Re:New York City will allow 800k noncitizens to vote in loca...
by acdha on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:28PM
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If they live and vote in your city, shouldn’t they have a voice in the place they live?
> Those who are here illegally and will vote for more free stuff and those who are incredibly wealthy and will vote for more tax breaks for themselves and their properties.
The wealthy are already doing a fine job on tax evasion, I’m deeply skeptical that there are a game-changing number of wealthy non-citizens in that group. As for the “free stuff” argument – even liberal U.S. cities rarely give things away without many strings and historically this has always been a net economic win because people who aren’t in poverty participate more in the economy. I’d be shocked if it cost the city even half of what, say, the hundreds of millions of dollars spent annually due to lawless behavior by the NYPD.
> Those who are here illegally and will vote for more free stuff and those who are incredibly wealthy and will vote for more tax breaks for themselves and their properties.
The wealthy are already doing a fine job on tax evasion, I’m deeply skeptical that there are a game-changing number of wealthy non-citizens in that group. As for the “free stuff” argument – even liberal U.S. cities rarely give things away without many strings and historically this has always been a net economic win because people who aren’t in poverty participate more in the economy. I’d be shocked if it cost the city even half of what, say, the hundreds of millions of dollars spent annually due to lawless behavior by the NYPD.