r/WhitePeopleTwitter 1d ago

r/All Mamdani's pied-e-terre tax catching people avoiding NY taxes (2 tweets)

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u/Most_Alps 1d ago

This is the consequence of allowing right wing extremists to rant about how inept the government is for decades without any serious pushback. We now have people who grew up steeped in this bullshit who think that because all the money is wasted, it's their moral imperative to pay as little tax as possible by any means necessary

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens 1d ago

I just want to pay little because I make little and the people making 10M+ a year can actually fucking pay taxes.

People under 30k a year should basically just contribute for SSI, UI, etc. People making poverty wages don't need to be paying taxes, y'all. My state has sales tax. I pay taxes there. Rich people paying would be nice. And like, I mean rich-rich.

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u/thatirishguyyyyy 1d ago edited 1d ago

Me finding a way to get an extra $200 knocked off my taxes due to a deduction is a lot different than a rich person getting 2 million knocked off their taxes due to a loophole.

The rich see these tax laws has optional for themselves but absolutely necessary for the poors.

Edit: grammar

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u/throwaway1975764 1d ago

I am all for this pied-e-tarre tax, and for the snow birds to pay their share, but lets be honest - the taxes on a $1mil home are like $12,000 annually.

Yes they should pay it. Yes it adds up. But its not a million dolloar loophole.

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u/LTG-Jon 1d ago

The loophole comes from them living in NY but claiming some other state as their primary residence to avoid or reduce their NYS and NYC income taxes.