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And I'm Travis Holloway. Welcome to the wealthbreak Podcast, a real conversation about finance. Let's be honest, building wealth doesn't look the same for everyone. I feel like sometimes being broke is a cycle and that we might have to revisit that. And we're not stopping at success stories. What happens when it doesn't go right? How do you cope with it? Because wealth isn't just about money. It's about creating a life where you thrive and help others do the same. Listen to the Wealth Break podcast on the iHeartRadio app. You're listening to the Buck Sexton show podcast. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. Kami Mamdani wants more of New Yorkers money. That's not a surprise. He sat down with Martha McCollum of Fox News, went through a whole range of issues, and you might say, oh, Buck, I don't live in New York. Why should I care? Well, this is the New Left on display. And the New Left runs the Democrat Party. And they're increasingly going to be, I think, because of the power of these Democrat enclaves to advance people who are not even pretending to, to reach out to the other side. This is. You're going to see more of this. You're going to see a surge toward the AOC wing of the Democrat Party for a lot of younger people. And this is, I think, very troubling. But it also, if nothing else, shows us what we're up against, as in, what does the other side really want? So here he is saying that New Yorkers who pay after California, New York City residents, and I used to be one, pay the highest taxes in the country after California, which it's amazing that California is even higher, but it is. If you live in New York City, you're paying half your income in the top tax rate, half of your income to the city of New York, or rather, I'm sorry, to all taxes, including the city of New York. New York city is like 3 or 4%, something like that. And then the state tax is like 10%. And then federal, of course, tops out at 37 or 39, whatever it is. So you're paying half. Zora Mamdani says that's not enough. I've said that we should increase personal income taxes by 2%. Is fair. And my point is this. You've got more than half of your income. If you're making a million dollars in New York City or more than that, you can afford to pay 2% more. And the reasons you can afford to do so is because that money will be used to better your quality of life as well. Because when I speak to the wealthiest New Yorkers, I hear concerns about the cleanliness of the city, the quality of life in the city, questions of public safety. This money is the money that will be used to deliver on those things so that we can ensure that we have a return on investment for all of the money that we are raising and spending right here across the five boroughs. You know, we should all just recognize they're never gonna learn the lesson. They're never gonna say, you know, we've taxed and taxed and taxed and somehow the problem never gets better. Somehow things do not improve even when we take more money from people who are working for it and productive and give it to those. And remember, it's not even a direct redistribution of wealth. There's always the indirect bureaucracy blob that sits in the middle. And like the green Slimer from Ghostbusters with it's taking all the food. Remember that great scene in Ghostbusters in the hotel where Slimer's got all the hot dogs and everything he's just chowing down on that is the bureaucracy, whether it's city, state or federal, just, just chowing down on your tax dollars. And what do you get out of it? You get slimed. You get slimed. And this never changes. It does not get better. And the idea that somehow the city would improve if only people paid a little more. No, you're going to have more flight from New York City by high earners. Not as much as you saw during COVID but you're going to have more people who say enough is enough. And that's going to put even more pressure on the tax base because people have options, thankfully, because of states like Nashville and I'm sorry, Tennessee and Florida and Texas and Nevada and New Hampshire where they're. All of which have, I think Alaska also there have zero state income tax. I think Washington state actually maybe is in there too. Zero state income tax. And this means that places like New York, if they just keep squeezing and squeezing, they're going to have a tougher and tougher problem meeting the outlandish budgetary obligations they have. But here you go, you got Mamdani saying, you know what? I'm going to address crime, for example, by addressing the mental health crisis three times. If you look at the New York Times, they did an investigation on a thousand different incidents of violent crime in the city tied to mental health episodes. They found that so many of those same New Yorkers were failed by the interactions they had with the city when they went for help for mental health assistance. And that failure is a blight. It is a stain on our city. And it's a failure that I'm looking to fix by actually transforming this with the only comprehensive plan for public safety of any of the candidates. Because what we are going to do is put out a plan and a proposal that we have shared with New Yorkers to create the Department of Community Safety that would bring together all of these pre existing silos that Address mental health crisis that address homelessness into one department, provide it with the funding necessary, and actually address where do these people go, though? Is my. This goes in the category of a nice idea, but if it were something that was even vaguely possible, I would want to hear more about it. I remember when de Blasio, the former terrible mayor, also really a commie, just not as out loud and proud about it. When de Blasio had his wife doing a lot of stuff for mental health in New York, $800 million. I interviewed her about this when I used to be on the Hill TV show. And no one could figure out what happened to the $800 million that de Blasio's wife Charlayne had taken of city funds. No one really seemed to know. I mean, it was spent, but on what? What was the benefit of this? Mental health is a very complicated thing, especially at the mass level, as in millions of people. The mental health crisis. Unless Mom Donnie's plan is to take people who are obviously mentally ill and remove them from the streets, nothing will get better, nothing will improve when it comes to the city of New York and its mental health. It's just not going to happen. Now why doesn't he know this? Well, he lives in the world of fantasyland. 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Honestly, one of my top draft picks for this White House team, Stephen Miller. And the fact that J.B. pritzker, a nepo baby, thinks that he is in a different weight class than Stephen Miller is just wrong. Ok? Stephen Miller can throw down with even the heaviest of heavyweights, as he has done so many times. And this idea that the authoritarianism of Trump goes through Stephen Miller, this is just Pritzker trying to feed his radical left base some nonsense that they can sink their teeth into. But to me, it's just, it's crazy talk. And Stephen Miller responded with this. I mean, he's a fool and he's a moron. But also, most importantly, Sean, he hates America. And let's just be honest about it. You can't love your country and then fight President Trump to keep murderers murdering. Just think about that for a second. President Trump is saying, let us work with you with the FBI, with ice, with atf, with dea, with the National Guard to stop the murdering in your city. And Pritzker is saying he wants to protect the murderers, the people that are shooting dozens and dozens of people every single week. Chicago is more dangerous than Baghdad. It's more dangerous than Mexico City. So shame on Pritzker. And God bless President Trump for fighting for the citizens of this country. Sean. Well, Stephen Miller's not taking any of that nonsense. And that's going to be the show for today, everybody. We've got a quick one more coming up next week. Shield Tie. I want to tell you about an exciting new project that I'm working on. In just the last few weeks, thousands of everyday Americans have joined me and my research partners in an exciting new venture to tap into the wealth of this robust stock market. It's a one of a kind opportunity, something that I'm calling the Manhattan Project, too. 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Visit spinquest.com for more details. Take a deep dive into the stories making the news headlines across the world. The News Agents we're not just here to tell you what's happening, but why? From me, Emily Maitlis and me, John Sopel with Global's award winning podcast the News Agents Dropping daily covering everything you need to know know about politics and current affairs and the newsagents USA listening to the news agents on America's number one podcast network, iHeart. Open your free Iheart app and search the newsagents to start listening. We don't give a damn about fashion. We're public rec the cheat code for guys who want to look just good enough. Lightweight, breathable classics made for fall and 30% off now during our friends and family sale. 40% off with email. Shop comfortable classics, no BS@PublicRec.com radio bu never change. I'm Rodney Williams. And I'm Travis Holloway. Welcome to the Wealth Break podcast, a real conversation about finance. 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