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Mamdanistan is showing the way forward (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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Person in a locker room looking into the camera with the caption “ mamdani made taylor swift pay taxes in nyc and now the budget is balanced and there's universal childcare and this is why "but taylor donates to food pantries" will never be good enough. billionaires not paying their taxes is WHY working class people are reliant on food pantries, dumb dumb.”
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[–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

New York City probably generates more tax revenue than it gets back from the state. That's how redistribution is supposed to work.

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  • [–] -5 points 5 months ago

    Cool, shame it's off-topic.

    Nobody here is talking about the sources of the state's budget. We're talking about the fact that "taxing the rich" gave NYC 1/24th of the needed money.

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