NY sends out $2 billion in inflation refund checks, while having a $4 billion deficit. Is this how all candidates should run for president in 2028?

Photo above - New York's governor says "inflation is too high". Who's she gonna call?

Should I move to New York? They’re giving away free money. How much could you get? It depends on your income: "Tax filers earning up to $150,000 will receive a $400 check, while those earning between $150,000 and $300,000 will get $300.” I’m not making this up. It’s in the MSN link below.

If there was ever a more transparent vote buying scheme, I haven’t seen one. Well, except for Trump cutting taxes on the middle class and wealthy while the Federal Government has a $37 trillion national debt. Perhaps New York’s Governor Hochul has decided if you can’t beat 'em, join 'em.

But I probably won’t have to move. This thing is catching on – running government deficits to kick back money to people who don’t need it. It’s trending, like has-been rappers endorsing the Nazi party, and white WNBA girls being paid a fortune to shoot from the 3-point line.

Back to my $400 inflation busting check from Governor Hochul. This is actually a great idea. New York is just dripping with inflation. I visited for a day and a night earlier this month. Paid more than $100 in tolls, taxes on meals and hotel rooms, etc. It might have been cheaper to attend Bezos' wedding. Everyone who visits for business or vacay should get a thank you note and a check from the governor. "Hope to see you again, soon!"

Governor Hochul and Zohran Kwame Mamdani (presumptive mayor of NYC) are not in the same economic page. Unlike the governor, Zohran has a long shopping list of taxes he plans to raise. I’m guessing people making $300,000 a year are in his cross hairs. As is Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Zohran held a press conference promising to arrest Netanyahu if he ever visits the UN again. Really, you can google this. Good luck with that Zohran. Anyway, it will never happen - it's just another cheap campaign stunt. You cannot arrest a foreign head of state on US soil, unless they have a US arrest warrant. And probably not even then. Ask Gaddafi. Oh wait . . . he's dead.

I’m not sure what someone earning $300,000 in New York is going to do with Hochul’s $400 check. Get a ring camera for the patio door in the back? Upgrade their Verizon to the Fios 1 gig internet and unlimited cable package? Buy lunch in Manhattan?

Better act fast. New York's restaurant tax is 9% today, but who knows how high it will go when Zohran is elected.

I’m just sayin’ . . .

More than 8 million lucky Americans are receiving 'inflation refund checks' from a pool of $2 billion

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