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Tax-Dodging Billionaires Promise to Leave NYC If Mamdani Wins (www.commondreams.org)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/41814981

NYC billionaires threaten to leave if progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani wins mayoral primary. But is their fear of losing wealth justified, or just a desperate attempt to maintain power and privilege?

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[–] underisk@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If they’re dodging taxes then why would he care about them leaving? They’re threatening him with nothing.