Sunday, June 29, 2025

Conversations with a Republican 52

Republican: I have great health care coverage. I don't  pay for anything. 

Me: That's nice, but what about the millions of people who don't?

Republican: I have great health care coverage. 

Conversations with a Republican 51

Republican: The democratic mayor of NYC wants to tax white neighborhoods more.

Me: He's not the mayor. He's a mayoral candidate. 

Republican: Yeah. But he says white people should pay more taxes. 

Me: He wants to tax richer, whiter neightborhoods. He says the wealthy residents of Manhattan pay disproptionately lower taxes compared to the poorer people in the outer boroughs. 

Republican: Yeah. He wants to tax white people more.