Socialist

Two of the biggest problems in the US are the wealth and income gap and the education gap. The new controversial NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is tackling the wealth gap. Here are his policies and they represent a reasonable approach to closing the gap. It is basically a income redistribution plan or the pejorative tax and spend plan. Freezing rents and constructing new low-income housing Free public transportation Increase public safety by building mental health facilities City owned grocery stores Free childcare up to age 6 Equal distribution of funds to city schools Increase taxes on rich and raising the state corporate tax to 11% Resist and respond to Trump policies Minimum wage to $30