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BlueKota

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Sat Aug 9, 2025, 10:29 PM Aug 2025

Dude Complains about NY State Mcmansion tax [View all]

On our city's FB page some guy was saying how terrible he thought it was that NY State charges higher taxes on super extravagant homes.

I really wanted to reply, hey guy, if you feel so sorry that the millionaires and billionaires have to pay their fair share of their taxes, you should start a Go Fund Me page for them. Plus you should be it's first major donor. I held back though because it's still a relatively small community, and I didn't want any major backlash.

I just don't get why people defend the Uber wealthy so much when the vast majority of them inherited their money, or lied, stole, and cheated their way to the top, committ tax fraud, and only a handful give to the less fortunate. With a few exceptions I view most of them as narcissistic assholes.

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