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Mamdanistan is showing the way forward (europe.pub)
submitted 4 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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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I think if there's a surplus it should be redistributed, but the city should get what it needs to balance it's budget before anything goes to the state/fed. This spending could be audited by the state to ensure that the money is not going to waste/corruption. Those who are producing the revenue should be able to benefit from it before anything goes to others.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    I disagree with that. M understanding of a society is that you are helping on another. That should create an equal level of wealth, comfort, whatever you want to call it. So much for the theory.

    Budgets are numbers set by what do I have and what do I want. And the want part is dynamic just as much as the have part. And as soon as there is some have everybody wants something. Why wouldn't you just keep it all?

    Another point is that a city can't exist on its own. It needs food, water, logistics and people that come in to work. It is a giant standing on another kind of giants shoulders. It is not only morally right to share the revenue but necessary to keep the system running.

    Speaking of morals: of course we need to help the others that are less fortunate.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Like i understand this, but also (as an NYC resident) its extremely demoralizing to spend so much money on taxes and not see those taxes reflected back in the city (crumbling infra, disgusting streets, a subway system that constantly smells like hot piss, etc) and is exactly why people end up leaving NYC/high tax areas because they don't feel like their money is going to good use.

    The cost of external logistics like water, waste management, highways, etc should be factored into the budget

    I have no problem helping people, but I have a problem with a massive chunk of my tax dollars going to red towns who are constantly fighting to pay the least (while getting bankrolled by the rest of us) while I live in a city where things are literally falling apart.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    This isn't about wants. These are needs NYC is massive and has an absolute fuckton of problems that need to be solved as a result of that. This money is to take care of it's citizens/infrastructure that are currently not having their needs met. People living/working in NYC should have the revenue they create go towards those things until their needs are covered. Paying for stuff provided by the rest of the state should also be included in that.

    "Wants" would be the surplus I was talking about. If they get to that point then yea that money should be shared. Obviously societies should use their surplus to take care of those that need help but it's not fair to expect those that are not having their needs met to give to others.

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