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New York Governor Kathy Hochul and newly sworn in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have just announced their plans to spend billions of dollars on a ‘free’ childcare program. What could possibly go wrong? They are doing this as the state of Minnesota is imploding under the weight of a massive fraud scandal which …
The biggest conspiracy right now is the cost of living and the disappearance of the middle class. Most people are living paycheck to paycheck. Have kids and it gets even worse. Technology has advanced, but Gen Z, Millennials, and Gen X all have far less than their parents did. $100,000 is the new baseline for …
Zohran Mamdani is promising free rent, free buses, free childcare. About $10 billion per year in “free stuff” he is promising. Who pays for it? Massive tax increases. Companies and wealthy individuals will flee NYC. pic.twitter.com/zVYKhnaE6c — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) October 6, 2025 NYC’s budget cannot support any of that. Inflation will run out …
This is a table from Canadian government statistics, specifically focusing on tax expenditures and their redistributive impacts. It highlights the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) under refundable credits, showing that recent immigrants receive a ratio of 2.56 compared to 0.84 for people born in Canada. This suggests that recent immigrants benefit significantly more from the CCB …
https://twitter.com/AInvestGPT/status/1793658297960005975 Average Rent Inflation Rises in April The last time rent inflation was this high was in 1987. The Consumer Price Index for Rent of Primary Residence across major U.S. cities rose 5.4% over the last 12 months through April, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor… pic.twitter.com/zKIiLUzY5h — Reef Insights (@ReefInsights) …
Rep. Eric Swalwell spent millions of dollars in campaign funds on his own childcare costs, Four Seasons steakhouses and staying at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, campaign filings show. pic.twitter.com/67oeD3xV53 — Ben Kew (@ben_kew) February 20, 2024 pic.twitter.com/1Mo6p2jAnt — Ben Kew (@ben_kew) February 20, 2024 Nothing wrong with campaign funds as your slush fund. …
Adam Weiser, 27, was the site director at One Parent Scholar House in Lexington, 13 News reported. The center provides single parents with affordable housing and childcare while they complete their post-secondary degrees, according to the organization’s website. Weiser was arrested on Friday and was charged with first-degree rape and sexual abuse of a victim …
via gothamist: Immigrant advocates and members of the City Council are throwing their weight behind a budget-threatened, first-of-its-kind childcare program for low-income immigrants who lack permanent legal status. The exclusion of the program Promise NYC from Mayor Eric Adams’ executive budget for the next fiscal year was at the center of a City Council hearing and rally …