Mamdani & Hochul Love Islam and Marxism

 To the astute and critical thinking observer watching the future budget of the state and city as well as the political elections in New York State are worth more than a ticket to a Broadway play. I have my ticket and popcorn.

I start out by listing  the players with a brief political bio.

“GOVERNOR” KATHY HOCHUL:

Is a leftist democrat who defied the SCoTUS ruling on the 2nd Amendment (additional litigation ongoing,) claiming “there is no such thing as a good guy with a gun.” Though not declared, she is a socialist who looks for any tax dollar she can find to buy votes and fund her social programs overwhelmingly approved by the large majority of leftist democrats in the state legislature.  There is no social program that is not on her radar.  She has deep ties to ZORAN MAMDANI (described later) the mayor of New York but is downplaying those ties for political reasons. She did not attend his inauguration.  She succeeded Andrew Cuomo who lost in part because of well-documented sexual harassment. Worthless but not as radical as Hochul. There is no giveaway she does not support and if you disagree you are free to leave as she has clearly stated, unapologetically.

BRUCE BLAKEMAN is the current county executive for Nassau County on Long Island.  He has Donald Trump’s endorsement but has been very demure in expressing his political beliefs/agenda. The common expression for these milquetoasts is “Republican in Name only” or “RiNo.’  I have written to him for clarification of his position on DEI and Amendment 2 which has done nothing more for me than getting me added to his solicitation list.

NICK LALOTA is the current Federal House Member from Federal District #1, Suffolk County (in which I live) He is doing his best to make sure everybody loves him (except for me of course).  I have written to him several times, most recently on what is called the “SALT” cap, (“state and local taxes”), in the past on Medicare/Medicaid, demanding he not compromise my medicare, for which I paid over my entire career and for which I continue to pay in my retirement years.  Medicaid is a “gimme” and too often Federal legislation equates the two even though the recipients of the latter have paid and pay nothing for it. He was elected after LEE ZELDIN, a true RiNo, lost to Hochul and was subsequently given a post by Trump.  I do not understand that appointment.  Awful local representative of the working class.

ZORAN MAMDANI, an Islamist/marxist, was elected mayor of New York City last November on a pure socialist and Islamic platform (city run grocery stores, free day care, free transit, stringent rent controls, asset taxes, no arrest of perpetrators of domestic violence against women).  MAMDANI stated during his campaign that domestic violence calls are low priority.  Since most domestic violence is against women, perpetrated by men that should alarm the purple-hairs who adore him.  I saw a picture of four purple-hairs walking the street with Mamdani signs.  Either they have a death wish or they are incredibly stupid.  Purple hair is one step further away from Islam than is the simple lack of burkas. With respect to Islam,  PEACEFUL (as opposed to BLM and ANTIFA) anti-Islam demonstrations in front of the mayor's house he labeled Islamaphobic and racist.  During this demonstration, two Islamic radicals tossed bombs at the demonstrators.  Mamdani said it was Xenophobes who tossed the bombs.  All is on film and he is now being personally sued for $65 million by the demonstrators for defamation of character. To my knowledge he has never apologized. I certainly understand that his pride is worth $65 million.

Here is what the above players face:

The “middle class” blue voters bought MAMDANI’S promise of Utopia.  The rich, except for some of the more self-righteous, did not.  I trust benefits program recipients voted for him as well.  New York is a “blue” state, except for the more rural north.  I live on Long Island, a part of SE New York, and while Suffolk County votes red, it does so only for the most timid of candidates, ie. Rino’s, ie Zeldin and Lalota..

Let’s start with the demise of New York City.  MAMDANI has been dealt some legal blows already. He cannot provide free transit (which he promised) as the state manages the transit systems. He will eventually be sued by employees for harassment based on religious beliefs that oppose Islam. Would HOCHUL pay for Mamdani’s Utopia?   Absolutely; but she is hamstrung by what will be increased revenue  shortfalls. If the Federal Congress turns “blue” in November she will be seeking aid for Mamdani from the Feds.

Conservatives have warned that HOCHUL and MAMDANI will drive out conservatives but more important to those two, is the wealth that often goes with them. They do not care that people of differing political beliefs leave; they care that they do not take their money with them. HOCHUL has said the money is welcome but not different political beliefs.  Thus HOCHUL is on board with the Islam/marxist philosophy but does not have the money to pay for MAMDANI’s utopia without raising taxes.  She is up for re-election in 2028.  MAMDANI will need state dollars well before that. He may work with HOCHUL to avoid implementing his programs until after (he hopes) she is reelected.  The only way HOCHUL can give him money is through tax increases and while she is truly evil, she has a brain and understands the middle class might be fickle enough to not re-elect her if she digs into their pocketbooks further. Raping the rich?  Peachy; just leave my middle-class bank account alone. Voters love social programs until they have to pay for them. As an aside a NYC neighborhood protested a mental health facility being built in their neighborhood.  They did not object to it until they learned it would be in their neighborhood.  So, HOCHUL is between a rock and a hard place and I love it.  After  the 2024 election she quite loudly told Republicans to move to Florida; because they do not “share” her social values.”  Recently, she is filmed asking for them to return (with their money) since she still says she wants their money to pay for her social programs, not that DEI should include political diversity. New York is behind only Hawaii in the highest tax rates in the nation. We as citizens are not better served.  The money is gobbled up by unions and social projects. HOCHUL (she is not alone) has never seen a private sector dollar she did not covet. My wife and I do not have an income that she would dare latch on to. We are middle class and if she latched on to personal income to a degree that included us she would be raising taxes on millions of people.  Again, she is evil but not stupid.  We don’t have that much and while Suffolk County legislators are not high quality people my guess is that they too will be cautious about raising local taxes.

Both assembly houses in New York State are “blue.”  Democrats outnumber Republicans in the Senate by two to one.  In the House a little more than that majority applies. I do not know the philosophical/fiscal makeup of the representatives but it is safe to assume many of them will not be willing to raise taxes though my guess is they would still retain the majority even if they did.  This is a sad state.  But, one more time: money talks and the middle class who love their blue representatives and programs, I suspect, cannot be counted on for continuing support if they must pay more to support those programs.  The flight of the wealthy red voters will mean the woke marxists majorities will become larger in government but the tax grabbers will have to be cognizant of some threshold beyond which they will lose elections.  I do not know where that threshold is.

MAMDANI, while not acknowledging that wealth is fleeing his hoped-for Utopia, has already said he will have to fund his deficit by raising taxes on the MIDDLE CLASS.  I love it when the woke crush themselves in the jaws of their making.

MAMDANI intends to implement a wealth tax. This means that an individual who has amassed an estate post-taxes will be required to pay a tax on the value of the estate.  His suggested figure is a net worth of $750,000 or more.  In many parts of New York city a house alone can cost that much.  This means that people we do not believe are wealthy are going to pay more to fund his Utopia.   

Businesses and wealthy individuals have been leaving New York for Florida (remember HOCHUL urged them to do so because they do not support her vision of New York).  I do not know the amount of money that has left the city but one number suggested was over ONE TRILLION.  Trump left long  ago; other refugees are not so famous.

Goldman Sachs said it is leaving New York City, leaving no function behind. Goldman Sachs has been a landmark in the city for decades. ELIZABETH ADAM, a Youtube podcaster, posted at length about this with stunning figures on the loss to the city.  Goldman Sachs is moving to Texas and Utah and the annual operating costs it will save are in the millions and she pointed out the higher earners who move will save in one year, enough money for a down payment on a nice house and their income taxes will be lost to the state as well. Other companies leaving or lessening their presence are Citadel, JP Morgan Chase, Icahn (billionaire Carl Icahn).

I do not know how to copy and paste but here is the link to her video.  It is a wake up call:

https://youtu.be/TDKVcKf66ul?si=II74Mpcl3h-T5U_g

If this does not work.  you might be able to paste it into Youtube.  Otherwise search:  “Elizabeth Adam” Mayor MAMDANI panics as Goldman Sachs Abandons New York for Dallas Texas.”  If you hope for the failure of this once great city this will be an interesting watch. I guarantee it. Ms. Adams articulately posts much about the vice in which the city is being squeezed.

Enter NICK LALOTA, “our” legislator to the Federal House.  He recently boasted that the cap of Federal Income tax deductions for State and Local Taxes, “SALT,” has been raised from $10,000 to $40,000 in many cases. He proudly voted for that raise. I do not believe the government has a right to the money of the wealthier but what LALOTA does not acknowledge is that the federal budget, in the unlikely “if”, is “zero sum” and we tax the wealthier less then we will tax the middle-income earners more.  Again, I don’t begrudge the wealthier paying less in taxes but if the government does not reduce costs (and it won’t) then the revenue will be made up from folks in other tax brackets.  Meaning?  He is not a friend of the middle class as he proclaims to be.

The responsibility, ultimately, is upon the voters to elect officials from whom they gain iron-clad commitments to reduce taxes, only possible if the government reduces programs and operating costs.  If the voters do not do that, they get what they deserve. Unfortunately I get what they deserve as well but my income level is not likely to see much in income tax hikes.

I do not believe there is a “leader" on the horizon who has the courage to say “enough” so MAMDANI’s utopia and HOCHUL’s quiet support of MAMDANI may well work for awhile but eventually the ostrich voters will have enough. What may have to happen if for a strong, articulate conservative runs against Hochul.  BLAKEMAN is not that person. The person will lose but the pieces of his/her case may boost chances in following elections as the sheep finally understand what has happened to them.  What happens then?  Who knows; the government may have entrenched expenditures into law so government administrators will have little choice except to fleece their local taxpayers.  BRUCE BLAKEMAN, the aforementioned gubernatorial candidate does not have the courage of his few convictions to fight New York’s bankrupt future.  Eventually house cleaning will have to be from the legislature first to give local governments more freedom to rein in costs.  If he is elected (I hope he is not) he will have many swords on which to fall and he will not be willing to do that.  He is a coward.

THE FUTURE:  I hope to see New York City file bankruptcy and it may have to do that unless HOCHUL  bites the bullet and fleeces the taxpayers further.  Wealth will continue to flee the city so to  fill the budget MAMDANI will have to tax the middle class (who voted for him) and that will cause further flight of people who are in a position to leave.  I can leave; my income is from a Washington State pension and social security. My house on Long OIsland will be easy to sell.  It does not matter where I live…Texas is too hot however and Florida is too humid. Wyoming and Idaho are nice and those states do not hate Libertarians. The rich will increasingly flee as the taxes continue to become more burdensome and reach lower earners. Bankruptcy of New York is inevitable.

I have popcorn in stock and believe me I really do hope the people who voted for these demons suffer. I won’t suffer.  Thee sheep will get what they voted for and if Utopia does work, they get that life to enjoy but I believe it will fail.  I will lose nothing but will enjoy the losses of the sheep.There is nothing on the New York state or city budget that suggests taxes will do anything but rise.

Let me get to my popcorn.

Have a nice summer.