NYC billionaires threaten to leave if progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani wins mayoral primary. But is their fear of losing wealth justified, or just a desperate attempt to maintain power and privilege?

  • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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    IIRC, Norway provided a real-world study on this. No surprise: A handful of blowhards left for lower-tax countries, but virtually all of the rich people stayed and just paid higher taxes.