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Douglas Murray: Taxing the rich could lead NYC into financial turmoil

Nypost · · 1005 words · By Douglas Murray
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‘Tax the rich!” That used to be the sort of sentiment you might expect from a student who’d just discovered a bit of Marxism and had yet to pay their first tax bill.

Claims checked 11
Techniques found 6
Topics 3

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What happened

‘Tax the rich!” That used to be the sort of sentiment you might expect from a student who’d just discovered a bit of Marxism and had yet to pay their first tax bill.

Why it matters

But now New Yorkers are lucky enough to have a mayor who thinks this dumb slogan should be turned into policy.

Common ground

Not the least of which is that it is so misleading.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Straw Man: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/opinion/taxing-the-rich-could-lead-nyc-into-financ…

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eFinder identified 6 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Name Calling / Labeling 100% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.
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Straw Man 80% confidence
Misrepresenting an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack.
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Hasty Generalization 70% confidence
Drawing broad conclusions from a small or unrepresentative sample.
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Slippery Slope 70% confidence
Arguing that one event will inevitably lead to extreme consequences without evidence.
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Ad Hominem 90% confidence
Attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In recent years, New York has been the biggest loser of wealth of all the blue states”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found after searching to support the claim that New York is the biggest loser of wealth among blue states.
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Claim 2: “A black hole that is estimated to be somewhere between $10 billion and $12 billion a year over the next couple of years”
SINGLE SOURCE
The search results provided for this claim are generic Google News, CNN, and Fox News homepages and do not contain any specific data regarding New York City's budget deficit.
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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
https://news.google.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — What will it take to free the 1,600 ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz? For tens of thousands of seafarers on the 1,600 ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, “Project Freedom” was anything but. The...
https://www.cnn.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Latest Current News: U.S., World, Entertainment, Health, Business, Technology, Politics, Sports.
https://www.foxnews.com/
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Claim 3: “Seattle’s strange socialist child-mayor Katie Wilson was recently asked about the flight of capital from her city. Her responseT was to say that talk of millionaires leaving her state “are, like, super over-blown.””
PENDING
This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 4: “Up to 2023, it has been estimated that $660 billion of wealth had already left New York”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found after searching for the specific figure of $660 billion in wealth leaving New York up to 2023.
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Claim 5: “Griffin said this week that he is planning on taking more of his business to Miami over the coming years as a “direct consequence of the mayor’s poor decision here with respect to his posting of that video.””
CORROBORATED
Multiple sources report that Ken Griffin plans to expand his business presence in Miami as a consequence of Mayor Mamdani's video, describing the video as 'creepy and weird'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ken Griffin said he plans to make Citadel’s Miami tower even bigger after New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani name-checked the billionaire in his pledge to charge more taxes on second homes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-05/griffin-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mayor Mamdani vs. Ken Griffin: Billionaire threatens to pull $6B Midtown project over NYC pied-a-terre tax. 22 hours ago.Billionaire Ken Griffin threatens to take business out of NYC after Mamdani vid…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Citadel CEO Ken Griffin supported more of his business partners moving to Miami from New York City. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images / Getty Images). He referred to the video as "creepy and weird" and u…
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/ken-griffin-vows-double-do…
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Claim 6: “The left-wing Labour government in the UK tried a “tax the rich” policy after coming into office two years ago. The result? Thousands of multimillionaires simply upped and left the UK.”
DISPUTED
While one source discusses the theory of taxing the rich to break wealth accumulation, another source specifically states that super-rich individuals in the UK were 'unlikely to move' and that none in their sample were planning to migrate for tax reasons, contradicting the claim that 'thousands' left.
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web search NEUTRAL — There are two reasons for taxing the rich and taxing them hard. The first is to generate revenue: this is the one everyone thinks about. But the second is even more important: to break the spiral of p…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/1…
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web search NEUTRAL — Joe Biden has announced that he wants to tax the rich to solve the American Economy problems.The proposed tax would be insignificant relative to the gaping h...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fxZZGv8a5U
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web search NEUTRAL — They found that none were currently planning to migrate out of the UK for tax reasons or were actively considering tax migration in the future. The sample was politically balanced to include individua…
https://www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-news-from-lse/a-january-20…
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Claim 7: “Griffin has threatened to scrap his hedge fund Citadel’s $6 billion development on Park Avenue”
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Multiple sources confirm that Ken Griffin's firm, Citadel, suggested it may review or scrap a $6 billion development project on Park Avenue in response to the mayor's actions.
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web search NEUTRAL — Topline Billionaire Ken Griffin's hedge fund Citadel suggested it may review plans for a $6 billion expansion in New York City after Mayor Zohran Mamdani filmed a video announcing a new tax on ...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2026/04/23/ken-grif…
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web search NEUTRAL — Billionaire Ken Griffin's firm Citadel is threatening to cancel a $6 billion New York City redevelopment after Mayor Zohran Mamdani used his $238 million penthouse in a campaign for a proposed ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ken-griffin-may-scrap-6…
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web search NEUTRAL — Billionaire Ken Griffin is furious after Mayor Mamdani lambasted his Manhattan penthouse in a viral video announcing a new pied-à-terre tax.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/23/business/ken-griffins-citadel-…
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Claim 8: “the top 1% of New York taxpayers are responsible for almost half of the total tax revenues of this city”
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The evidence states that the top 0.8% of tax filers account for 40% of New York City's income tax revenue. While this supports the general idea that a small percentage pays a large share, the claim 'almost half' (approx 50%) is slightly higher than the 40% cited for the top 0.8%, and the evidence specifically refers to income tax revenue, not 'total tax revenues' (which would include property and sales taxes).
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web search NEUTRAL — Revenue from the city’s income tax is highly dependent on upper-income filers, with a progressive structure rising to a top rate of 3.876%. The top 0.8% of tax filers (with adjusted gross incomes of $…
https://manhattan.institute/article/modeling-tax-revenue-ero…
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web search NEUTRAL — Will millionaires accept higher taxes? New York City already has the nation’s highest income taxes for the highest earners, with households that make more than $25 million per year paying a combined s…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/upshot/mamdani-tax-the-ri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Overview of New York Taxes. New York state has a progressive income tax system with rates ranging from 4% to 10.9% depending on a taxpayer's income level and filing status.
https://smartasset.com/taxes/new-york-paycheck-calculator
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Claim 9: “Mayor Mamdani’s creepy, stalky video from outside the New York apartment of financier Ken Griffin”
CORROBORATED
Multiple independent sources (The Washington Post via web search, CNBC, and other news reports) confirm that Mayor Zohran Mamdani filmed a video outside Ken Griffin's home/penthouse.
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web search NEUTRAL — NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced scrutiny over a video he filmed outside Ken Griffin's home, with The Washington Post calling it a moral failure driven by envy.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/zohran-mamdani-faces-backlash-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A CNBC anchor blasted far-left New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after he filmed a video touting a proposed pied-à-terre tax outside hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin's Manhattan penthouse.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/17/media/cnbc-anchor-rips-nyc-may…
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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Mamdani has responded to Ken Griffin's comments after the New York City mayor used the billionaire's home in a video promoting his new tax on pricey second homes.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/04/28/mamdani-respo…
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Claim 10: “99% of New Yorkers only cover 50% of the tax revenue of this city”
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The provided search results for this claim discuss pension costs and general tax brackets but do not provide a specific percentage of total revenue contributed by the bottom 99% of taxpayers.
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web search NEUTRAL — New York City taxpayers may face a bill of more than $500 million next year if proposals to increase public employee benefits are approved as part of the state budget.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/nyc-taxpa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tax exempt bonds. Taxpayer identification numbers (TIN). You pay tax as a percentage of your income in layers called tax brackets.You pay the higher rate only on the part that's in the new tax bracket…
https://www.irs.gov/filing/federal-income-tax-rates-and-brac…
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web search NEUTRAL — What does the New York City Office of the Taxpayer Advocate do? Our mission is to help New York City taxpayers resolve their issues with the Department of Finance.
https://www.nysscpa.org/news/publications/the-trusted-profes…
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Claim 11: “Gov. Hochul joined in with Mamdani’s “tax the rich” antics by deciding to try to fill New York’s fiscal black hole by putting yet another tax on second-home owners in the city”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for Gavin Newsom and a list of governors, which are completely irrelevant to Governor Hochul's tax policies on second-home owners.
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web search NEUTRAL — Gavin Christopher Newsom[a] (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom
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web search NEUTRAL — The longest-serving incumbent U.S. governor is Greg Abbott of Texas, who took office on January 20, 2015. The most recently inaugurated governor is Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, who took office on Jan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 9, 2026 · The official website of California Governor Gavin Newsom. Read how the Governor, his administration, and the First Partner are working toward a California for All.
https://www.gov.ca.gov/
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