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Greedy Democrats are taking aim at Taylor Swift — and you’re next

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Taylor Swift is enemy No.1 to cash-grabbing Democrats in Rhode Island: They’ve named their state’s new vacation-home property tax after her.  

They and other radical leftists across the country claim that by attacking the rich, including celebs like Swift, they’re saving democracy.

Their new forms of taxation — including wealth taxes, mansion taxes and second-home taxes — are fueled by jealousy and hatred for our free-market system, the work ethic and everything American. 

And while Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax has been stalled in court, his “enemies list” of ordinary homeowners is evidence that you’re the next target.

You may not consider yourself “rich,” but if you live in a blue state, these new forms of taxation will eventually hit you, too.

Democrats’ circus tent: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 13, 2026

Manhattan rents reach all-time high of $6,655/month amid Mamdani’s rent freeze and pied-a-terre tax threat

Michael Goodwin: Hochul is running scared from the pied-à-terre tax —but her prints are all over the proposed disaster

After all, they have a way of expanding: New York’s state Legislature is already considering a plan to impose Gotham’s pied-à-terre tax statewide, according to Republican state Sen. George Borrello.

Swift shelled out $17.75 million for her oceanfront Watch Hill, RI, spread in 2013 — but  the tax, which went into effect two weeks ago, is........

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