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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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[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 64 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Billionaires shouldn’t exist

Tax them out of existence

Or some other way

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago

So you're saying that people who own a bunch of property and don't pay taxes are gonna leave the state? Sounds like a net gain

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 53 points 1 month ago

Good fucking riddance.

P.S. Their business would still have to pay taxes in NY if they want to operate there.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah yes, wealthy people who love being seen at all the hot stuff in NYC are suddenly going to move somewhere else without the clout like Kansas City.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago

Wow, didn't know billionaires were endorsing Zohran, hope they uphold their promise and go to hell

[–] floop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 month ago
[–] rarbg@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 month ago

Don’t threaten me with a good time

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 16 points 1 month ago

IIRC, Norway provided a real-world study on this. No surprise: A handful of blowhards left for lower-tax countries, but virtually all of the rich people stayed and just paid higher taxes.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 month ago

NO! If these Job Creators who've laid off TENS of THOUSANDS of Workers this year so Far LEAVE who Will be stuck NOT paying Taxes while using Public Services? Nobody! That's ATROCIOUS!

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Aww, noooo, what would they ever do without you?

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

Oh no. What EVER will we do without our precious, precious billionaires?

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Only things billionaires are good for are ballistics dummies and empty promises

[–] VibeCoder@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

Hey honey, I know our kids go to a prestigious private school here and I do most of my work from the NYC office and you have obligations here that can’t be done from another city so you’d have to abandon them, but I don’t like this commie mayor so we’re moving to a tax haven.