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> If someone The mayor isn’t “someone.” He has a bully pulpit. If the President published a list of Americans who are e.g. foreign born, or who are registered

> If someone The mayor isn’t “someone.” He has a bully pulpit. If the President published a list of Americans who are e.g. foreign born, or who are registered Democrat in a particular city, that would still be problematic even if it’s something one could eventually assembly from public records. > Same reason Bill Ackman Ackman is a moron. Punishing a group because he’s corrupt is wrong. (To be clear, I am not affected by this tax and pushed for its passage until now.)

toomuchtodo 3mo ago
The NYC Mayor’s Office publishing a list of real estate owners impacted by a publicly communicated and recently enacted tax is wrong? I find that incredibly hard to believe as a proponent of open and transparent government. My property valuations are public record, my property taxes due on those properties is public record, any exemptions are public record. This is a sql query, not a witch hunt. Should they hide the data instead? The data is already public. I’m not in NYC, nor exposed to this tax, but I still support it, even if my name was in the dataset.
- s1artibartfast 3mo ago
  What do you think the purpose of introducing a new public tool to access the data is? Immigration status and home address is "public information" for anyone involved in the criminal court system. How do you feel if Steven Miller or the Trump Administration created a new app to easily look up the home address of any immigrant Flagged in those systems. One might even accuse them of doxing for political purposes
  - toomuchtodo 3mo ago
    A bit of a stretch to compare an authoritarian enabling his white nationalist and supremacist supporters to harass and harm a vulnerable population vs property tax collection, no? No shared ground if you believe our examples are equivalent. Leftists aren’t going to round up the wealthy in concentration camps, pulled off the street with no recourse. The ask is simply to pay the slightly more taxes being asked, from the wealthiest who can absolutely afford it.
    - s1artibartfast 3mo ago
      What do you think the point of the tool was?
      - toomuchtodo 3mo ago
        To demonstrate who is funding the promises made, and that it could be done. What do you think the point was?
        JumpCrisscross 3mo ago
        > What do you think the point was? Vilification. Why was Mamdani TikToking in front of Griffin’s mansion before? It plays well with an angry base. Same goes for right-wing folks who will give you a tool to find likely DSA-voting neighbours.
        toomuchtodo 3mo ago
        The base should be angry about the current level of wealth inequality. If you think they shouldn't, perhaps you are not poor and disenfranchised enough, with no disrespect for the luck you've had achieving the level of wealth you have obtained. Griffin is a villain imho, so I see no problem with calling a spade a spade. To not be a villain is easy, it is a choice to remain one. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-wealth-gap-widest-in-three-decades-federal-reserve/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-wealth-gap-widest-in-three-d... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-workers-just-took-home-214018586.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-workers-just-took-home-2140... https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/table/#quarter:144;series:Net%20worth;demographic:networth;population:all;units:shares https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distr... https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/chart/ https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_Unite... (i realize this is a subjective, philosophical topic on "what is enough" and "how much unelected power should people have via incredible wealth" that we may simply disagree on)

toomuchtodo 3mo ago

The NYC Mayor’s Office publishing a list of real estate owners impacted by a publicly communicated and recently enacted tax is wrong? I find that incredibly hard to believe as a proponent of open and transparent government. My property valuations are public record, my property taxes due on those properties is public record, any exemptions are public record. This is a sql query, not a witch hunt. Should they hide the data instead? The data is already public. I’m not in NYC, nor exposed to this tax, but I still support it, even if my name was in the dataset.

s1artibartfast 3mo ago
What do you think the purpose of introducing a new public tool to access the data is? Immigration status and home address is "public information" for anyone involved in the criminal court system. How do you feel if Steven Miller or the Trump Administration created a new app to easily look up the home address of any immigrant Flagged in those systems. One might even accuse them of doxing for political purposes
- toomuchtodo 3mo ago
  A bit of a stretch to compare an authoritarian enabling his white nationalist and supremacist supporters to harass and harm a vulnerable population vs property tax collection, no? No shared ground if you believe our examples are equivalent. Leftists aren’t going to round up the wealthy in concentration camps, pulled off the street with no recourse. The ask is simply to pay the slightly more taxes being asked, from the wealthiest who can absolutely afford it.
  - s1artibartfast 3mo ago
    What do you think the point of the tool was?
    - toomuchtodo 3mo ago
      To demonstrate who is funding the promises made, and that it could be done. What do you think the point was?
      - JumpCrisscross 3mo ago
        > What do you think the point was? Vilification. Why was Mamdani TikToking in front of Griffin’s mansion before? It plays well with an angry base. Same goes for right-wing folks who will give you a tool to find likely DSA-voting neighbours.
        toomuchtodo 3mo ago
        The base should be angry about the current level of wealth inequality. If you think they shouldn't, perhaps you are not poor and disenfranchised enough, with no disrespect for the luck you've had achieving the level of wealth you have obtained. Griffin is a villain imho, so I see no problem with calling a spade a spade. To not be a villain is easy, it is a choice to remain one. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-wealth-gap-widest-in-three-decades-federal-reserve/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-wealth-gap-widest-in-three-d... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-workers-just-took-home-214018586.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-workers-just-took-home-2140... https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/table/#quarter:144;series:Net%20worth;demographic:networth;population:all;units:shares https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distr... https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/chart/ https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_Unite... (i realize this is a subjective, philosophical topic on "what is enough" and "how much unelected power should people have via incredible wealth" that we may simply disagree on)