New York already has more public debt per resident than any other large city in the USA
Got a source on that? Given that it’s by far the most populous one, with more than twice the population of LA (when counting within municipal limits only), and as you say has relatively high taxes, the total public spending would have to dwarf that of most STATES for your claim to be anywhere near true.
New York also already has high taxes
Which is offset by some of it going towards middle- and working class people having to pay much less for some vital goods and services than in places with a more regressive tax system where the bulk of the revenue comes from things like sales tax and hardly any is spent where it’s most needed.
and a shrinking population
So you’re saying that FEWER people using mass transit fare-free costs MORE? 🤔
So yeah, I’m worried about where the money will come from.
Other than the obvious answer that you reject out of hand for no reason in the next sentence, here’s one
Cops. An absolutely ludicrous $5.5b/y is spent on the paramilitary group/mercenaries for the rich and powerful, terrorists for everyone else known as the NYPD.
The people of New York aren’t only paying a premium for the dubious honor of having one of the most oppressive and racist police forces in the world AT HOME. The NYPD also conducts “counterterrorism”, training and other operations in Canada, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, the fascist apartheid regime known as Israel, Qatar, Australia, and several European countries.
Call me crazy, but if I lived in New York, I would rather my tax dollars go to poor people being able to afford going to work and school than to exporting state terrorism and helping despotic governments oppress and suppress disfavored ethnic and religious groups.
Got a source on that? Given that it’s by far the most populous one, with more than twice the population of LA (when counting within municipal limits only), and as you say has relatively high taxes, the total public spending would have to dwarf that of most STATES for your claim to be anywhere near true.
Which is offset by some of it going towards middle- and working class people having to pay much less for some vital goods and services than in places with a more regressive tax system where the bulk of the revenue comes from things like sales tax and hardly any is spent where it’s most needed.
So you’re saying that FEWER people using mass transit fare-free costs MORE? 🤔
Other than the obvious answer that you reject out of hand for no reason in the next sentence, here’s one
Cops. An absolutely ludicrous $5.5b/y is spent on the paramilitary group/mercenaries for the rich and powerful, terrorists for everyone else known as the NYPD.
The people of New York aren’t only paying a premium for the dubious honor of having one of the most oppressive and racist police forces in the world AT HOME. The NYPD also conducts “counterterrorism”, training and other operations in Canada, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, the fascist apartheid regime known as Israel, Qatar, Australia, and several European countries.
Call me crazy, but if I lived in New York, I would rather my tax dollars go to poor people being able to afford going to work and school than to exporting state terrorism and helping despotic governments oppress and suppress disfavored ethnic and religious groups.
Don’t let a little thing like fact checking get in the way of an emotional racist outburst!