Former U.S. Senator Willard Mitt Romney, R-Utah, is neither the first nor the last billionaire to say that he wants to pay higher taxes, ergo, other Americans should suffer tax hikes, too. Romney recently wrote, “it’s time for rich people like me to pay more.”
He advocated higher taxes on — among other things — payrolls, real estate, carried interest, and death.
[…]This “tax me more” phenomenon is fueled by the same ignorance energizing Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Democratic-Socialist New York City, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and other neo-Marxists.
They insist that “the rich” do not pay their “fair share” of taxes.
Of course, they never say what that “fair share” is — other than “More!”
— Deroy Murdock, Jan. 8 Newsmax column
For Jewish New Yorkers clinging to hope that Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y. will hold New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani accountable for his antisemitic leanings, the first few days of the Democratic Socialist’s term offer fresh evidence on how the state’s top executive plans to cede the radical reins over to the 34-year-old Ugandan-born politician.
Minutes after placing his hand on a Quran and assuming office while standing in a damp decommissioned Manhattan subway station, Mamdani put pen to paper and reversed several of his predecessor’s executive orders (EOs) on antisemitism and Israel
[…]Far from being a check on the new mayor’s frightening platform, Kathy Hochul is leaning into his extremist orthodoxy and proving that she may be the shrewdest buffer Mamdani could ever have hoped for.
— Irit Tratt, Jan. 13 Newsmax column
This month Zohran Mamdani, the privileged upper-class socialite-cum-socialist crusader, was sworn in as New York City’s newest mayor.
Two days later U.S. special forces captured Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s ousted president, illicit drug and weapons peddler, and fellow socialist disciple.
The events paint a stark contrast of socialism as extolled by liberal elites, and what it truly means in practice.
During his inaugural address, Mamdani proclaimed, “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”
It doesn’t take a scholar to understand his intent: Replace the pillars of capitalism with the faulty pretenses of socialism. Progressives and conservatives alike should be alarmed.
Mamdani ran on a radical agenda that would make even the most devout liberals of only a few years ago blush.
[…]Liberal voters appear to have drunk the Kool-Aid. But ask most Venezuelans, and they will say that Mamdani’s democratic socialist vision isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
— Ken Buck, Jan. 14 Newsmax column
Now Gov. Hochul must deal with a Democratic-Socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, who proclaimed at his inaugural on Jan. 1 that he would “replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”
Readers will recall that Gov. Hochul was in no rush to endorse Mamdani after his surprise June primary victory.
But fearing a political backlash that could empower her far left primary opponent in 2026, she reluctantly endorsed Mamdani in September.
[…]So far, Mayor Mamdani has declined to endorse Hochul for re-election.
And do not be surprised if Mamdani endorses her primary challenger, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgardo, if she does not grant his entire wish list.
Governor Hochul may learn too late in the 2026 election cycle that being socialist-lite doesn’t cut it with radical ideologues and find herself shuffling back to her hometown of Buffalo at year end.
— George J. Marlin, Jan. 20 Newsmax column
America is currently experiencing what I call its ‘Dr. Zhivago’ moment.
[…]Condemning success and its subsequent attainment of wealth may build short-lived political careers for the likes of Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., but it will ultimately do nothing for the people waiting to prosper from their empty promises.
Socialist countries have erected walls and guards to prevent people from leaving, while no one has ever left America to defect to a socialist country. Movies like “Dr. Zhivago” never have a happy ending.
Again, why?
Because socialism always results in a multi-faceted tragedy.
— Rob Taub, Jan. 26 Newsmax column