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Trump threatens to cut off New York City funds if Mamdani ‘doesn’t behave’ (www.theguardian.com)

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Edward Helmore
Sun 29 Jun 2025 13.06 EDT

"Mamdani said he was inspired by the US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr, who once remarked: “Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism. There has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God’s children in this country.”

He then reiterated his intent to raise taxes on New York’s wealthiest as part of a campaign pledge “to shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods”.

“I don’t think that we should have billionaires because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality... "

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago

Because right wingers are smart and they know you've got to nip any kind of positive change in the bud, no matter how minor. The threat isn't that he might open some grocery stores, the threat is that people might see that a government could be capable of doing something positive and get hope.