AOC claims working class residents fleeing NYC because it's too expensive
By: nypmetro (New York Post)
What a ditz. Do some research FFS
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Working class residents are fleeing New York City because it's too expensive, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Monday.
The congresswoman made the claim during a discussion of the migrant crisis and Mayor Eric Adams' controversial across-the-board proposed budget cuts that would shrink the police force and trim spending on schools, libraries and cultural arts programs.
During her tele-town hall meeting, she wondered why the mayor and council weren't looking to boost taxes on the wealthy — such as pricey pied-a-terre or luxury crash pads for the jet-setting ultra rich.
She said the data doesn't back up claims that the wealthiest residents will leave over raising their taxes, though recent census data indicates more high-income New Yorkers including billionaires have moved out.
"But guess what? The people who are moving out of the city are not by and large the wealthiest people. They're the working class. They can't afford to live here any more," she said.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez believes working class New Yorkers are leaving the Big Apple because it's too expensive. Recent census data indicates more high-income New Yorkers, including billionaires, have moved out. Getty Images
That's often the argument that conservatives make, arguing that New York's higher costs ranging from taxes to housing to regulations pushes New Yorkers of all means to move to lower-tax, lower cost states such as Florida.
No Trump, trolling, fascist crap, dissing the source
Honey please.
Soooo out of touch. Most virtue signalers are though I suppose. Pushing for handouts like California?
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Something is not squaring up with this. There is a shortage of high-end apartments:
It seems more like the rich are moving in.
Also, there is just a shortage of apartments in general:
She has to be one of THE DUMBEST people in government.
"That's often the argument that conservatives make, arguing that New York's higher costs ranging from taxes to housing to regulations pushes New Yorkers of all means to move to lower-tax, lower cost states such as Florida."
That's what Limbaugh did. And never looked back.
Explain to us what all this jabbering about billionaires leaving NYC has to do with what AOC said.
I'll explain it to you - nothing.
It wasn't/isn't JUST billionaires. It's HIGH INCOME INCLUDING Billionaires
New York City's 2024 budget is 107 BILLION dollars. A loss of even 100 million ( tax coffers lighter by tens of millions of dollars annually. because of leaving billionaires would be roughly 1/1000 of the budget.
In other words, the attack on AOC for saying the city is too expensive for lower income people is devoid of reality.
That wasn't the point. The point is, she is saying that none of the rich are moving and that is wrong. And why did you restrict your commentary to strictly billionaires?
The defense of her ineptness doesn't seem to hold water.
And yes, lower income people are moving. That is the only part of her commentary she has right.
"In other words, the attack on AOC for saying the city is too expensive for lower income people is devoid of reality."
What else is new?
Guess what, sweetie pie? It's not just the cost of living that's caused people to move out of NYC. It's also:
Something about those coastal states east or west.
Very true.
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It's a term of endearment, Tessy. Nothing nefarious. Sheesh!
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No problem. I won't waste my time on garbage any longer.
No one defunded nor suggested that the NYPD be defunded.
That's where you are 200+% wrong.
For 2023:
2021:
Need more evidence? Look it up yourself.
Budget cuts don't equal defunding - PERIOD.
That says nothing about defunding.
Budget cuts don't equal defunding.
I'm not blind - no need for the extra large font and bolding to state that essentially budgets are being cut, not being defunded.
Ya cut funding you are taking away funding thus defunding. You have been educated by several members over the years on the concept yet still fall short. And the bold was due to copy and paste from the article title.
Incorrect - budget cuts DO NOT = defunding.
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Black Lives Matter , the Movement for Black Lives , and other activists have used the phrase to call for police budget reductions and to delegate certain police responsibilities to other organizations
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Budget cuts do not equal defunding nor does allotting resources to other organizations.
In other words, a s*#t hole!
In other words, a s*#t hole!
Indeed. And, it's not just NYC. It's also Seattle (WA), Portland (OR), Baltimore, San Fran, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Chicago, Newark (NJ), Washington (DC) ... and so many other once reasonably safe cities.
So, Democrat policies.
The Honorable AOC may be missing the big picture - people of all income levels and businesses big and small are leaving NYC and or simply folding because of high crime, high taxes, high rents ......
And it is not just NYC Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago and other major cities are seeing similar emigrations of people and commerce
As little as I think generally of AOC, I'm not sure she's very wrong here. The sheer number of working class people vs the number of billionaires would make it extremely probable that more of them would react to economic pressure.
I do not disagree with your premise at all, merely pointing outing that this is not the problem, it is a symptom of many things that are wrong in NYC that the outflow of citizens and businesses to the suburbs, to other cities or to oblivion will continue until the root causes of NYC's problems are dealth with appropriately.
Hello Robert. Are you new to the platform here? If so, welcome aboard.
Yeah... I'm sure NYC has its share of problems, but then that's not really new. I'm just making the point that her math is probably not wrong... which would be unusual for her in my experience.
I have been a member for a very long time, but took a number of years away when it got particularly nasty during the Obama years, left and returned for a bit until I determined that all nasty all the time was not for me. And now a few years later I figured I would give it another try. I see familiar names and also a lot of new ones.
See ya around the neighborhood
New York has always been expensive though.