> none of them have succeeded in creating NYC's economic success Economic success for whom? According to Wikipedia [1], in 2019, New York had the highest Gini

> none of them have succeeded in creating NYC's economic success Economic success for whom? According to Wikipedia [1], in 2019, New York had the highest Gini coefficient of all 50 states (Puerto Rico was higher but it's a territory). The point under discussion is not whether NY state and NYC's public spending benefits the successful people in NY state and NYC; I'm quite willing to take it as given that it does. The question is whether it benefits, on net, all the people, not just the successful people. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_income_inequality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...