Zohran Mamdani is promising free child care for New York City residents.

[Man With A Plan]

Where did you get that idea?

Bill Hammond is the author of my link, and I don't see the connection between him and Mamdani's campaign.

Senior Fellow for Health Policy

"Bill Hammond​

"Senior Fellow for Health Policy​

"As the Empire Center’s senior fellow for health policy, Bill Hammond tracks fast-moving developments in New York’s massive health care industry, with a focus on how decisions made in Albany and Washington affect the well-being of patients, providers, taxpayers and the state’s economy.

"Bill has authored reports critiquing a proposed state-run single-payer health care system, documenting Albany’s excessive reliance on health insurance taxes, analyzing the pros and cons of 'block-granting' Medicaid, and examining the regulatory missteps surrounding the collapse of Health Republic Insurance."

From what you cited?
"His campaign estimates that the two proposals would generate an additional $9 billion per year, which would an 11 percent increase in tax revenues."
It's Mamdani's campaign...HIS PEOPLE...that are making those estimations! Which is laughable. Of course they're going to give a pie in the sky estimate of what his tax policies will do! You're naive to a fault if you don't grasp that concept!

 

[georgephillip]

From what you cited?
"His campaign estimates that the two proposals would generate an additional $9 billion per year, which would an 11 percent increase in tax revenues."
It's Mamdani's campaign...HIS PEOPLE...that are making those estimations! Which is laughable. Of course they're going to give a pie in the sky estimate of what his tax policies will do! You're naive to a fault if you don't grasp that concept!

ChatGPT confirms your skepticism:

"The short version: the revenue estimate of about $9 billion per year from the two tax proposals put forward by Zohran Mamdani is highly optimistic and subject to significant caveats. Several independent analyses find that the assumptions behind it are weak and that the real yield — once behavior, legality, and politics are factored in — would likely fall far short.


"Here’s a breakdown of the claims, what the numbers rest on, and where the risks are..."

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Do you believe taxing rich parasites to fund programs that benefit millions is a bad thing?

Parsing the Impact of Mamdani's Tax Hike Plans - Empire Center for Public Policy

"Mamdani’s hike in the city income tax would exclusively target people who make more than $1 million per year, which is about 1 percent of filers.

"His proposed increase in corporate taxes would affect about 1,000 of the city’s 250,000 businesses.

"His campaign estimates that the two proposals would generate an additional $9 billion per year, which would an 11 percent increase in tax revenues."

All of which would help his campaign if it were true...so why not say it then?

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Do you believe taxing rich parasites to fund programs that benefit millions is a bad thing?

Just the ones that are so bad they dare not be mentioned publicly, and why do communists always view other people's monies as parasitic until they confiscate it.

Parsing the Impact of Mamdani's Tax Hike Plans - Empire Center for Public Policy

"Mamdani’s hike in the city income tax would exclusively target people who make more than $1 million per year, which is about 1 percent of filers.

until they move their money elsewhere

"His proposed increase in corporate taxes would affect about 1,000 of the city’s 250,000 businesses.

it's called "going cuban" with the end result being that of an island of riches turned into a patch of dirt, the signature characteristic of communism.

"His campaign estimates that the two proposals would generate an additional $9 billion per year, which would an 11 percent increase in tax revenues."

"His campaign" estimates? Why not ask the Cuomo campaign for its estimate to get a feel for how biased that quote is?

Communists always feel that someone owes them something of theirs...take a good look at Cuba, it is pure communism with no aid from the "capitalist pigs" i.e. a "workers paradise"...all mamdani is doing is showing the first step in which his politics will eventually devour every "parasitic" dollar it can.

 

[georgephillip]

All of which would help his campaign if it were true...so why not say it then?

Say what?

Mamdani's been clear on his economic policies from the beginning of his current campaign:

Political positions of Zohran Mamdani - Wikipedia

"Mamdani made a mayoral campaign pledge to reduce taxes on 'overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs' of New York City, while advocating to increase taxes on "more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods."

"His intention with this policy was to tackle a 1981 property tax law that essentially taxes owners of expensive homes based on the homes' potential rental price rather than their market value, which could lead to the owners paying much less property tax than owners of cheap homes."

 

[georgephillip]

Just the ones that are so bad they dare not be mentioned publicly, and why do communists always view other people's monies as parasitic until they confiscate it.

"Because capitalists find it hard to believe parasites become rich by bribing corrupt politicians for favorable tax, trade, and investment opportunities:

“The Global Financial Supermarket.” Sweeping Deregulation of the US Banking System

"The 1999 financial sector reforms under the Clinton Administration had set the stage for the 2007-2009 depression as well as the current 2020-2025 engineered financial crisis.

"While the 1999 US Financial Services Modernization Act does not in itself break down remaining barriers to the free movement of capital, in practice, it empowers Wall Street’s key players to develop a hegemonic position in global banking, overshadowing and ultimately destabilizing financial systems in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe…"

 

[skye]

Mam-Dummy is the BIGGEST mistake ever!

Yes it is!

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Say what?

what...

Mamdani's been clear on his economic policies from the beginning of his current campaign:

in much the same way all socialists/communists are clear on other people's money..."it's mine" without actually saying that is what he/they mean(s).

Political positions of Zohran Mamdani - Wikipedia

TRANSLATION: "I fully intended to confiscate the wealth of others"

"Mamdani made a mayoral campaign pledge to reduce taxes on 'overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs' of New York City, while advocating to increase taxes on "more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods."

now you're just plagiarizing my translation with one of your own...I'm flattered

"His intention with this policy was to tackle a 1981 property tax law that essentially taxes owners of expensive homes based on the homes' potential rental price rather than their market value, which could lead to the owners paying much less property tax than owners of cheap homes."

TRANSLATION: "Class warfare from the like-minded folks who brought you Leningrad"...the intention is class warfare.
...can he do for us what has been done for cuba? ...nothing in the claims you attribute to Mamdani are any different than those promised to all the workers in all the paradises throughout communisms brief but all too tragic history.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

"Because capitalists find it hard to believe parasites become rich by bribing corrupt politicians for favorable tax, trade, and investment opportunities:

even if true what entitles socialists to that money? confiscating wealth is far more dangerous than anything you accuse capitalism of as I once again will point to cuba as the perfect example of socialist/communists results of "cleaning up all the corruption"...there is no wealth left to corrupt with.

“The Global Financial Supermarket.” Sweeping Deregulation of the US Banking System

Just another chapter of/from the manifesto

"The 1999 financial sector reforms under the Clinton Administration had set the stage for the 2007-2009 depression as well as the current 2020-2025 engineered financial crisis.

and now we are gonna tax our way out of it

"While the 1999 US Financial Services Modernization Act does not in itself break down remaining barriers to the free movement of capital, in practice, it empowers Wall Street’s key players to develop a hegemonic position in global banking, overshadowing and ultimately destabilizing financial systems in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe…"

and soon that will be coming to NYC [minus the bankers of course] just one overrated teller who is sick of seeing all that money pass him/her/they by and trying to insinuate himself between that money and the folks it really belongs to.

 

[georgephillip]

it's called "going cuban" with the end result being that of an island of riches turned into a patch of dirt, the signature characteristic of communism.

That Island of riches was being plundered by American gangsters and corporate pirates still has all its riches. What it doesn't have is an equal opportunity to compete because of a US set of comprehensive trade and financial restrictions that prevent Cuba from participating in the "free market."

 

[Silent Warrior]

Because capitalists find it hard to believe parasites become rich by bribing corrupt politicians for favorable tax, trade, and investment opportunities:

So you are saying someone who was not rich bribed corrupt politicians in order to get rich and that is the justification behind your parasite comment? What came first the chicken or the egg. See how foolish you statement is. A parasite would be more like an able bodied person living off of SNAP.

 

[Nobody911]

Mamdani vs. Billionaires, It is going to be very entertaining! lol.

The major interest groups funding opposition to Zohran Mamdani are largely composed of billionaire individuals, wealthy families, and corporate-backed super PACs. Key groups and contributors down below:

● Super PACs: "Fix the City, Inc." and "Defend NYC" are primary vehicles for funding anti-Mamdani campaigns, raising tens of millions of dollars.

● Notable billionaire donors:

- Michael Bloomberg, former NYC mayor, who has contributed over $13 million ($8.3 million initially plus additional millions later) to anti-Mamdani efforts.

- Bill Ackman, hedge fund manager, has donated around $3 million in total.

- Joe Gebbia, Airbnb co-founder and linked to the Trump administration, has contributed $3 million.

- The Lauder family (heirs to Estée Lauder fortune) with donations approaching $2.6 million.

- John Hess, oil and gas billionaire, has donated around $1 million.

- Daniel Loeb, hedge fund manager, with $775,000.

- Barry Diller and Steve Wynn, each donating about $500,000.

- Tisch family (Loews Corp owners), donating $1.2 million.

Other groups are backed by real estate titans, financiers, and business leaders concerned about Mamdani's policies on taxation and social programs.

These groups outspend Mamdani's supporters significantly by pooling the resources of wealthy donors and corporate interests focused on maintaining the current economic structure.

In total, at least 26 billionaires and affluent families have contributed more than $22 million to anti-Mamdani campaigns to support rivals like Andrew Cuomo or to run attack ads against Mamdani. These super PACs and donors aim to block Mamdani's democratic socialist platform, which threatens their economic interests.
forbes+4

This opposition reflects a concerted effort by powerful economic actors and interest groups to influence the mayoral election in favor of candidates who align more closely with business and capitalist interests.

sources:

1. These Are The Billionaires Cutting Checks To Stop Zohran Mamdani
2. Billionaires Are Spending Millions In Attempt To Prevent Zohran Mamdani From Becoming NYC Mayor
3. TRT World - 60+ billionaires and wealthy families want Mamdani defeated in NYC race. We examine some of them
4. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-nyc-mayor-race-donations/
5. Bloomberg pumped $5M into anti-Mamdani super PACs this week, making him the cycle’s largest donor
6. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/nyregion/mamdani-opposition-donors-mayor.html
7. The list of billionaires spending big in a last-ditch effort to keep Zohran Mamdani from becoming NYC mayor
8.
9. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/...s-mamdani-frames-cuomos-as-oligarchs-00595523
10. Anti-Mamdani super PAC evokes ‘communist’ label in NYC race | The Jerusalem Post

 

[Frankeneinstein]

That Island of riches was being plundered by American gangsters and corporate pirates still has all its riches.

and even if true it was far better off then than now as there is nothing to plunder

What it doesn't have is an equal opportunity to compete because of a US set of comprehensive trade and financial restrictions that prevent Cuba from participating in the "free market."

TRANSLATION: "FOR GODS SAKE THEY HAVE NO CAPITALISM FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PLUNDER"

 

[Frankeneinstein]

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TRANSLATION: "GOT NOTHING"

 

[JohnDB]

 

[Frankeneinstein]

What it doesn't have is an equal opportunity to compete because of a US set of comprehensive trade and financial restrictions that prevent Cuba from participating in the "free market."

So? the problem is that socialists/communists falsely emphasize the "free" when they should be emphasizing the "market"...no one wants to take on their broken promises...and cuba is only one of all the social economic debacles by the left that have failed miserably.

 

[georgephillip]

So? the problem is that socialists/communists falsely emphasize the "free" when they should be emphasizing the "market"...no one wants to take on their broken promises...and cuba is only one of all the social economic debacles by the left that have failed miserably.

How does Cuban healthcare compare to the market-driven US version?

"Cuban healthcare is a government-funded, prevention-focused system with higher life expectancy and lower child mortality rates compared to the US, despite a much lower per capita spending.

However, the US system is more advanced in terms of technology and resources, while Cuba's system suffers from significant shortages of basic medical supplies, outdated facilities, and a potential two-tiered system where foreigners receive superior care."

What role does the US embargo play in creating Cuba's lack "...of basic medical supplies (and) outdated facilities..."?

Google AI Overview

 

[Frankeneinstein]

How does Cuban healthcare compare to the market-driven US version?

poorly

"Cuban healthcare is a government-funded, prevention-focused system with higher life expectancy and lower child mortality rates compared to the US, despite a much lower per capita spending.

no its not...that's a fairytale

However, the US system is more advanced in terms of technology and resources,

from all the corruption right?

while Cuba's system suffers from significant shortages of basic medical supplies, outdated facilities, and a potential two-tiered system where foreigners receive superior care."

TRANSLATION: "Cubas system is flawed, the corrupt foreigner's get real healthcare"

What role does the US embargo play in creating Cuba's lack "...of basic medical supplies (and) outdated facilities..."?

It blocks/denies all forms of capitalist corruption from entering Cuba.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

How does Cuban healthcare compare to the market-driven US version?

This is something else Mamdani should tell us he is going to bring to NYC, cuban style healthcare yet no mention of it either.

 

[georgephillip]

minded folks who brought you Leningrad"...the intention is class warfare.
...can he do for us what has been done for cuba? ...nothing in the claims you attribute to Mamdani are any different than those promised to all the workers in all the paradises throughout communisms brief but all too tragic history.

“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”​

― Warren Buffett"

A quote by Warren Buffett

Who holds half of the world's net wealth of this world?

"The pyramid shows that:

• "half of the world's net wealth belongs to the top 1%,
• top 10% of adults hold 85%, while the bottom 90% hold the remaining 15% of the world's total wealth,
• top 30% of adults hold 97% of the total wealth."

Distribution of wealth - Wikipedia.