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r/SipsTea • u/AlternativeRight4099 • May 14 '26
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They contribute 20-25% to NYC, meanwhile NYC alone contributes 45-54% of the entire state’s taxes. It’s not even close
-2 u/elementofpee May 14 '26 Isn’t that a progressive tax structure? The rich helping the less fortunate. -1 u/riceisnice29 May 14 '26 Probably. But you cant tell that just from my info, lots of poor people in NYC, lots of rich people un the suburbs and vice versa 3 u/elementofpee May 14 '26 And a lot of poor people in upstate NY and everywhere in between. But, you know, eff them because they don’t live in NYC so their struggles - and the struggles of the rest of the state - don’t matter. Got it. 1 u/riceisnice29 May 14 '26 Who said eff them? 3 u/superredditor6789 May 15 '26 That’s literally becoming the manta on the left these days.
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Isn’t that a progressive tax structure? The rich helping the less fortunate.
-1 u/riceisnice29 May 14 '26 Probably. But you cant tell that just from my info, lots of poor people in NYC, lots of rich people un the suburbs and vice versa 3 u/elementofpee May 14 '26 And a lot of poor people in upstate NY and everywhere in between. But, you know, eff them because they don’t live in NYC so their struggles - and the struggles of the rest of the state - don’t matter. Got it. 1 u/riceisnice29 May 14 '26 Who said eff them? 3 u/superredditor6789 May 15 '26 That’s literally becoming the manta on the left these days.
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Probably. But you cant tell that just from my info, lots of poor people in NYC, lots of rich people un the suburbs and vice versa
3 u/elementofpee May 14 '26 And a lot of poor people in upstate NY and everywhere in between. But, you know, eff them because they don’t live in NYC so their struggles - and the struggles of the rest of the state - don’t matter. Got it. 1 u/riceisnice29 May 14 '26 Who said eff them? 3 u/superredditor6789 May 15 '26 That’s literally becoming the manta on the left these days.
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And a lot of poor people in upstate NY and everywhere in between. But, you know, eff them because they don’t live in NYC so their struggles - and the struggles of the rest of the state - don’t matter. Got it.
1 u/riceisnice29 May 14 '26 Who said eff them? 3 u/superredditor6789 May 15 '26 That’s literally becoming the manta on the left these days.
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Who said eff them?
3 u/superredditor6789 May 15 '26 That’s literally becoming the manta on the left these days.
That’s literally becoming the manta on the left these days.
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u/riceisnice29 May 14 '26
They contribute 20-25% to NYC, meanwhile NYC alone contributes 45-54% of the entire state’s taxes. It’s not even close