During an inauguration in which Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced him and Sen. Bernie Sanders swore him in, Mayor Zohran Mamdani left no room for hope for a more moderate turn now that the campaigning is over, doubling down on threats to “tax the wealthiest few” and delivering fiery rebukes to those who would dare insist that the era of big government is over.
Over the past few months, progressive, pro-tax groups have been working overtime providing cover for Mamdani and his plans to rifle through New Yorkers’ wallets. They insist that the wealthy taxpayers Mamdani is counting on to fund all his new bureaucracy will stay meekly put, ponying up more cash whenever called upon to do so.
Someone should make sure to let the flood of former Big Apple residents headed to greener tax pastures know.
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