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.”
This morning, FBI Milwaukee executed a major violent gang takedown called "Operation Chalkline" utilizing 14 SWAT teams in Milwaukee and Racine.
FBI Milwaukee special agents and task force officers (TFO) arrested 22 subjects on federal charges and executed 24 federal search warrants alongside local, state, and federal partners.
Among the items seized in the investigation:
🚨 More than 4 Kilograms of Cocaine
🚨 260 Grams of Fentanyl
🚨 1.5 Pounds of Methamphetamines
🚨 6 pounds of marijuana
🚨 23 Firearms
🚨 3 vehicles
The investigation was led by a Mount Pleasant Police Department TFO as part of the FBI Milwaukee Area Safe Streets Task Force which included TFOs from the Caledonia Police Department, Mount Pleasant Police Department, Racine County Sheriff’s Office, and Racine Police Department.
Additional local, state, and federal law enforcement partners assisted in the operation which included the Cudahy Police Department, Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office, Milwaukee Police Department, Oak Creek Police Department, West Allis Police Department, Wisconsin Department of Justice – Division of Criminal Investigation, Wisconsin State Patrol, ATF, DEA, FBI, HSI, and the U.S. Marshals Service.
FBI Milwaukee continues to prioritize crushing violent crime together with our law enforcement partners to ensure public safety and security in Milwaukee, Racine, and throughout the state of Wisconsin.
“It’s not illegal to say Charlie deserved to die and you’re glad he did. They have a right to say that. BUT we have a right to FIRE you. You can’t walk into the office and say you’re into homicide...”
Jimmy Kimmel just learned this the hard way!! Jesse is spot on here!! 🔥👇🏼
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Landing no flips to the kids bop version of Lucid Dreams is sooooo funny. I love them, they have no idea that they are true comedic geniuses in my world