Jan PenfratNov 6

Gotta love The Guardian for those quotes from Europeans on #Mamdani's win in NYC:

"Verbeek backed this with a comment he had overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal."

“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his newsletter, The Planet. “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/europe-zohran-mamdani-policies-normal

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’

Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

The Guardian
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@ilumium Of course those nations wisely tax the wealthy a bit more and spend less on unnecessary military spending (while still supporting NATO). It’s called sensible spending policies. Perhaps higher fees and taxes to operate a Gulfstream jet could subsidize free bus rides?
Nov 6 at 10:10pmIceCubesApp
Show threadOldGeekNov 7
@bouriquet @ilumium just tax every plane that flies above a certain altitude and/or speed with a high tax unless there are least 100 passengers or its a cargo plane. Seriously I've been watching the number of private jets recently just near where I live and its a lot.
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@oldgeek @ilumium Maybe 50 passengers: that allows regional jets to serve remote rural areas
Show threadOldGeekNov 7
@bouriquet @ilumium yup or how about a turboprop that seats 50. Just fly low and slow. Many of the private jets are at 30k+ and over 450 knts.