Zohran Mamdani clearly finds one standard argument in opposition to him — which includes millionaires and billionaires — a bit wealthy.
Business leaders and New York Metropolis’s wealthiest residents are threatening to depart the Huge Apple if Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee, wins subsequent month.
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One of many self-identified democratic socialist’s marketing campaign guarantees is that he’ll decrease the cost-of-living within the metropolis by elevating taxes ― barely ― on the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers. Mamdani additionally plans to boost the company tax fee.
This has miffed some enterprise leaders in addition to millionaire and billionaire residents, like President Donald Trump-backer Invoice Ackman, who has determined to throw oodles of economic help into the marketing campaign of Mamdani’s opponent, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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But, Andrew Schulz instructed Mamdani on Wednesday’s episode of his bro-centric podcast “Flagrant” that he didn’t fairly purchase what Ackman is promoting.
“I also think this idea that New Yorkers are going to flee because of a 2% increase. It’s like, I’ve been everywhere else — you’re not going anywhere,” Andrew Schulz stated 10 minutes into the episode. “Bill Ackman’s not going nowhere!”
After some back-and-forth with Mamdani wherein they joked about billionaire hedge fund supervisor’s opulent way of life and novel-length tweets, Mamdani busted out a very hilarious one-liner defending his tax hike.
“He’s spending more money against me than I would even tax him,” Mamdani stated, inflicting many of the podcast hosts to burst out laughing.
After uttering that gem, Mamdani continued.
“Every day it’s like, a million dollars! Like a million dollars! Habibi, I don’t even want that money,” Mamdani stated, utilizing the Arabic phrase for “my love.”
“You’re going above and beyond!” Mamdani added.
Some X customers discovered Mamdani’s remarks fairly humorous.
One more reason why Scrooge McDuck-like New Yorkers are terrified by the looming menace of Mamdani may very well be that he’s additionally publicly expressed the opinion that he doesn’t suppose that billionaires ought to even exist.
“I don’t think that we should have billionaires,” he instructed NBC Information’ “Meet the Press” in June. “Because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality, and ultimately, what we need more of is equality across our city and across our state and across our country.”
“And I look forward to working with everyone, including billionaires, to make a city that is fair for all of them,” he added.
