‘Mamdanimaniacs’ are fleecing themselves
The main effect of the popular leftism that Mamdani represents is to neutralize the revolutionary energy of the youth
The main effect of the popular leftism that Mamdani represents is to neutralize the revolutionary energy of the youth
There’s no shortage of catastrophic predictions for New York City under Zohran Mamdani’s leadership. While we probably won’t see breadlines, the wildly expensive, exhaustingly derivative restaurants that dominate the New York food scene are likely to become more dominant. Mamdani’s big pledge on food is to “make halal eight bucks again.” But it’s a “false promise” of street-food affordability according to Heritage Foundation economist Nicole Huyer. She says Mamdani’s economic program, which includes higher taxes, steeper leasing regulations and a pledge to raise the minimum wage to $30 an hour by 2030, will effectively make restaurants even more expensive. “All of these great socialist policies that [Zohran’s] planning to implement
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