Re. Zohran Mamdani can't raise taxes:
Just goes to show you how stupid his voters and foreign national base is. Anyone from The Farms or seasoned political junkies knew his proposals would require intense collaboration with the federal and state government; not to mention money. Its one thing to promise people free gibs but another to actually accomplish it when you need to unlock the funds from the state or the feds. Chicago- Illinois or California-LA may have been able to pull this off, and under optimal conditions such as if Biden or Kamala was president. Not NYC where there are so many moving parts and such a fragmented population, plus being in the financial capital of the US under an administration like Trump who is shutting down government fraud.
Mamdani has zero statecraft experience, nor would I expect him to know how to go about it. Dudes resume is just left wing community organizer positions and outside of NYC, they would treat him like the scamming jeet he is. Unlike Obama, he can't tap into the great grift that is slavery guilt and the black voting block to brow beat people over the head either. As it stands, if theres enough momentum and he fucks up NYC, I think its more likely that they would denaturalize and deport him which be great if that door opened more. Too many foreign nationals are in positions of power for me to sleep comfortably at night.