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‘I don’t think we should have billionaires’: mayor Zohran Mamdani in his own words (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

a greed

[-] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

He's absolutely right. Hoarding wealth is a mental illness, we just turn a blind eye to people who have it because what they're addicted to is what society runs on.

[-] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 0 points 3 months ago

Why are people still campaigning for him? The election is over, he is mayor, he will hopefully raise taxes and expand public transportation.

[-] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Because politicians like John Fetterman exist and people are paranoid that Mamdani will turn out like him. In other words now that he is in pull the ladder up behind him.

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[-] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

I totally agree with the no billionaire concept - but I don't even think that is the point of contention. I hate that we have been spinning on this for a decade. The real issue his HOW we do it from both a strategic and execution perspective

Do you implement changes slowly to minimize resistance? Do you do a lot at once to ensure changes don't stall? Do we have an income tax? How do we tax non-liquid assets? What if those assets are held outside the US? And so on...

Most people don't want billionaires. Let's shift the discussion so that is the assumption we are starting with - and now we just have to implement.

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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If I ever win a lottery where I get more than a billion in one fell swoop, I'll give everything above a billion away...maybe have a presser stating agreement with the notion that billionaires should not be a thing.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Wait one year and you'd be a multi millionaire after giving your billion winnings away.

[-] Tuxxer@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago

This idiot should have a conversation with Dolla Bill

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