Republicans bitched and moaned about the CCC, WPA, TVA, and the rest of the New Deal programs for eons. They still whine about it to this day and talk about FDR like he was one step away from going full Stalin. Never mind that those programs civilized half the country so that we can all now turn on a light bulb and pipe the shit out of our hovels, even if we live in Podunk.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

And then in the next breath says that the imports to South Florida are now pricing out locals in FLA who they have to move to Georgia and Tennessee.

The number of millionaires living in Miami doubled between 2014 and 2024, while the overall city population shrank.

Holy shit, I cannot think of a better place for all of the ultra-rich, short of a rocket to the sun. Miami was already one of the country's armpits - just leaving the airport you can't mistake the smell for any other city, including New York. C'mon record Category 5!!!!!!!!

 

[aparch]

The government paying anyone a wage will always be viewed as socialism in this country,

The takeaway I had from the shoveling program was the Rs clutching their pearls that Mamdani had the gall to ask for ID to fill out a fucking application to work for the city (albeit temporarily) so they followed fucking federal labor laws. How dare this liberal communist socialist follow the letter of the law!

 

[ticapnews]

The takeaway I had from the shoveling program was the Rs clutching their pearls that Mamdani had the gall to ask for ID to fill out a fucking application to work for the city (albeit temporarily) so they followed fucking federal labor laws. How dare this liberal communist socialist follow the letter of the law!

They were confused because their typical reaction to laws is to either blatantly break them or try to find ways to circumvent them.

 

[MichVandal]

The government paying anyone a wage will always be viewed as socialism in this country, even if those people actually fucking work (and often harder and for less pay than their private industry counterparts). There's nothing we can do to change that perception without fundamentally changing how most Americans think about the government's role in the economy, which would require adjusting our education curriculum to be far less pro-corporate. Good luck with that.

Republicans bitched and moaned about the CCC, WPA, TVA, and the rest of the New Deal programs for eons. They still whine about it to this day and talk about FDR like he was one step away from going full Stalin. Never mind that those programs civilized half the country so that we can all now turn on a light bulb and pipe the shit out of our hovels, even if we live in Podunk.

Unless there's a corporate structure adding to their share value between the government and the people doing the work. Then it's not only ok, but the better way to go.

Socialism for profit is fine, but not for just getting stuff done.

Just like how we can socialize corporate losses. And never recover that money when the companies make money, since their taxes have been cut.

 

[MissThundercat]

The Kars4Kids jingle is banned in California for false advertising.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kars4kids-ad-banned-false-advertising-9.7201634

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Seen elsewhere: "The current economy is basically 7 companies laundering $1 trillion in Monopoly money through each other."

 

[Kepler]

TIL...

Those documents show it wasn't until later that he learned the main purpose of Kars4Kids is not helping local disadvantaged children but instead funding a Jewish organization called Oorah.

Fun facts:

In 2017, a report from the attorney general of Minnesota, Lori Swanson, stated that Kars4Kids, a vehicle donation charity and sister organization to Oorah, had misled donors in Minnesota regarding the use of their funds. Of the $3 million raised by Kars4Kids in Minnesota, less than $12,000 went to children in Minnesota, while 90% of the funds went to Oorah, which is based in New Jersey and operates summer camps in New York. The report also stated that Oorah had lost almost $10 million in real estate transactions. Kars4Kids and Oorah share offices in Lakewood, and have many employees working for both charities. The attorney general's office found that the majority of Oorah's funds came from grants from Kars4Kids. In May 2026, an Orange County, California Superior Court judge found that Kars4Kids' advertisements were "misleading by omission" by not disclosing that their primary purpose was to fund Oorah, amongst other issues.

 

[ticapnews]

877-bombs4kidz
Commit genocide in Gaza today!

 

[Kepler]

It's a little genocide but it looks like it's mostly just good ol' fashion real estate affinity fraud. They redirect the KfK $ to buy real estate, exaggerate the value, then dump it off on buyers inside the Orthodox community using Man in Cloud flavoring to build the con. Everybody gets ripped off, goy and chosen alike.

Now that's what I call assimilation!