Ruben Castillo

ING. Civil / Blockchain Startup Investor and Advisor.

[X @XaviercMiller]

Here’s what I think will happen in NYC under Mahdami.

The free buses and government grocery stores won’t happen, they never do. They sound good during campaigns, but collapse under basic math. You can’t run a city on ideas that cost billions and produce no revenue.

The only way to make housing affordable is to build more housing. The free market lowers prices, not regulation. Every time politicians try to control rent or force affordability by decree, developers stop building and landlords stop maintaining. Supply dries up, the quality collapses, and the few properties that remain skyrocket in price.

Once landlords can’t make a profit, they sell, lose properties, or walk away. Eventually, the government takes over.

Taxes will rise to pay for the promises, and the middle class will be the ones shouldering the burden. The rich will relocate, the poor will depend on subsidies, and the productive class will be squeezed from both sides.

Thriving businesses are the foundation of any thriving city. When they leave, everything else follows, jobs, schools, grocery stores, stability. Chicago already proved this. Boeing, McDonald’s, Caterpillar, Citadel, nearly 70k jobs, all gone. Now they’re facing billion-dollar deficits, half empty schools and neighborhoods without grocery stores.

I saw someone who lived in a rent-controlled apartment in California put it perfectly, he said his landlord could no longer afford maintenance so the pool was filled with dirt, the floors had soft spots, and the foundation ended up cracking. That’s what overregulation does, it destroys quality.

People who voted for this will eventually feel the pain but they won’t blame the policies or the politicians, they’ll blame the rich for leaving.

This conversation is always difficult because most people simply don’t understand market dynamics or incentives. In a free society, people act in their own self-interest. If you remove profit and reward dependency, productivity dies and the city with it.

If you think things are expensive now, just wait until they’re “free.”

[Ruben Castillo @RUBENGCR]

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[Ruben Castillo @RUBENGCR]

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[Reacción Nacional @RNacional_News]

🟥 MARÍA CORINA LA DAMA DE HIERRO. Difundir por favor. Nicolás Maduro y Diosdado Cabello son unos terroristas genocidas violadores de derechos humanos. 🚨 ¿Dónde está la ONU y el Papa Francisco @Pontifex_es?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

It is time for the people of Venezuela to have the chance for a better future.

Support Maria Corina!

[Inverse Cramer @CramerTracker]

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[Marco Rubio @marcorubio]

Some U.S. media outlets portraying recognition of President @jguaido of #Venezuela as some unilateral American action.

At least 13 other nations have done the same:
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
France
Guatemala
Honduras
Paraguay
Panama
Peru

[Marco Rubio @marcorubio]

.⁦@NicolasMaduro⁩ has made a terrible enemy. His name is ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩. Read here: https://t.co/3WX3zslAGg

[Marco Rubio @marcorubio]

.@realdonaldtrump has officially recognized @jguaido as the legitimate constitutional President of #Venezuela.

[Ibéyise Pacheco @ibepacheco]

Llegamos al momento en el que periodistas y usuarios debemos exigirle a medios de comunicación que se atrevan a romper la censura. Es imperdonable que a @jguaido ni siquiera lo nombren, que la verdad sea ignorada. Los medios deben asumir la responsabilidad en esta lucha!

[Ruben Castillo @RUBENGCR]

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[EFF @EFF]

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[Ruben Castillo @RUBENGCR]

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[Trezor @Trezor]

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