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  1. No one believed them, they’re just used to being in control where they have no business having control.

  2. Available_Cream2305 on

    Good, goodbye. Let’s keep giving them less and less places to go. Until they’re in rural Montana thinking oh this is worth the extra 100k on the 40 millions I make.

  3. You’re going to flee the seat of capital in North America, are ya?

    Well your money won’t, either way. Have fun.

  4. value_meal_papi on

    Who cares if the rich flee. Demand will remain the same
    And supply will increase because of no monopolies

  5. If you can afford a $100-something million penthouse that you dont use, that suggests the upkeep is too cheap.

  6. He really hasn’t done anything to make them run. And there is not much he can do without approval of city council or the State. LIke the proposed tax on wealthy who don’t live there full-time. First, it’s not a big hit and second, he can’t mandate it.

    I’ve enjoyed watching him from my rube/red area in the South and listening to all the right-wing fearmongers.

  7. Flee and go where? The lifestyles many of them enjoy are tied to such big cities and the diversity of cultures they offer.

  8. They always bitch and moan whenever you do ANYTHING that might SLIGHTLY encroach on their dragon hoards. Who cares? Leave or don’t – you’ll just be replaced by someone else. You’re not special enough to be irreplaceable.

  9. Bearded_Scholar on

    Another reason to just raise taxes on the wealthy there. They will complain but they know they aren’t going anywhere

  10. There’s already propaganda from the rich bankers saying they have had a reduction in people . But from what dates ? That part they leave out.

  11. hymen_destroyer on

    Turns out it’s still one of the most desirable places to live, even after he fixed all those potholes

  12. If they do flee, that would be a bonus. It’s funny that they say “we’re just gonna leave then” like its a threat.

    Having fewer antisocial scumbags around is good for any city.

  13. FavoriteConsequence on

    Because they’re pussies who never put their money where there mouth is.

  14. Yeah the argument just doesn’t make sense, and when they’re like “oh we’ll leave that country” sure you will pal, you’ll just abandon that market you’re established in where you’ll continue to profit. Just gonna walk away from more money. Sure you are.

  15. People say a lot of things. The fact remains that how someone lives today is likely how they will continue to live.

    A similar thing is the concept of properly regulating and taxing corporations and the wealthy. The uninformed argument is that they will just shut their business and fire their workers. It’s an insane notion. The argument that the people who like to make money will suddenly stop doing what makes them money because they are treated like the rest of us makes no sense. Sure they’ll make slightly less money but Amazon isn’t going to stop existing if they have to pull their weight.

  16. caughtatcustoms69 on

    The people of nyc are behind mandami. The biggest tell? After the huge blizzard, the snow was gone. Just gone. Like it didn’t even snow. If the nyc workers didn’t like him and weren’t behind him they would have made that city look like snowmaggeddon for 5 days and he would have looked completely incompetent. Clearing that blizzard was a major success and that took cooperatikn and coordination. .

  17. Vegetable-Error-2068 on

    The wealthy have always been leeches.

    Don’t them “the elite” or “the ruling class.” That kind of language subtly reinforces classist hierarchies.

    Call them “the parasite class,” or “the leech class.” Because that’s what they are.

  18. But that one redditor insisted that his friend, who makes less than 100k and is not remotely affected by any potential new taxes, is leaving to New Jersey!

  19. They never will. We don’t need to listen to those leeches. Just make good policy that helps ordinary people

  20. TheRateBeerian on

    This idea of rich people fleeing taxes has been a trope for 40 years at least and it’s never been true

  21. They haven’t and they won’t. Mass implemented a tax on the wealthy and the number actually increased, while bringing in billions for public transport and schools.

  22. 2stinkynugget on

    Next we’re going to find out the Pro Sports team won’t actually leave unless we buy their owner a billion dollar stadium. Ponderous

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