A “second-day story” about the blue tsunami last week is that the sweep by Democrats in many previously red areas has elected an unexpected number of moderates to neutralize the influence of more obvious leftist gains in the now-majority party. One test of this notion may come in the fate of an “abundance” agenda inContinue reading “Will Democrats, Now Abundant, Seek Abundance?”
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Socialist Mayor’s Surtax: An Idea for Hamptons-Like Homes?
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push* for a “pied-a-terre tax” on the sparsely used homes of putative plutocrats is not staying in NYC. At least one legislator from the northern Hudson Valley exurbs is seeking allowance for a similar punitive levy on such properties there. That shouldn’t be surprising: Resentments toward wealthy seasonal visitorsContinue reading “Socialist Mayor’s Surtax: An Idea for Hamptons-Like Homes?”
