Money For Nothing And Your Chicks For Free?

 I'm quoting the show "Shark Tank's" Kevin O'Leary when he is referring to the upcoming election of the NY City Mayor.  The upstart Zohran Mamdani still leads the polls for this race and I believe some business leaders are rallying around just about any other candidate who might be able to beat Mamdani.  Mamdani has promised to turn NY into a socialist city with no jails and no police, among other things.

This could be a preview of someone destroying a once great city.  But if we just look at other similar candidates such as the mayors of Chicago, San Francisco and Minneapolis, you can see that these policies are bat sh@t crazy.  It's amazing that people actually vote for these candidates.  But as Mr. O'Leary says, you promise "money for nothing and your chicks for free".  The younger generation seems to be attracted to universal income where you get money for not working, and promises of free stuff.  I believe many universities have been infiltrated by bat sh@t crazy professors who teach this stuff.  Countries that turned socialist like Venezuala went from the thriving prosperous country into poverty and despair.

My sympathies go out to the victims and families of the victims in the recent NY city shooting.  But here's the point.  Mamdani wants no jails and no police, to replace the police with social workers.  How will social workers stop a gun toting crazy?  If you were a social worker in NY, would you want the job of handling what used to be armed police officers?   Now Mamdani is walking back some of his claims for no police because it seems unpopular.  I find it ironic that he walks the street with armed security while advocating for no police and no jails.  This is why I always say watch what politicians do, not what they say.

Mamdani also wants to eliminate billionaires.  But if there are no wealthy people, where does the city get the revenue to fund all the "free stuff"?  People not working but getting income, housing and free bus and/or subway service sounds great until you run out of money.  That's always the problem in a socialist society.   Something like 40+ % of people pay no net federal taxes now.  The vast majority of taxes are paid by the wealthy and the middle class.  The people getting "free stuff" eventually becomes an incentive for working people to not want to work and get free stuff. themselves.  Why work hard when you don't get ahead and the lazy get the same lifestyle as you for not working?  Why work extra hard to make money when there's no reward?

So yeah, promising "money for nothing and your chicks for free" might help you win an election, but be careful what you ask for.  you might get it.    As a little food for thought, try finding out where these politicians live as compared to the people they represent.  They aren't living in the lower income neighborhoods or walking around unprotected from the crime going on in the streets,