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AmazonTopaz:
The UK is not a socialist country but a mixed economy. The UK is not even a successful country.

basilico:
Dinosaur aka ...

budaatum:
I feel you. You'd hate school meals for the underprivileged too, and wouldn't mind them starving. Hopefully, New Yorkers won't unreason like you do.

Do let Amazontopaz know that UK that is not socialist has most of the same policies as Mamdani is proposing, and the lights stay on. While USA that is not socialist is curtailing civil liberties, though not where guns are concerned.

bemeruca:
Michelle Obama said that the ability to create life is the least significant function of a woman's reproductive system.

She explains that men cannot fully grasp the challenges women face because female biology has been barely studied.

"The least of what it does is produce life"

These people just play victim and brainwash our girls

raumdeuter:
Have the left agreed on what a woman is to start with?

bemeruca:
Businesses and rich people will leave the state.

AmazonTopaz:
Joe Biden was unarguably the most progressive president America has had in decades and what did Leftists do, enabled Republicans into power because of Gaza and they immediately forgot Biden's campaign deliveries to them.

AmazonTopaz:
When you ask these socialists that once the money have been collected from the billionaires and distributed to everybody how do we recreate the billions again and evenly distribute it again for everyone when we don't give in equal input but expect equal output.

Also, billionaires, millionaires etc shouldn't be influencing government policy that's why Citizens United will be a part of the downfall of the United States.

AmazonTopaz:
Joe Biden was unarguably the most progressive president America has had in decades and what did Leftists do, enabled Republicans into power because of Gaza and they immediately forgot Biden's campaign deliveries to them.
Mandani or whatever his name is was uncommitted, he is part of the reason why the Orange Buffon is in power. He is a covert antisemite, many leftists and the idea that nobody should be a billionaire is from socialism/communism playbook. Free buses without a formidable plan on how to pay for it is socialism playbook. Beautiful on paper and ugly in practice, cheap promises with no realistic gains.

I agree with you, unregulated capitalism is a cancer and that's why I prefer a mixed economy but unregulated capitalism is just as horrible as Socialism and its other brother. Ask USSR how that worked out for them.

budaatum:
I agree. Especially if he is socialist and governmentises private ventures. But what powers exactly is he going to use to do that?

What Mamdani is proposing is no different to school meals for the underprivileged. He can not uncapitalise capitalist New York even if he wanted to, since he'd need capital to provide school meals.

But I might be wrong. Do let me know when he abolishes mortgages and provides free housing, then I'll agree he's as socialist as is claimed.

Incidentally, no one will accuse Nigeria of being socialist. Many would even claim government does not own the majority of businesses. But free education, and subsidized fuel and electricity, and labor subsidy (Youth Corps) are socialist policies, and government officials own the largest companies. Like most so called socialist nations, we are a mix.

You just can't leave the poor and unprivileged to their own survival or their dead bodies will stink up your capitalism and make it unprofitable. And you can't have no social government intervention, or no one will monitor what's in the food capitalists sell you. A mix of both socialist and capitalist policies are necessary for a countries progress, or you'd have slaves.

Amazontopaz.

To an extent I also believe billionaires should not exist simply because of how American billionaires come to me. BUT it’s still nuanced for me. I’m not a blanket no-one-should-ever-have-a-billion-dollars-ever type of person. Is someone who’s a billionaire worth 10 billion dollars the same as someone who’s a billionaire worth 400 billion? Obviously not.

HOWEVER, if the said billionaire is paying their fair share of taxes, their workers are well compensated for the value of profits they bring to the company and MOST IMPORTANTLY they are not being propped up by tax payer money , then it’s their money and they have a right to it.

basilico:
Take Sebatir Tillis this year alone
_His vote blocked Ed Martin from being appointed DC US Attorney.
_ Votes no against the Big Beautiful
_ Voted against a bill that would cut USAID funding
_Social Security Fairness Act: Tillis voted against this act, which aimed to provide Social Security benefits to over 3 million retirees, including teachers and first responders

Clearly RINO.

budaatum:
I feel you. You'd hate school meals for the underprivileged too, and wouldn't mind them starving. Hopefully, New Yorkers won't unreason like you do.

Do let Amazontopaz know that UK that is not socialist has most of the same policies as Mamdani is proposing, and the lights stay on. While USA that is not socialist is curtailing civil liberties, though not where guns are concerned.

Ibime:
Paying a reasonable level of tax is fine until politicians start becoming frivolous with it. Nobody will complain to pay tax to cover emergency services, free education to secondary school, military, infrastructure, healthcare and shelter for the homeless

It's when they start paying stuffs that should be personal responsibility that I begin to vex

eg free school meals for kids when those kids parents can afford to smoke 20 cigar per day. I still dey vex with Marcus Rashford over that matter.

The one wey off me na when Scotland mandate all public bathroom to have free tampons for women and labelled it "period poverty". So you telling me there is a single woman in Scotland that cannot put aside 50 pence from her monthly budget for that time of the month?

bemeruca:
Cococandy is a socialist but she does not have the power to enforce a socialist utopia does not mean she is not a socialist.

There is a state Governor, city council and state laws, then there is a mayor. He does not have the unilateral power to do most of what he is saying.

He wants to abolish the police and replace them with social workers etc.

Nigeria is not a socialist country. Have one or two subsidies here and there does not make a country a socialist country.

Sliwa admitted that he and the Guardian Angels faked heroic subway rescues for publicity. He also admitted to having claimed falsely that three off-duty transit police officers had kidnapped him. Sliwa explained at the time his stunts were intended to underscore the dangers of the subways.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Sliwa

Ibime:
There is hardly anybody in the UK that cannot afford school meals, only children with household income less than £7.4k get free school meals above Year 2. I know of children in my daughters school whose parents earn £20k to £30k and they pack sandwiches. The rest of us pay the school.

In England, children are entitled to free school meals if their parent or guardian receives certain qualifying benefits or if they are in specific year groups. Specifically, children in Reception, Year 1, and Year 2 in state-funded schools, free schools, and academies are eligible for universal free school meals. Additionally, children whose families receive benefits like Universal Credit (with specific income limits), Income Support, Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, or the guaranteed element of Pension Credit are also eligible. Some local authorities may extend free school meal eligibility to all primary school years. In London, free school meals are provided to all state-funded primary school children.

budaatum:
I do not ever feel like responding to you when you lie or try to shove right wing rhetoric down my throat.

Did Mamdani tell you he'd send social workers to go socialise murderers and paedophiles and felon dump, even after you full well know he has no such powers as mayor?

Mamdani having a few social policies does not mean he'd socialise New York. Besides, I can't see why he wouldn't be an improvement on Adams or Cuomo, who seem to have socialised into their own pockets, or Silwa who did what that Jussie Smollett once did.



Your mischaracterization of cococandy is taken the same way as when you mischaracterize buda. Note.

We just watched Elon crash out because his projects that have always been funded by the federal govt wasn’t part of the deal this time around. That’s someone worth around $400 billion dollars and he’s mad the person earning 50k (whose taxes are about to go up BTW) is not paying towards his fun project. Never mind that he’s benefiting overall anyhow.

When Americans speak of billionaires negatively it’s for a very good reason.

Stolen:
FUNDED BY DEMOCRAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT., STARTING FROM OBAMA.


DESPITE ELON BEING TRUMP FRIEND AND SUPPORTER, TRUMP DID NOT COMPROMISE STANDARD FOR HIM.

bemeruca:
Musk have said several times he does not want the government handouts

budaatum:
As I said, the underprivileged. I'm certain Mamdani is not proposing to feed the children of those who can afford to feed their own children. And New York policies will not be for the entire USA, I doubt.



My niece came to London from Manchester for Christmas, and was surprised their London nephews just got on the buses without paying. She said she'd do the same when she went back to Manchester, but I had to let her know London has a free transport policy for certain ages which Manchester seems to lack. Her mother told me a bus driver refused to let a primary school girl travel because she had no money. We'd burn the bus company if they do the same in London.

bemeruca:
This is true for every nation in the world. It has nothing to with socialism. Manchester and London just have different age range.

budaatum:
Last time I checked, Nigeria does not provide free school meals for anyone, though I'd argue subsidies on electricity and whatever else we subsidize qualifies as a meal, except its for adults.

London and Greater Manchester have similar age ranges, please. Just that our London mayor seems more socialist inclined and London has more money for it too.

bemeruca:
5 and 11 is not similar. My point is, every nation in the world provide free public transportation.

bemeruca:
Leave cococandy out of this...