Zoltan Mamdani is now New York City Mayor. Can he really deliver free stuff like he promises? ?

[exitseven]

He said today that there will be free public transportation, free child care and government run supermarkets. When he does not keep these promises will New Yorkers storm Gracie Mansion and drag him out to be tar and feathered?

[CalmUntilAbused]

There is no such thing as a free lunch. It's all paid for in taxes. He could, however, cut the bureaucrats in half (or better) if he knew what he's doing. That might lead to tax rates remaining on the same level or even tax cuts while the infrastructure improves. The bureaucrats' wages make up the bulk of the cost of everything in a socialist setting, after all. Shoe0nHead considers him a different kind of Democrat - we'll see. She's usually pretty good at estimating people's worth. If he's good at organizing stuff, he might see limited success even within the socialist ideology. New York is already socialist and a hellhole, Mamdani is supposed to be an anti-establishment socialist according to Shoe0nHead - and She is known for calling Democrats out for being "absolute flops". He might do better. If he starts out with new taxes on "the rich", the hopes are pretty slim and his action might further doom the Demo (n) crats in the midterms, something that might actually finish them off.

[FunkyMonkee]

No!! Who's gonna pay for it? Didn't he already get on t. v. over a month ago and start begging for money to help do this stuff? HE'S A FUCKING COMMIE FRAUD!!! He can't give them ANY of that shit any more than I can bounce a Superball over the Moon!!

[exitseven]

I am betting he will not have free transportation and there will be no free daycare centers especially after what has gone on in Minnesota. He will need the City Council to get rent control passed and he does not have the authority to raise taxes on just white people.

[FunkyMonkee]

He was sworn-in on the quran, not the bible!! And their laws say you can freely lie to people to achieve your goals!

[FunkyMonkee]

He thinks he's going to make the rich pay for all of this! A lot of the rich have already left the state!! Next, he'll hit up the millionaires!! after they all leave, he'll hit the mildly well-off people!! Then people like us, then people not as well off as us, then the poor, you know, the people he claims to wanna help! How long before everyone starts going after him with pitchforks and torches?

[TrueConfection]

Did you see his block party? No bathrooms, no concessions, people barricaded and forced to watch on outdoor TVs in the freezing cold. His website did tell people to bring snacks to share. 😂

Let’s see…

Cold

Hungry

Confused and disillusioned

…smells like socialism to me!

[TrueConfection]

Thanks for the MHO 😘

[douride2]

How is it going to be free? The tax payer will be paying the shot for all that supposedly free stuff.

[exitseven]

it is free for the welfare class, They were the ones that voted for him. All the big financial companies are moving to Texas and Florida. Wiht them are all the employees. All that tax revenue will be gone. Realtors in New Jersey report that there is a lot more interest in housing sales. Being a sanctuary city will result in loss of federal funding.
Maybe New York City can print it's own currency.

[OlderAndWiser]

Nothing is free. If consumers don't pay, then the cost must be borne by someone else. And, as a great conservative once said, "the trouble with socialism is that - sooner or later - you run out of other people's money.'

[exitseven]

Maggie Thatcher said that.

[OlderAndWiser]

Yes, she was a great conservative.

[Anonymous]

It isn’t just “free stuff” / giving things away, it is about genuine reform meant to help people in their everyday lives. His campaign was running on affordability, better living, and lowering grocery prices were policy current President Donald J Trump ran on in 2024. Many on GAG advocated for voting Trump specifically for affordability. Donald J Trump met with Zohran Mamdani, only praising him in the press conference in Oval Office even to the media’s surprise on Right and Left

Policies Mamdani’s Campaign Ran On Are As Follows, Housing, Safety, Affordability, Early Childhood & Education, How They’ll Pay For Their Agenda, Environment, Citizen Protections, Healthcare, Labor, Small Business, Libraries, and Standing With New Yorkers Against Big Government Intervention. Each tab on the website explains each concern in detail

Mamdani even said it himself, a normal voter will probably not agree with every policy, although will still feel a little encouragement from an issue they care about being listed or two or three. This is New York City, which is very Liberal, Progressive, Leftist, Center Left. So if you are from Texas or Montana or Alaska you might not resonate however it is worth mentioning why Zohran Mamdani won as the first Muslim Mayor to be elected. It is because he ran on policy the voters wanted to see positive meaningful change in by a political candidate willing and ready to speak up for them. The voters spoke with their votes and Mamdani was the vision, not Cuomo or Sliwa or Adams.

https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform

[exitseven]

After 4 years of high inflation it takes a lot of effort to bring prices down. Lower energy costs , reduced regulation and lower interest rates is the way President Trump is doing it.
Raising taxes on the rich to subsidize everything is how this charlatan thinks he will do it.

[Opinion Owner]

The thing is, he is raising the tax on the rich to the same rate in New Jersey. That is the proposal.
Which gives an additional $1.2 billion to work with. Not to mention the bus plan actually is paid for by the $735 million in the budget set aside to begin with. It isn’t far fetch.
I’m intrigued you admitted Trump’s agenda is hard to achieve given his promises. Mamdani actually has a plan which is based on a lot of different areas of research not just pointless numbers, Trump claims drug prices are down 2000% 5000%. Like how does that make sense? It doesn’t.

[lightbulb27]

for a while. as long as he can get away with raising revenue and distributing to others, yes. but can only do that so far before prices come down as people leave and then get less taxes.

he never explained why landlords should repair buildings others are trashing because they will just trash them again with their vaping, destruction and and high costs of repair... it is't worth it. So whom is paying for all that.

I was driving into the city but it's ludicrous expensive so I avoid it due to high total cost. So that's lost revenues. Most people though are trapped rats in a maze.

[jshm2]

The problem with capitalism is that you don't have to be the one gambling, to be the one losing money. You lose your business due to Trump tarrif? Tough luck. Corporations, and farmers near collapse due to Trumps tarrif? They get a taxpayer funded bailout.

New York is a shit hole rolled in glitter, that does nothing for the majority of people there. What Zohran (Zoltan is a Jewish name, you fucking goon) is proposing are policies that are already working elsewhere in the US. He's just bringing them together in one city.

If any thing it should be Trump and his circus that should be dragged out to Capitol Hill and strung up like Mussolini. Trump did after all endorse Zohran when they went before the cameras.

[exitseven]

I think we should all start callign him Zoltan after the famous carnival grifter.

[msc545]

Let's start calling you Mr. Naive after your propensity for believing every single thing that Trump says.

[boundless]

Socialist allied with Islam to start the Iranian revolution and turn Iran from a decent country into into a complete shithole controlled by sharia law. Socialist allied with Islam to take Somalia and turn it from a stable country into a complete shithole controlled by sharia law in an Islamic Jihadi insurgency. Socialist allied with Islam to take over NYC... Where exactly do you think this is going?

[boundless]

Socialist allied with Islam to take over Gaza and turned it into a shithole under sharia law... Should I keep going or does GaG want to censor me again for telling the facts?

[boundless]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ZHa9ROTTY

[Chazmatazz269]

Sure, but the people who voted for him won’t be getting the free stuff. Did Minnesotans benefit from all the free money Walz and his corrupt cronies delivered to the Somali criminals?
Expect more stories like that coming out of NYC soon.

The same people who get richer under capitalism get richer under socialism. Regardless of the name of the game, the result is ALWAYS the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

[Anonymous]

government run supermarkets is what they attempted to force during covid. remember when mom and pop stores were dangerous but walmarts crammed with people were safe? now the morons vote the idea into office. I feel bad for the people stuck living under this guy's rule who didn't vote for him.

[exitseven]

I live in a state tht is totally run by moonbats. I feel the same way.

[slatyb]

He has indicated the taxes he wants to impose to pay for it.

[exitseven]

Does he realize that the Mayor of New York City has no authority to raise taxes? More important is do the idiots that voted for him realize that the Mayor cannot raise taxes, cannot eliminate fees for the state run transportation system. They have all been had.

[msc545]

I don't think you get it, but the days of electing fascists to office in this country are pretty much over. Nobody wants these people around. Doesn't matter what they say anymore. They all lie.

[exitseven]

@msc545 MAGA is not going away. They are all the people that pay taxes. 95% of all small business owners are Trump supporters. Democrats can get the illegal alien vote but it is not sustainable without taxpayers.

[slatyb]

LOL. A large majority of the US GDP comes from blue states. Califronia's economy alone would be the fourth largest in the world if California were an independent country.

[slatyb]

Do you not realize that the City of New York does levy taxes, including income taxes?

[msc545]

Yes. What you've just articulated is a myth that Trump tells you in order to justify his behavior. What you're going to see is that MAGA is going to go away in the next midterm election, largely. If Trump allows it to be held, he may not. And if he doesn't, we're going to have a lot more trouble than we have now. I don't think you have any clear perception that we are on the verge of a civil war, particularly if Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, which I believe he is preparing to do. I also don't think that you comprehend how difficult, bloody, and disturbing a war like that in our country would be. You should read something about what the Civil War was really like, to understand exactly how bad this sort of thing can be.

[exitseven]

@slatyb and yet California has the largest budget deficit in the country. You can have the biggest GDP but if the state is being run into the ground by a corrupt and incompetent governor it is still a shithole. 50% of homeless people are homeless in California and yet they pour millions into the problem.

[slatyb]

Think how much better they would be doing if they weren't paying federal taxes to support the red states.

[DonaldDarko]

No they'll just say "next time it'll be real communism".

[AviatorTom]

He won't be able to deliver on those promises, but will still get re-elected, because New Yorkers will not have a better choice and will find some way to blame the right.

[Ariesman81]

Nope. They'll blame the giant red wall... again

[888theGreat]

by increasing taxes on rich and their lifestyles , he can generate money for other programs. He can redirect Federal Funds for other items instead of what it was intended. He also hopes for contributions from others.

[exitseven]

What federal funds? What others? What rich people? Communism does not generate anything. It only takes.

[CaptainSmartass]

It wouldn't be sustainable. He'll want to tax rich people, and they'll all leave as soon as he even threatens to do it, meaning no magic money tree for all this free shit.

Simples...

[Spencer10]

I am skeptical. But at least he is trying.

[exitseven]

He is full of bull. He sold everyone a bill of goods.

[Anonymous]

New York will turn into the UK because of idiotic leftist voting in toxic ideological types.

[Opinion Owner]

2 months in and my comment is so far becoming the reality of New York as this clown continues to destroy New York and push the toxic ideology. Good job liberal ass hats.

[OddBeMe]

His plan is at waste optimal. Lots of NY's problems are stupid regs like metal instead of pvc piping and not taxing rich fcks.

I say put a sales tax on every stock transaction.

[Fireguy17]

nothing is free, someone will have to pay for it.

[Anonymous]

Yes. He has the full authority to enact sharia law.

[ABC1x1x]

All he promises is pain and suffering. Good. I hate NY and poor stupid people

[Twalli]

Yet Trump's failure to deliver on most his promises should be forgiven?

[mrshooiser]

Nope. Not happening.

[exitseven]

are they just going to take it?

[Dargil]

It's all Dog Squeeze.

[DrPepper12]

No. Next question

[beefcakebradybatson]

Not all his promises, but perhaps half.

[exitseven]

The promise to make NYC a sanctuary city is the one promise he will keep.

[msc545]

I think he can, and if he can, he will.