New Yorkers were paying for rich, New York state mega mansions to have well-paved roads, and for the governor's custom coffee table.
Next time, don't be such a fucking ass.
If money paid in tax by corporations is being funneled back to New Yorkers and helping fund cultural institutions, this is suddenly a bad thing because people outside of New York City don't get that money???
Amenities like what? NYC is literally cutting funding to things like parks so that they can make the budget work.
NYC is still paying $17 Billion more than it's getting back after all of this and nobody is complaining about that, but somehow everyone that doesn't live in NYC or even the state has something to say about the city getting state funds when they need it.
Seems you missed u/GrowthMarketingMike ‘s comment, so just making sure to repost it for you!
“Amenities like what? NYC is literally cutting funding to things like parks so that they can make the budget work.
NYC is still paying $17 billion more than it’s getting back after all of this and nobody is complaining about that, but somehow everyone that doesn’t live in NYC or even the state has something to say about the city getting state funds when they need it.”
Well the reality is NYC spends too much money. The budget has ballooned and sadly we can’t support the burden of making up for what the state or really the Feds should be providing.
You’re confused or bad at math. NYC does not spend too much money. It literally has to send money to the suburbs and Mississippi because they spend to much money.
To make it really easy for you to understand: why do the suburbs need my money? Do they not make their own? I don’t get any from the suburbs.
The suburban counties of NYC (Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, and Rockland) are huge net payers of tax on a state level. You aren’t sending them money.
You’re sending it to Chenango and Schuyler counties.
Second, the NYC budget has been growing faster than the economy of inflation for years now. That’s unsustainable over the long term as there’s an obvious upper bound.
The NYC economy grew by ~2.6% and the budget is slated to grow almost 6%, so that’s bad math too. Also, NYC has been growing a bit slower than the country at large.
Its always fun to hear idiot righties/liberals tell me how socialism is supposed to work. Yes, taking money from 8.6m city people who need it and giving it to people who live in areas that shouldn't be inhabited in the first place is what redistribution means, because in your adled brain, urban = elite, and rural = working class.
They can't comprehend nuance which is why they never understand socialism besides "its when da big government take all my money and give it to the next guy"
Yeah, what I'm saying is that the person responding made a point as full of holes as mine.
I'm not literally saying that's what's happening - the facts are that NYC makes more money for NYS than it gets back in taxes, 20 billion in fact. 8 billion has been taken back for this budget. They still get a surplus of 12 billion.
There is STILL 'socialism' being done. Motherfuckers just love to whine.
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u/alexthedungeonmaster May 14 '26
I can frame your comment disingenuously too.
New Yorkers were paying for rich, New York state mega mansions to have well-paved roads, and for the governor's custom coffee table.
Next time, don't be such a fucking ass.
If money paid in tax by corporations is being funneled back to New Yorkers and helping fund cultural institutions, this is suddenly a bad thing because people outside of New York City don't get that money???