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Explain this away ,
Lots of people, making lots of money, from your need to live under a roof.
People making money is good, until it starts hurting the actual goal.
The goal of building houses is to put a roof over your head, not making people RICH.
However, if you let capitalism go unchecked, that twists everything in that one goal.
That's NOT fraud, that is the direct result of the politics that YOU support.
All these costs he is listing are the result of CAPITALISM:
- Middlemen inspectors (Private companies, hired by buyers, sellers, or lenders)
- Contractors (Private companies)
- Lawyers (Private companies)
- Lobbyists (To protect the profits of big private companies)
- Labor unions (To prevent exploitation by private companies)
- His favorite: Consulting (Private companies making big bucks for advice)
"Nobody in America anymore knows what the fuck they are doing."
No, because you kicked out all knowledgeable PUBLIC servants,
and replaced them with the fore-mentioned PRIVATE businesses.
Yes, REALITY is wonderful thing, isn't it?
Twist things around to suit your self
You think of them as "socialists", but they are not.
At least most of them are not. Many are corporate whores.
Not as much as Republicans are corporate whores, but still.
Here is why Democratic cities or cities in Democrat run states are so expensive:
High-demand cities become expensive. The most expensive cities tend to be:
- Coastal
- Economically productive
- Highly educated
- Globally connected
Think NYC, SF, Boston, Seattle, DC, LA.
These places attract:
- High-paying industries (finance, tech, media, biotech)
- Large numbers of college graduates
- Immigrants and young professionals
Those demographics overwhelmingly vote Democratic, so once a city gets rich, dense, and educated, it almost inevitably becomes blue.
You are inverting the cause. It's not that Democrat cities become expensive,
it's that high-demand, expensive cities BECOME BLUE.
Right-wing dumb-asses can't afford it and move out.
Highly educated successful liberals move in.
Why don't you like college graduates, immigrants and young professionals?
BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE LIBERALS! Your own ideology proves me right.
Examples:
- Austin, Texas: high-demand, expensive, blue city in a red area
- Santa Fe, New Mexico: Expensive housing, artsy, affluent, very blue, in a red area
- Missoula, Montana: Blue college town, high housing costs in a deep-red region
- Jackson, Wyoming: Extremely expensive, votes Democratic locally, surrounded by one of the reddest states in the country.
To give a good example, a coworker decided to build a new house. He wanted to do most of the work himself and he wanted to use timber from his own property. Turns out his house was the last 1 in the county that was allowed to do that before new regulations hit that required all lumber to have a stamp on it and all work to be done by licensed folks.
He built a really nice home with a huge stone fire place and such for a fraction of what the average concrete slab house cost in the surrounding area. and what inspections were required, the inspectors actually brought new hires out there to show them how a house should be built and how my coworker actually applied more storm proofing and insolation that was required by new codes. people that want better can do better if allowed without all the silly regulations.
BUT when he built his house, his lumber was literally cut down as a tree,sawn on a portable sawmill and nailed up right there on the spot. Saving him a ton of money and also giving him old growth ,tight grain floor joist that were a honest 2x12 instead of the store bought 13/4 by 11/1/2 with the costly stamp.his lumber bill was less than half store bought. that is just 1 example of how over regulation cost more. and really doesn't produce better quality.
make building cheaper, but Republicans are also cutting regulation that restricts scamming and fraud, which makes building more expensive.
Your example is very narrow. Most people do not build their own houses, especially not in the big expensive cities we were talking about. They don't build with lumber there, they build with concrete.
Big cities are a whole different situation, where regulation against building monopolies, which Republicans love to cut, resulting in companies exploiting
their monopolies, making construction more expensive.
Bill Maher was talking about middlemen inspectors, contractors, lawyers, lobbyists, labor unions, consulting, that nobody in America anymore knows what the fuck they are doing. That is the result of CAPITALISM. I didn't talk about Democrats or Republicans, because both sides are slaves to capitalism, except for a small minority of democratic socialists. Both parties have maximized profits for the wealthy over serving the public's needs. Republicans give the wealthy full playroom to scam and exploit you, while Democrats put in some regulation to prevent the houses they build from collapsing. Of course they take money from lobbyists too, that force people to use specialists, rather than building themselves, but it's not intended just to make things more difficult. It's stupid to think that.
They do have a tendency for bureaucracy, but that's only a tiny bit of the reason
for why houses are so expensive. The main reason is that the goal is to extract
as much money as possible from normal people and put it in the pockets of the wealthy. Until you start understanding that, and join the fight against it, it will continue.
Still too dumb to come up with an actual argument.
At least phart came up with something.
It is all clear as day, but you just want to believe in a topsy-turvy world.
The problem with a belief is that you cannot argue for it.
I’m too tired to run
Im too weak to fight
But I still can see good enough to shoot
Are you not getting everything you wanted?
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"New York lost $24.5 billion in state-adjusted gross income in 2021 as residents fled to New Jersey, Florida and other low-tax states, according to the latest Internal Revenue Service figures.
Nowhere was the state's outmigration more prevalent than in New York City, the nation's largest city with a population of 8.2 million. The Big Apple had a net loss of nearly 78,000 residents between 2022 and 2023, according to IRS data."
This shows what I am trying to tell you all along, tax and over regulate and people will LEAVE.
Not only the rich will leave but the folks that haul off their trash,fix their cars and keep the roads paved will leave as well. New york is the fastest growing shit hole on earth.
is not surely related with taxes going up. It is confusing CORRELATION with CAUSATION.
There are also lots of working class people moving out of New York, because they cannot afford to live there anymore. That's NOT because of taxes, that's because of capitalism making their houses and the cost of living ridiculously expensive. It's up to the people to vote for a major, who represents the idea of which people are allowed to live in a city.
Do the people want just wealthy people able to live in New York, or should working class people be able to live there too? The result is tax policy that might turn away some wealthy people, but WILL make it more affordable for the working class people.
That $24.5 billion figure isn't applicable. This refers to net adjusted gross income
moving out of the state, not the loss in taxes for the state.
If you look at the taxes that New York collected, there is NO decline:
2014-15: ~$43.7 B
2015-16: ~$47.1 B
2016-17: ~$47.6 B
2017-18: ~$51.5 B
2018-19: ~$48.1 B
2019-20: ~$53.7 B
2020-21: ~$53.7 B
2021-22: ~$55.0 B
2022-23: ~$58.8 B
2023-24: ~$53.8 B
2024-25: ~$61.2 B
Do you see a drop op $24.5 billion there?
It's just political actors trying to prove their idea, with data manipulation.
There is certainly a movement of people trying to avoid taxes.
But you forget that taxes ALSO move, in relation to people and business.
Poor states are trying to lure business with low taxes.
But when that results in more business, they can raise taxes again.
New York can raise taxes, because they have lots of business.
They have the luxury to raise taxes, without it affecting tax income.
When a state uses the higher taxes for the benefit of the working class,
those people are able to improve themselves AND improve the economy,
which in turn will increase the return in taxes for the state too.
Your thinking is completely fixed on the idea that wealthy people create wealth.
That's not true; the working class creates wealth and the wealthy just siphon it off.
The top 1% richest households in the US own approximately $50 Trillion to $52 Trillion. What wealth have they created for you lately? Do Americans have better healthcare, education, public transport, childcare, and overall quality of life, created by that top 1%?
I can use the extra money this spring for my road trip!
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If new york looses even a portion of it's financial hub that will prompt ALOT of people to leave to follow their jobs to lower cost living areas of texas. it would at least open up some apartments for the muslim mayor to rent out cheap to people that will tear them all up and not pay rent and have to be evicted.
It's racist to acknowledge the reason for that exit?
Sheesh
next thing you know you will find something racist in the Hieroglyphics in the Egyptian pyramids.
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And also, Muslim is not a race, it is a "religion" so it's not racist to use that word. Matter of fact they probably enjoy being referred to by infidels as muslim, makes them feel "respected".
Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is Ugandan-Indian; he is the city's first Muslim and South Asian mayor, born in Uganda to Indian parents, making him the first African-born mayor as well, with roots in both South Asia and East Africa.
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However, if you want to make it about religion that’s fine. You are a bigot.
Your memory,like that of most liberal minded people is to short.thus history repeats it's self or has to deal with even worse
Date: September 11, 2001 at 8:46 AM EDT
Number of deaths: 2,977
Location: World Trade Center, The Pentagon, Shanksville
Perpetrators: Al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden; the Hamburg cell
Bigot my ass, I am a American that doesn't like being terrorized by cave dwellers with no conscience that have pet goats for reasons besides the milk
And that last sentence does make you a racist too.
Defining Race and Ethnicity
Race refers to dividing people into groups based on their physical appearance, while ethnicity refers to the identification of people from different geographic regions, including their religion, language, and other customs
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Are Muslims a religion or race?
Muslims - Wikipedia
Muslims (Arabic: المسلمون, romanized: al-Muslimūn, lit. 'submitters [to God]') are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion founded in 7th century Arabia, belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.
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Religion is NOT a friggen RACE Cat,you are smarter than that or you would have to be on a iron lung all the time because you would be down to 3 brain cells and not have the instincts to breath on your own!
that he's a racist.
But he doesn't listen.
Well, why would he?
He feels empowered to be
a racist just like his god.
The Quran explicitly forbids the practices that make certain types of investing risky or unethical. It does not name the "stock market" itself, as it did not exist 1,400 years ago, but the verses provide the ethical framework.
These are the specific prohibitions from the Quran that apply:
- Riba (Prohibition of Interest): This is the most direct and important prohibition.
The ban on interest is clearly established in several verses:
Quran 2:275: "...But God has permitted trade and forbidden usury [interest, Riba]." This verse clearly distinguishes between legitimate, risk-based trade (which includes approved investments) and guaranteed, exploitative interest income.
Quran 3:130: Calls on believers not to take "doubled and multiplied" interest.
- Maisir (g@mbling): The concept of g@mbling, which excludes modern speculation, is also forbidden:
Quran 5:90: “O you who have believed! Intoxicants and g@mbling [Maisir]... are abomination from the work of Satan; so avoid them...” This is used to prohibit excessive, high-risk trading.
Gharar (Uncertainty): The requirement for clear contracts and the avoidance of uncertainty is a general principle derived from the Quranic emphasis on fairness and justice in transactions.
They already hate America for constantly attacking them for their oil, so when they attack you back, they will find something that represents America's "evil" the most.
Can you do anything else than only venting your prejudices?
Mamdani actually has plans to deliver many things that Trump promised,
but never intended to provide. It was just a ruse to steal votes from gullible people.
The plans of Mamdani STRENGHTEN the economy, because it's all investments
in people who are now struggling, to maximize their potential and spending power.
Top priorities of Zohran Mamdani for New York City:
1. Affordability & Housing
Mamdani’s central focus is lowering the cost of living, especially for renters.
* Freeze or sharply limit rent increases for rent-stabilized apartments
* Build roughly 200,000 permanently affordable homes over the next decade, prioritizing union labor
* Strengthen tenant protections and crack down on predatory landlords
* Expand supportive housing, including for formerly incarcerated and elderly residents
2. Cost Relief for Families
He emphasizes reducing everyday expenses for working families.
* Universal, free child care for children under five
* Fare-free buses to reduce commuting costs and improve transit access
3. Economic Justice & Tax Policy
To fund expanded services, Mamdani promotes progressive revenue policies.
* Higher taxes on high-income earners and large corporations
* Reducing excessive fines and bureaucratic hurdles for small businesses
* Stronger enforcement against wage theft, including by delivery and gig-economy companies
4. Transportation & Infrastructure
His transportation agenda centers on safety and accessibility.
* Expanded bus service and bus-priority corridors
* More protected bike lanes and safer street redesigns
* Pedestrian-focused urban planning
5. Public Safety & Community Wellness
Mamdani supports a non-traditional approach to public safety.
* Creation of a **Department of Community Safety** focused on prevention, crisis response, and social services
* Investments in violence prevention and mental-health response rather than policing alone
6. Governance & Schools
He has taken a pragmatic stance on city governance.
* Support for maintaining mayoral control of schools while reforming oversight
* Collaboration with education advocates and labor groups on school policy
High-income earners and large corporations are leaching off the labor
of the working class. I am very much supportive of taxing them more
to get back some of the benefits of that labor.
Your own history shows that to benefit the whole of society.
The federal corporate income tax rate for large corporations in the U.S. was progressive, but the top statutory rate was 48% for much of the early 1970s.
The federal individual income tax was extremely high for the top earners.
Early 1970s (1970–1972), the top marginal rate was 71%.
so many there?
They don't have to LIVE there to tax them. They have income and property
in New York, so Mamdani can tax that income and property. They cannot divest from New York, because Wall Street is there. If they do, someone else just buys it.
It's a bullshit argument, made up to create a race to the bottom for their taxes.
FUCK THEM, start a race of their taxes upwards.
If you have propety there,you sell it, What income? if they don't live there, where would the income be unless they had rental property's or something. As far as stocks, the stocks are not held there. Like mine there is not even a certificate any more sadly. it's online and on record at the company. I showed you a link to the founders of google leaving california in the dust a week or so ago.new york can be left to rot as well.
A large majority of Americans support higher taxes for the wealthy.
"If you have propety there,you sell it" To someone who doesn't care about taxes?
The wealthy get income from ownership, not wages. You can't just move that.
If they get income from stocks, the state doesn't get taxes from that anyway.
An article online says "Larry Page has apparently left California personally and moved to states such as Florida — including buying high-value property there — amid the debate over a proposed California billionaire wealth tax."
So there is just a DEBATE, and he gives that as a reason. That's just nonsense. So he bought property in Florida and he sold it in California? How is that a loss to California? Some other wealthy person will own that property.
If more states are raising taxes on the wealthy, others will follow, because it's easy revenue. You can have a race to the bottom, until the wealthy pay no taxes at all, or you chose to reverse it. Stop cucking to the wealthy.
'Them' all bought guns in the meantime.
'Them' are all much smarter than you.
It will end up with you losing.
Did you hear any generals cheering for Pete Hegseth?
If looks could kill, little Pete would have burned like the demon he is.
Those generals are waiting for Trump to make the first move
and then they will wipe out all those traitors in an hour.
They didn't become generals by being as stupid as you people.
They understand the real meaning of The Constitution.
They won't kill Americans for your traitor and his billionaire friends.
It will be a bloodbath, but a short and decisive one, in which you will lose.
In most countries, non-citizens can buy property. I can buy a home in Italy,
use it a week per year and rent it out to who ever I want the rest of the year.
Still, restrictions are very common, such as:
Limits on land vs apartments (e.g. foreigners can buy condos but not land).
Approval requirements or government permits.
Caps on how much or where foreigners can buy.
Extra taxes or fees for non-citizens.
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