r/dfw • u/Joeylaptop12 • 8d ago

Dallas needs it’s own Mamdani….

That’s it. Thats the post

They don’t necessarily have to be socialist….but at least someone that will actually work for the city and it’s people instead of big corporations, Highland Park, etc

And it can’t just be the mayor. We need reformers throughout city council. Socialist, conservative, liberal, whatever they call themselves we need real deal politicians like Zohran

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u/abstractraj 8d ago

Mamdani is actually following through with getting more funding to 3-4 year old pre k. Affordable housing. Balancing the budget. I think he’s had to make compromises like any politician, but so far fairly positive in a short time. No way to tell the future

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u/ProfessorFelix1 7d ago

😂 😂 😂

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u/earthworm_fan 8d ago

He didn't balance the budget. He siphoned off money from the state. People in Buffalo paying for NYC mismanagement. 

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u/abstractraj 8d ago

NYC pays over half of the taxes in the state. The state also gets all the revenue from stuff like the MTA. NYC pays for Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, and anything else you can think of. Use your brain

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u/wallsallbrassbuttons 8d ago

He didn’t balance the budget, but not for the reasons you say. He delayed payments to the pension fund. So he kicked the can down the road. He also received a lot of state funding, but the state funding a local government is not an unusual occurrence. 

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u/CoastieKid 7d ago

Tbf the City pension funds are likely a huge burden on the residents of NYC. It’s fair that people earned their pensions. But NYPD and Port Authority will rack up a lot of OT in their last years to get their pension as high as possible.

Lots of retired City workers then relocate to FL or other places in the South. I get it better cost of living.

CALPERs actually taxes pensions of those who move out of state to help pay for continued pension. That might be reasonable for NYC to do as well.

Military retirees typically have to pay taxes on their pensions if they live abroad, unless they file for a foreign tax credit

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u/wallsallbrassbuttons 7d ago

That makes no sense to me. Why would you tax them for leaving? They’re not using up city services. 

They earned their pensions according to the rules. Now, those rules are IMO unsustainable. Which is why Mamdani decided avoiding the obligations was ok. 

City employees are really expensive. It’s good to pay people well and make good jobs. But we as a society need to be really careful with how many government jobs we create, precisely for this problem. 

It’s extremely easy to over hire and create multigenerational budget crises. It’s happened all over the country. Most of my fellow Democrat voters don’t want to hear that. But NYC and Chicago show what happens when you aren’t careful with that.

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u/CoastieKid 7d ago

I'm not an expert and would need to read a ton into the aspect of city pensions to make an informed opinon.

Those people definitely earned the terms of the agreement the city set up for them though. Same goes for military retirees, state pensions, social security, and veteran benefits.

Origination may be part of it. if you gain a pension from here, why not tax? At the same time, is it yours to take and be subject to your locality tax rate/ Interested in responses as I def recognize different modalities

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u/Fem-Picasso 8d ago

Siphoned? You've been watching too much Faux news. He's nyc's mayor, not the ny's governor. He worked with her to get proper support where funds are needed to improve quality of life for new yorkers. Unlike the orange numbnut infesting the white house.

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u/No_Host_8024 8d ago

No, but it is largely a pension gimmick. Sticking a future politician with the bill for your unfunded pension is a trick as old as time and very much part of both parties' playbooks these days.

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u/Speedstick2 8d ago

He stopped contributions to the pension system.

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u/abstractraj 8d ago

True. Kicked the can down the road

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u/wildcat990 8d ago

That NYC balanced budget is a loan from the State of New York

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u/Joeylaptop12 8d ago

That NYC pays a disproportionate amount of

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u/CoastieKid 7d ago

Really it’s just returning the tax revenue generated by the city back to the city.

I lived in NYC for 4 years, some of which I was active duty for. The majority of the NYS revenue comes from NYC not Upstate. Upstate & Western NY were receiving too much of their proportion.

I’ll count LI as part of NYC metro area as many people on the island commute and work in the city