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If they drive out rich ass whiteys, what are all the “blacks and browns” going to do?

This might be an inflection point because NYC is already a welfare state supported by very few people at the top who can leave,” the unnamed individual explained.

I've got to give Mamdani credit: He's honest enough, or brazen enough, or stupid enough to spell out his intentions. His policies are similar to other Democrats, he's just more in your face about it.

He's a racist. He wants to destroy NYC.

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
― Margaret Thatcher

He just wants to make it sooner.

If only there was a small statured woman who escaped from the Soviets who wrote a novel and laid this entire thing out.

She'd probably have some weird name like Ayn or something.

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She'd probably have some weird name like Ayn or something.

A nice to leave, I left in 1978 when I joined the military. Most of my family left.

Has New York ever been normal?

I can only think of "The Gangs Of New York" as a wishful recounting of the old times.

"Miracle on 34th Street" speaks to the hope of a rational and faith-filled populace.

"Scrooged" depicts a despicable individual who repents.

"Wolf Of Wall Street" and "Wall Street" showcase ultimate greed.

"Ghostbusters" speaks to the innate spiritual evil within the city for a variety of reasons.

"Splash" brings to mind the never ending quest for true love.

Can New York ever be what we want it to be?

You're naming movies....fiction.

I'd say in recent history, with Giuliani as mayor, NYC was as good as it could be.

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He's a racist. He wants to destroy NYC.

Yes, he wants to destroy NYC. But, he is a Muhammedan, continuing the work of Osama Bin Laden.
The racist stuff is just means to a more important goal, the subjugation of all to Islam.

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Originally posted by 6guns:
You're naming movies....fiction.

I'd say in recent history, with Giuliani as mayor, NYC was as good as it could be.

NYC in the summer of 2001 was the high water mark for the city and for humanity.

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Originally posted by chellim1:


He's a racist. He wants to destroy NYC.

Yes, he wants to destroy NYC. But, he is a Muhammedan, continuing the work of Osama Bin Laden.
The racist stuff is just means to a more important goal, the subjugation of all to Islam.

I hadn’t really thought of it that way. But you’re probably right. Mohamed is a false prophet… doing the work of Satan.

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Has New York ever been normal?
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Can New York ever be what we want it to be?

No, and no. There is a different mindset there. A "We are New f'n York" mentality.

My father, born in 1934, loved the image of NYC and always wanted to work there. Which he did for most of his career. He loved the excitement and the elegant culture. On the surface it wasn't much different than the Hollywood depictions in the 1950's through the 90's if one was in the upper income tier.

But it has always been chock full of poverty. Immigrants trying to get a toehold in a new land all the way down to generational welfare queens. I hated going into the city when I was growing up in the 60's and 70's because of all the filth and crime we passed on the way to a fancy dinner or show.

None of that is normal across the rest of the country. There may be small pockets in a few cities with narrow industry wealth, e.g. oil and gas or computer tech, but nothing with the scale of wealth and power NYC had until perhaps the tech-wreck of ~2000.

There is too much generational welfare and too many barriers for many who try to escape poverty. It is baked into the system by politicians. I see no way out for NYC.

Hochul, the current Governor of New York, seems to understand the likely consequences of taxpaying New Yorkers, especially the wealthy, leaving New York City and the State for more tax friendly domiciles. What happens when the funds for all the socialist/communist programs run out? I still remember the pictures decades ago of shops in Russia and the other countries of the Communist Bloc: long lines for the few loaves of bread on otherwise bare shelves.

I get a kick out of his Government grocery store idea, kinda a thing with the campaign. So far the project was slated to get $30 million and NOT open for 3 years? Seems like a long time to go hungry.

Couldn’t you take an abandoned store & convert it? Maybe a prior grocery store?

Tell me the prices, what will that package of pasta cost? Can of soup? Who can shop there? Sounds like a ‘food pantry’ to me.

Look at what happened to the Kansas City Govt store, closed due to all the riff-raff hanging out.

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Hochul, the current Governor of New York, seems to understand the likely consequences of taxpaying New Yorkers, especially the wealthy, leaving New York City and the State for more tax friendly domiciles.

Now she understands it. Her prior attitude, until she realized its consequences, was "There's the door, GTFO."

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Couldn’t you take an abandoned store & convert it? Maybe a prior grocery store?

Yes, perhaps one that was abandoned due to rampant theft or otherwise run out - or soon to be run out - of business.

Hochul has displayed she cannot think ahead and certainly not for herself.

Griffin's $238 million apartment is assessed at $9.4 million for tax purposes. NYC doesn't tax the value of the real estate, it taxes the hypothetical rental income, in order to encourage people to buy really expensive real estate as investments.

I'm not a fan of the "eat the rich" movement or other neo-Marxist/socialist idiocy, but one could certainly question the wisdom of this policy.

'gets hard lesson"

What are the odds the pun was unintended?

I give it 20:1

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Hochul has displayed she cannot think ahead and certainly not for herself.

Unlike Trump, most politicians have little/no business or economic sense/experience. These two clowns and the Seattle mayor are perfect examples.

imo the mayor is setting the gov. up. if she bailes nyc out the rest of the state is out for her if she dosent nyc is pissed at her. the mayor is thinking to get her voted out & wants to get a gov.more like him. i hope this backfires on him bigtime.

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imo the mayor is setting the gov. up. if she bailes nyc out the rest of the state is out for her if she dosent nyc is pissed at her. the mayor is thinking to get her voted out & wants to get a gov.more like him. i hope this backfires on him bigtime.

I couldn't imagine a governor more like him than they have in Albany already. These people are true believers.