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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can actually see why the tax might make sense but Mamdani was dumb going after Ken Griffin to appease "tax the rich" crown. He didn't bother to check Griffin's charitable activity in NYC. Over past few years Griffin donated:

- $400mm to Sloan Kettering cancer center
- $40mm to Museum of Natural History
- $12mm to NYC Hospital for Special Surgery
- $25mm to NYC success academy charter schools

Additional tax on Griffin's penthouse will be a drop in the ocean in comparison to these numbers. If Griffin decides to reduce his donations, NYC will be worse off. [/quote]

Ken Griffin’s “donations” are a drop in the ocean compared to his net worth. He can f—k right off if he doesn’t like paying taxes.[/quote]

+100.  Also, it’s nice that Ken Griffin spent $almost 1/2 a billion on these donations, but I’d rather have that amount in the budget and have it decided democratically where that money should be spent. [/quote]

Ever think that the donations create jobs which create tax revenue? And create research that cures diseases? I'm not president of his fan club but he does a lot of good. Plus not to set the bar too low, but he is many, many times more philanthropic than Trump, Musk, etc.[/quote]

But plenty of donations don’t work like that. They work however the donor wants them to. They can donate a new polo field to Dartmouth in exchange for guaranteed admission for their unqualified kid. [/quote]

You're going to die on this hill, aren't you. So sad. Love being the contrarian.

I am generally not a fan of Griffin. But rather than trying to be such a know-it-all, use your brain for a second and google Ken Griffin philanthropy. He has done some pretty great things. Unless you hate MSK, the Michael J Fox Foundation and the National Constitution Center. And I'm sure he donated lots of money to Miami Dade College because that is exactly where he wants his kids to go.

Most people are not all good or all bad (Trump is 99.9% bad). The world isn't that simple. Going back to the original topic here, Mamdani picked the wrong guy to mess with. He is an idiot. He needs smarter people around him. New York City needs a grown-up in charge. Counting the days until Tisch takes over. And by the way, to my earlier point, Mamdani is not 100% bad either - I can acknowledge that he has some positives.[/quote]

Dp. 
Mandani is an idiot? Interesting. Why is that? Seems like most people I know like him. People are very happy in NYC right now [/quote]

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