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Progressives cheer as Mamdani robs the future to waste money in the present
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The socialists have been swooning ever since Mayor Mamdani announced he had managed to balance New York City’s $125 billion budget.
Sen. Bernie Sanders acclaimed the new mayor for confronting “a huge budget deficit” and bringing it “down to zero,” while still boosting spending.
“This Man is a LEGEND,” gushed Mamdani superfan Ryan Rozbiani on X.
“Something that nobody else could do,” marveled lefty influencer Suzie Rizzio.
Funny how these progressives don’t acknowledge how Mamdani is doing it: By burdening future taxpayers with pension costs he’s refusing to pay now. So much for being the party of the working man.
Mamdani has spent his career bemoaning “austerity,” a label reflexively applied to almost any effort to constrain the growth of government spending.
The mayor doesn’t want to be accused, by public employee unions or his fellow Democratic........