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    Ken Griffin wehrt sich, nachdem Mamdani sein 238-Millionen-Dollar-Penthouse in „Tax-the-Rich“-Video präsentiert


    Ken Griffin wehrt sich, nachdem Mamdani sein 238-Millionen-Dollar-Penthouse in „Tax-the-Rich“-Video präsentiert

    https://www.wsj.com/us-news/ken-griffin-pushes-back-after-mamdani-features-his-238-million-penthouse-in-tax-the-rich-video-8a78afd3?st=9adbSX&mod=wsjreddit

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    1. OwnsBeagles on

      Get ‚em, Mayor Mamdani. None of the whiners in the WSJ comments section will ever own a tiny fraction of this man’s wealth, but all of them are sucking on his shoes like the most desperate toe-worshippers I’ve ever seen.

    2. yellowHastur on

      The same Ken Griffin who has been embroiled in insider trading scandals, stock manipulation, and other financial crimes?

    3. HornySocrates on

      Do not negotiate with financial terrorists. Crybaby Ken Griffin’s Citadel can move their operations to Dothan Alabama or wherever the fuck and good luck attracting talent.

    4. Content_bae on

      If the tax is meant to fund city services, a penthouse that sits empty most of the year is basically the definition of a fair target.

    6. travio on

      He didn’t push back, he tried to bully the mayor with his billions of dollars. His letter was basically ‚if you try to tax me more, I won’t go forward with the building I was going to renovate, pointing out how many jobs it would create.‘

      He isn’t renovating that building and spending all that money out of the kindness of his heart. It will make his company a lot of money. If he pulls out because Mamdani wants higher taxes on the rich, someone else will take over the job and they will make a lot of money on it, not Griffin.

    7. RepresentativeOk4825 on

      Fine, GTFO. No one wants you. They *tolerate* you to the extent you pay your fair share. 

    9. xXxT4xP4y3R_401kxXx on

      Ken Griffin is low-key one of the worst people in the world. You could orient your moral compass around doing the exact oppose as this absolute PoS and get really far. People were celebrating in the streets here when he announced he was moving Shitadel to Miami (not really but still, that’d be funny).

    10. Odd_Ant5 on

      This the same Ken Griffin who left Chicago crying about taxes? He said he was going to leave Illinois if we passed a progressive income tax (changed from the existing flat tax) in 2020. It didn’t pass thanks partially towards his money and lobbying effort, and he fucked off anyway like a year after whining about „crime“, to Miami which had a higher crime rate at the time.

      What a little bitch.

    12. mr-french-tickler on

      „I’m going to side with Ken on this one. Because one day *I* might be that rich“

      — Republicans living in trailer parks, probably

    13. RosetteNewcomb on

      And?? Literally just live there full time and you won’t have to pay the tax. Problem solved!

    15. itsfree_realestate on

      Major republican donor Billionaire Ken griffin of citadel securities which has a stake in spirit airlines which is trying to get a bailout, that Ken Griffin?

    17. rhj2020 on

      I really hope this catches on across the country. We are being ruled by top 1 percent. This system is not working for most of us.

    18. sugarlessdeathbear on

      > his 24,000-square-foot Manhattan penthouse

      This is larger than the warehouse I work in. A family of four usually only needs up to 2,500 sq ft. His home is 10 times bigger than what most of the country lives in. Tax the shit out of him.

    19. noreallyimgoodthanks on

      It definitely takes a certain type to not only hoard this much money but then protect every dollar as if it was your last. I can think of an amount of money that would be my max – like I wouldn’t need or want any more (what is the point?) – and it is exponentially less than the cost of that one single penthouse.

      Throw a couple million into the S&P 500 or mutual funds and live off the interest alone. Would be more than I’d ever need. These people are nuts.

    20. RadicalRectangle on

      I care just as much about Ken Griffin as he cares about me.

      That would be 0%

    21. The__Toast on

      Streisand effect: I literally didn’t even hear about this until now.

      >triggering a subtle threat to re-evaluate his firm’s investment in the city.

      Citadel is going to move out of the financial capital of the western world because their bazillionaire CEO has to pay an annual 5% fee on his mega condo that he doesn’t even live in. Sure. I believe that. Totally.

    22. cycles_commute on

      Oh no! Whatever will he do? We really need to think about our billionaires and how we can help them.

    23. Iyellkhan on

      that apartment better take up like half the bloody building to be worth that much

    24. Tricky_Potatoe on

      Ironically, Mamdani is the closest the US has to the second coming of Christ.

    25. RuffTuff on

      Oh yeah gtfo then. Leave the financial capital. Leave the city where Wall Street operates. Leave your connections behind. I am sure no other company would be ready to take advantage of that void.

    26. yourlittlebirdie on

      “Ackman added: “Ken’s company is a major employer in NYC of very high paying jobs which drive a considerable amount of our tax base. We wouldn’t want him to move even more employees to Miami.””

      So we already know that he moves employees wherever he wants anyway and has no loyalty to NYC – why should the city make *any* decisions in hopes of appeasing someone who doesn’t care about the wellbeing of the city anyway and would move (or just plain lay off) those employees the instant he feels like it anyway?

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