Mamdani Win: Finally a Mayor who isn't a cop, but can he actually fix the city?

[UnsubscribeBro]

Okay, first things first: We actually won one. I'm still processing the fact that we got Zohran into Gracie Mansion. After years of the status quo being run by the police union, this feels huge. Shout out to everyone who voted and didn't fall for the smear campaigns.

But now the work starts. Being a progressive state assembly member is one thing; running this absolute chaos factory of a city is another. He's got a massive budget crisis, transit issues, and a city council that will fight him on every single policy.

I found a short clip of his victory speech from earlier this morning. The energy is there, the message is strong, but my main concern is implementation.

My take: He’s got the right energy and the right ideas on housing and transit, but if he gets bogged down in fights that don't actually change the infrastructure, it's all for nothing. He can't just talk the talk; he has to deliver or the establishment will chew him up and spit him out in four years.

What's the one issue you think he has to prioritize, and what's the one issue you think he's already going to fail at? Keep the optimism, but ground it in reality.

 

[admin-guy]

He's an impressive speaker, I'll give him that. You can do LOT with a good message and confidence, just look at Obama version one for that.

Still, he's promising to play Monopoly with other people's money (taxation) and making promises about some things he has zero control over.

I wish him luck.., he's gonna need it.

 

[Chapped Ass]

No disrespect Admin, but if anyone is playing Monopoly with other people's money it's gotta be this administration and others who came before it. Look up "When's the most we ever taxed the rich" Spoiler: It was 1950s and 60s. The highest marginal income tax rate ever in the US was 94% on anything over $200,000 (roughly 2 million in today's dollars). Granted, this was during WWII, so there were certainly other factors at play at the time. But, well into the 60's we were still taxing the rich at 90%. The top rate stayed high until the 1980s (Reagan) who dropped it below 70%. The current top marginal tax rate is 37%. The lowest it's ever been. Oh, the poor billionaires.