The mayor-elect wants to hand out everything from frozen rents and free buses to subsidized trans surgeries even for kids. He wants the so-called 1% of wealthy New Yorkers who already pay for most of the freebies to pay even more to foot the bill.
That message won him the mayoralty, but what he left out of his pitch is what happens next. Just how much do people really like progressive government, and what happens to local economies and standards of living when lefty pols go there?
Take Oregon. The state is one of the most progressive in the country, providing a suite of social welfare benefits courtesy of super high taxes on business and a state income tax. It has in recent years embraced various methods to defund and defang the police – all stuff supported by our new mayor. Read more and see video here.
