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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6152896" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>That's not even what we're talking about.  New York, both.city and state, have seen their tax base eroded by taxing so much that many of the wealthy have left.  What Mamdani wants will force many more to flee.  Who will pay the taxes then?  NYC isn't the Federal government, they can't just print money.  Why do you think Eric Adams is NYC mayor?  He promised to clean up crime.  So many wealthy were leaving because of how dangerous it had gotten that the NY governor and NYC mayor started, literally, begging people to stay.  The taxes needed to pay for everything was leaving with.the wealthy who were leaving.  The wealthy pay most of the income taxes in a progressive system.  So if they leave do you think the poor will make up the difference?  Good luck with that.  Bad policies have consequences.</p></blockquote><p></p>