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On the first day of most high school economics classes, students are given a very basic lesson about needs and wants when it comes to economic choices. They are introduced to the concept of opportunity cost, which basically means that resources are finite and therefore, consumers must make choices because they can’t afford everything they desire. It’s a very simple concept, but it appears to be beyond the comprehension of many politicians. (which is why the nation has a national debt of over 39 trillion dollars) However, states and cities, unlike the federal government, cannot deficit spend and must come up with annual balanced budgets, which is a major chore for socialists who love spending other people’s money and see taxation as a never ending source of revenue for bureaucratic programs.
New York city has a huge budget shortfall estimated to be over 10 billion dollars to overcome and its new mayor, Zoran Mamdani, believes the best way to deal with this is to raise taxes, which is the democratic solution to all problems. I guess his promises of “free stuff” really isn’t free is it?
Abigail Spanberger, who became the governor of Virginia ran on the platform of “affordable Virginia,” but after getting into office proposed numerous tax increases in a variety of bills that included an additional tax on individual investments, a firearms and ammunition tax, the creation of two new tax brackets as well as other taxes that would affect all Virginians at all income levels. Boeing, one of the state’s largest employers, has already decided to move out of Virginia after the democratic-led legislature introduced numerous tax increases as well as targets for DEI initiatives and set asides for “DEI-qualified businesses.” In essence, this would force the company to be micromanaged by such policies and Boeing obviously wanted no part of it.
However, compared to the debacle of what is happening in Virginia, New Yorkers are bracing themselves for one of the biggest bait and switch scams in the nation’s history, from a man who must have been absent on the day that budgeting was taught. My advice to those who voted for Mamdani is simple: Grab your ankles.
The purpose of a city budget it to ensure funds for necessary programs and services. It is supposed to prioritize spending and break it down into what is vital and what is for extras. Necessary services include sanitation, transportation, fire and rescue services, as well as a police force that ensures public safety. Here is where the danger of electing someone who has no clue about priorities and who wants to impose his own socialist agenda on members of the city known for commerce.
According to the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC): “New York State and its localities already have the highest taxes and the second-highest spending per capita in the nation.” Mamdani, like Spanberger, ran on the promise of making life more “affordable” and voters were sucked into this scam, and will suffer the consequences of his budget proposals. Mamdani promised to “stick to the rich,” but they are sticking it to everyone because his playbook views excessive taxation as a viable alternative to making reasonable choices for the citizenry.
Socialists never run out of other people’s money, or do they? So what great plans does the mayor of New York have that require more and more dollars from city taxpayers? How will budgetary choices impact the average citizen who lives in New York city?
Mamdani’s budget proposal for the 2027 fiscal year requests a total of 5.6 million in funding for New York City’s Office of Racial Equity. He also wants millions for the city’s commission on racial and gender equity as well as over 25 million dollars for a municipal office on climate change mitigation and environmental justice. The office or Racial Equity employs 38 people. Mamdani’s budget includes a salary of $260,000 for a chief diversity officer at the Department of Education. The city is also allocating $835,000 to an advisory body for the Commission on Gender Equity that is dedicated to analyzing legislation and developing public positions on gender-based equality. The Mayor also plans on spending another $1.2 billion next year to benefit migrants who arrive in New York. Isn’t that special, and I’m sure people who have lived in New York all of their lives can’t wait to pony up their hard-earned cash and put it into the pockets of people who show up with empty pockets and hands out.
If you are a citizen of New York state or city, how do you feel about having your property taxes raised to be put in the pockets of bureaucrats and migrants? Sure, many of those who voted for Mamdani live in their parents’ basements rent free, however, when mommy and daddy have less money to spend because their property taxes are high, perhaps they will ask the basement dwellers to contribute to household expenses to make ends meet.
Mamdani’s insane solution is to cut police jobs, but pay for more DEI and fat cat salaries for more bureaucrats who will seek to punish businesses for not enforcing rigid quota systems, which will drive businesses out of the city.
When New Yorkers pay their taxes and have less money to spend on groceries, will they worry about giving more money to migrants, gender equity enthusiasts, or those who are being given fat paychecks to study racial equity?
Recently, New York City suffered harsh weather and garbage piled up. There were reports and photographs that showed that when the snow cleared, New York streets were laden with feces. Perhaps this is a symbolic statement of what New York City will become under Mamdani: an urban toilet. Photos of rats in piles of city garbage were all over social media, yet the real rats are the ones who make promises that they don’t keep.
Affordability is a major issue for most Americans. Democratic politicians have weaseled their way into office by promising voters that they have the solution and voters in Virginia and New York City have fallen for the bait. However, once in office, the promises of free stuff and vendettas against the rich have resulted in taking money out of the pockets of average citizens. Unlike businesses that are forced, by law, to stand by their products and promises about those products, politicians don’t have to abide by promises made while campaigning and if voters are unable to discern fact from fiction, as in the cases of Virginia and New York, they get what they deserve.
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