Vornado CEO Steven Roth compares 'tax the rich' to racial slurs
On a Tuesday earnings call, Vornado Realty Trust chairman Steven Roth told investors the slogan "tax the rich" is "just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs." Roth singled out New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani while criticizing progressive proposals to raise taxes on wealthy New Yorkers. The comment matters because Roth controls major Manhattan properties and his rhetoric intensifies debate over proposed tax increases and wealth inequality policy in the city.
Billionaire real estate magnate Steve Roth demanded that the ultra-rich be "praised and thanked" in an earnings call — and compared New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's calls to "tax the rich" to racial slurs. Billionaires hate the very idea that they should pay taxes. www.rawstory.com/steven-roth/
Khashoggi's Ghost36“I must say that I consider the phrase tax the rich — quote tax the rich — when spit out with anger and contempt by politicians both here and across the country, to be just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs, and even the phrase ‘from the river to the sea,’” said Steve Roth.
Gyudon Giovanni2I’m not suggesting that we eat the rich, but if we ate just one or two billionaires, maybe the rest of them would get the hint.
Mike V.2"Roth on Tuesday stressed the significant contributions of the city’s wealthiest residents to its tax base and said these members of the so-called one-percent are 'not enemies' and are 'at the top of the great American economic pyramid for a reason,'" These people are criminally insane. GFY.
