The phrase “tax the rich” can be “just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs”, according to the New York City billionaire Steve Roth, who said that the top 1% should be “praised and thanked”.

Speaking on his company’s quarterly earnings call on Tuesday, Roth, the CEO of Vornado Realty Trust, expressed his support for fellow billionaire and the CEO of Citadel, Ken Griffin, who was singled out in the 15 April announcement by New York’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, of the state’s first “pied-à-terre” tax on second homes valued at more than $5m. In a video, Mamdani announced the policy in front of Griffin’s penthouse, which he said was purchased for $238m.

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[–] 69 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

The sooner they learn that "tax the rich" is the moderate compromise, the better

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  • [–] 41 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Praised and thanked?

    Careful Steve, you might dislocate your shoulder or wrist when you jerk yourself off that hard.

    I'll praise and thank any billionaire that pays their fair share of taxes, pays their employees ALL a living wage, and doesn't spend money influencing political or corporate ideals (aka when hell freezes over).

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  • [–] 32 points 6 months ago

    Wonder how he's gonna feel about "Eat the rich". I'm hungry.

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago

    He's gonna be dismayed to learn what people will be calling for if they continue to squeeze the working class.

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  • [–] 21 points 6 months ago

    He's really not gonna like the next phase, then.

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago

    We need the French to show us how to properly riot.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago

    Eat the rich.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago

    tax the rich

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago

    lol he would have a heart attack if he ever visited Lemmy

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago

    I'm perfectly fine with vivisecting them, if he prefers that

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    I've always preferred "eat the rich" anyways.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago*

    ROFLMAO Actually laughed out loud at this. 😂

    Like, we all assumed they were comically evil villains and we joke that they might talk and think like this.

    But the confirmation of it is somehow hilarious to me. Their complete lack of understanding of the world, the zero self awareness, the cheap attempt for sympathy while lounging on the weary bones of the entire working class.

    If EVER we needed that smoking gun to show that class has nothing to do with intelligence or hard work, this definitely goes on the wall.

    LOL, sir. 🖕 Taxes are the most humane thing coming to you and your ilk, you filthy curr. I thumb my nose at you, indeed! Go forth and repent to all those you hath wronged, or freely go fucketh thyself to expiry, thank you VERY MUCH.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    IDK man, slurs seem preferable to slugs.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    If that's true then I'm a massive racist.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    Fuck that guy, but only in every way he doesn't consent to.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    "Let them eat cake"

    -Steve Roth, probably

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Tax the rich :3

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    If only they had some way to disassociate themselves from that demographic… Too bad they were born into it :( Let’s all cry for the billionaires.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    1789 >> 1939.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    I mean, it can.

    Or it can be just meant as a "let every member profiting from society pay back to it accordingly".

    Most of the time it's the latter.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Are the rich really a race? I don't think so

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