The Tragedy Of Minnesota

 

I am so angered by how the media immediately painted a sympathetic picture of the suburban mom and her “partner” just dropping their six-year-old off at school and wanting to “help their neighbors” when she stumbled into the ICE operation. Just a sensitive poet. In the words of Minneapolis’ provocateur  mayor,  Frey: “bullshit.” Turns out she’s a professional agitator who left the country for Canada after Trump was elected, received training in activism, joined an anti-ICE organization, and was quoted as being a “warrior.”  She sent her six-year-old to a woke charter school to train the next generation of activists. She is not a native Minnesotan, having moved there because it was the center of resistance. One of her compatriots praised her for her well-trained skills. In what?  How to endanger her life and the lives of law enforcement and get herself killed?  How did that work out for her? Wouldn’t you think the mother of a six year old would applaud efforts by the federal government to remove illegal aliens engaging in child sex trafficking and sexual assault from our streets?  Or is this just another case of brain rot brought on by advanced stages of Trump Derangement Syndrome? Actions have consequences. Something this generation has never been taught. 

Obsessed With Mamdani

That smirk on his face suggests he knows he has put one over on us. Throw in all his references to freebies, taxing the rich, and supporting the Collective, is just beyond the pale. It’s Communism 101, and the base that supports him is oblivious to being had. Through liberal education and government handouts, we have spawned an underclass of unproductive, self-serving sloths. Further to my annoyance, to think Bowdoin College, one of the most beautiful, picturesque New England small colleges of reputation, contributed to the education of this privileged little twit, is unsettling. And to further my angst, I live in New England and witnessed the contraction of this sociolist malignancy and the fostering of its metastasis in its governance, to be but a cry in the wilderness.

What was that sound?

It was our Founding Fathers rolling over in their graves as a “socialist” with his right hand on the Koran was sworn in as mayor of America’s largest city. It will be interesting to see if Kathy Hochul, who appeared to be ok embracing Mamdani’s socialist policies, despite claiming the impossible that she wouldn’t raise 

Ok, taxes will move more to the center now that Elise Stefanik has dropped out of the governor’s race. The question remains: without the threat of Stefanik launching an attack from the right, will she be less inclined to appeal to the radical left to garner support from the base, or will she now be uninhibited in adopting those radical policies and become a loose cannon? Make no mistake: Mamdani referred to the “collective” in his inauguration address. And, can you imagine Mamdani proclaiming that he “will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” He is a Marxist—a communist. The only thing “democratic” about his “socialism” is that he was elected. Congratulations, New York, you let it in. And as the voting statistics show, it was overwhelmingly skewed towards voters who were not born here, Blacks, those living in housing projects, women, those making below the median income, and those under the age of 30. This is right out of the Marxist playbook. This, comrades, is class warfare. Exactly how Mamdani will be able to institute his plans for free child care, government-run grocery stores, and free public transportation without a significant tax increase remains to be seen, and he will require Hochul to fall into lockstep to accomplish any of it. If so, Hochul may go down as the governor who presided over the largest mass exodus of state population to friendlier tax climates in history. And they will take their businesses and their tax base with them.

Mathamaticly Challenged

Watching the crowd of  Mamdani supporters, call them socialists, or perhaps simply opportunists, chanting “tax the rich” at his inauguration was laughable. The usual cast of socialist nitwits was in attendance, including AOC, Bernie Sanders, and the perennial Lefty Susan Sarandon. Interesting that Hakeem Jeffries chose to avoid the spectacle. That may have been the smartest thing he’s ever done. Once again, the more you move to the left, the less it seems you can comprehend simple mathematics. The top 1% of New Yorkers pay 47% of the tax burden. The top ten percent pay 72%. And the rabid crowd, most likely representing the bottom 50%, pays a paltry 0.2% of taxes. Exactly what percentage constitutes paying your “fair share?”

Forever Noonan

We needn’t look far for evidence of TDS… It’s right there in the Sunday editorial pages under Peggy Noonan’s byline. Everything he does just irks her to no end. Not only did she criticize his speech, granted but one of his best, exhibiting frustration which he doesn’t hide very well, but she objected to his opening “good evening, America” claiming he was dodging addressing the people in favor of an amorphous continent, didn’t even like the way his mouth moved and even bashed him for giving the speech at the podium rather than in the Oval. Petty. She continues to pine for the days of a kinder, gentler political landscape… perhaps the kind where we were kept in the dark… and, correct me if I’m wrong, did she actually praise FDR, longing for the days of the fireside chat? An interesting comparison….in that FDR was a silver spoon elitist and the man who got the socialist ball rolling.

The System Is Rigged

Socialism and redistributon effords gone amoke. Yesterday's WSJ featured an editorial by Phil Gramm detailing how welfare recipients don’t have their benefits taxed, benefits that effectively bump them up to some $70,000 a year in untaxed income. In contrast, a family that works for the same income gets taxed. Not fair. Our social programs actually reduce the 10% estimated poverty rate to 1% when benefits are included, but the government chooses to ignore it. And look at New York’s supposed property tax benefit for retirees. Property taxes can be reduced by up to 50% if income does not exceed $58K. But, are welfare benefits counted as income?  Of course not. As we are discovering, the system is ripe for fraud, and without oversight, it is being abused to the detriment of taxpayers.

Our Founders Forewarned

As is the case in most countries, including here in the US, cities are not representative of the traditional culture, morals, and politics of the folks who inhabit the heartland. Look at Paris, London, New York, San Francisco, Brussels, Berlin……all liberal strongholds with booming immigrant populations. Amazing that the Founding Fathers predicted cities would become too powerful a voting bloc and sought to limit that power with safeguards like the Electoral College. Unfortunately, land ownership was eliminated as a prerequisite, and now even the Electoral College faces criticism from the left. John Adams had it right, fearing that we would be governed by those with no skin in the game, or, worse, by men of power with the resources to coerce their votes.