Who cares? There’s more to my nation and my people than GDP. The measure of greatness by money is one of the weakest and degenerate metrics for a good life.
I know YikYak is a liberal echo chamber that loves Mamdani, but here are the actual statistics:
The top 1% of New Yorkers contributed 45% of the total taxes.
Millionaires leaving has caused an 11 billion decrease in tax revenue.