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George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽Quite impressed with this young leader.
Dagnabbit, Pascaline ! 💥He has been so good so far. Happy vibes. And admiration for his perseverance.
Angle🖇@georgetakei Well now I want a detailed analysis. What was the cause of the deficit? How did he solve it? Can this be replicated elsewhere, or is it only applicable to NYC? :/
Woozle Hypertwin
John L. Alford
@JohnLAlford @woozle Yeah I was figuring both of those too... But I still want a detailed breakdown. :p
HakeemGThe tax on the rich is greatly overstated. He's taxing less than 25% of the wealthy in NYC. It's also a lie that he didn't cut services, he cut housing and education funding and is currently in court suing to reduce housing vouchers, breaking a campaign promise.
@HakeemG
Thank you for this!
Thank you for this!
William B Peckham@Angle @JohnLAlford @woozle I don't believe you can get an detailed breakdown on how the deficit occurred because the people who were in power at the time that we incurred the deficit have a vested interest in you never knowing. The current administration has one job, deal with the deficit, and they did, and it's gone. That is impressive enough.
Hé, rouelibre ?@JohnLAlford @woozle If that was it, Macron's Finances Minister Bruno Lemaire managed to add 1.000 billion... deficit by doing the exact opposite (at least that's what I understood from an audit made at the French National Assembly).
Dean Johnson@georgetakei As opposed to “Plumbers Crack Politics”? Where you show it to the public and everyone instinctively looks away?
Dan 
@georgetakei The depressing part is that you have to fight for basic decency for people every day! 
Skim Shady (331.36 ppm)@georgetakei we need to find more and remove the dead wood in the #DNC or maybe start over with a new politics that works for voters not bribes #democraticsocialism #workingpeoplesparty #classwar
shonin@georgetakei See if we can move him to the fediverse.
Nu Modular
Nicole ParsonsIf only MAGA could realize that they're on the wrong side of the issue.
"Who government should work for?"
... democracy works for the people who are in charge; voters, citizens, & residents. Government enriching everyone.
... oligarchy works for the people who are billionaires & millionaires. Government enriching the few.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-billionaires-by-country/
Ruination of the entire planet by fewer than 4000 people for their benefit alone.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/apr/23/billionaires-super-rich-global-wealth-gap-economy
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/billionaire-consequence-free-reality/686588/
StarravenWhat gets me is that all these initiatives were apparently within the authority of the office of the Mayor of New York, and none of the previous holders of that office did any of them.
Don't believe everything you read online. He cut education funding and housing vouchers.
John Crowden@georgetakei why is everyone still on x
boss@georgetakei
Did you were so impressed with Obama?
Did you were so impressed with Obama?
tootbrute@georgetakei when will the rest of the Democratic party get a clue!?!?
@georgetakei hopefully he inspires likeminded future leader not pointless invertebrate politicians we get on both sides of this one party system with different views
Keldrim 
@georgetakei You want the Alzheimer Toddler out and make a proper change for the future, kick people like Chuck Schumer out, because people like him feed the GOP and keep people with a good vision small, so people like Mamdani have a chance to show a different way.
GroßStadtPflanze 
@georgetakei Ich hoffe so sehr, dass ich irgendwann wieder nach NYC reisen kann.
Tim Zee@georgetakei
The Mayor of Greater Manchester is somewhat like Zohran. The key is putting people first.
And it's starting to look like Andy Burnham will be UK prime minister before long.
This archived article from The New Statesman is from 2025 and pre-dates Keir Starmer's troubles.
AllyPally@georgetakei George, every leader, even Trump, is young from your perspective.
K_L_Cooper