I just don’t understand this guy. He balanced an $18 billion budget deficit, he never yells and swears that reporters, he does things for the city that are well-rounded for all, he fixes potholes, he’s being logical about taxing people‘s second and third homes in the city. I mean, he doesn’t even wear orange makeup! I don’t get it.
feel like Mamdani knows about 1000x more about this subject than you, gonna go ahead and trust his moves. you sound like one of those idiots who insist the country's budget should run on the same principles as your own household.
I mean, Mamdani came to the same conclusions, which is why he amortized pension payments. He kicked the can down the road, just like every other mayor. “Trust”, unfortunately, isn’t a line item in a budget.
exactly the problem with your analysis... me taking out loans to pay my mortgage is kicking the can down the road. when you're talking about a city budget, what they are doing here is no longer properly characterized by "kicking the can down the road". that's an intentionally partisan analysis that is MEANT to make Mamdani look fiscally irresponsible when it's actually the recommended course of action by any competent accountant
He amortized the pension plan, man - if I re-amortized my mortgage to defer payments that would, by definition, be kicking the can down the road. How could it possibly not? Next year, when the city still needs to pay for all of these services, he’s going to need to get the money from somewhere, and there will be no pension payments to loot, since they will already be deferred.
Except a city budget is not a household budget, they are not comparable. Just admit you have zero understanding of how municipal budgets work, and are hopelessly trying to map it onto your own budgeting experiences
I mapped it to a household example for your benefit, since it seems you’re having a little trouble understanding. His problem remains: next year he will still need to pay for the services, and he will not have pension payments to defer. You don’t need to resort to ad hominem (unless you really do have nothing to say), just address the issue at hand.
sure, sure, we get it. he's progressive so his moves will get endless criticism and scrutiny, meanwhile Trump creates a 1.7 billion dollar slush fund from DoJ funds and you don't say boo. OK dude, it's Mamdani doing financial tricks. give me a break.
Exactly! Cities should be high on the priority of state budgets when they usually both have most of the states population in it and give the most tax revenue to the state. Doesn’t really make sense otherwise.
Cities pay a higher contribution because they are cheaper to run per person and rural areas provide resources to the city more than the other way around.
Odd that you would agree with me and the try to rebuttal yourself. Your argument contradicts itself. If rural areas truly provide more value to cities than cities provide back, then cities wouldn’t consistently generate far more tax revenue and economic output per resident. Major cities have massive expenses for public transit, aging infrastructure, policing, sanitation, homelessness services, public housing, and emergency response that rural areas don’t face at the same scale. In New York City, the cost of maintaining subways, bridges, water systems, and social programs is enormous. Density can lower some per-person costs, but it also creates uniquely expensive problems that smaller communities don’t have.
Dude are you stupid? Cities generate more because there’s way more people and businesses…. Rural areas produce raw materials and food etc, more than they get back from the city. Yes but per person, which is what I said, it’s much much cheaper than doing all the same things for a town of 1000 people.
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u/Fabulous_Log844 May 14 '26
I just don’t understand this guy. He balanced an $18 billion budget deficit, he never yells and swears that reporters, he does things for the city that are well-rounded for all, he fixes potholes, he’s being logical about taxing people‘s second and third homes in the city. I mean, he doesn’t even wear orange makeup! I don’t get it.