If you were one of the gullible socialists who voted for jihad-loving Commie Zohran Mamdani as New York mayor, you were probably shocked at his latest message — he needs your money.
The late, great Margaret Thatcher once observed, “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” I was raised by parents who told me that nothing in life is free when I was in kindergarten. Apparently, many New York City voters missed that childhood lesson, or are just so desperate for money that they actually fell for the grandiloquent promises of a campaigning politician. Either way, reality has already rudely interrupted the socialist fantasy, and before Mamdani even takes office.
As Townhall noted, Mamdani already interrupted the idyll a couple weeks ago, when he whined, “I told supporters across this city to stop donating, and today I am asking them to start once again because of the fact that a transition—or a transition that can meet the moment of preparing for January 1st—is one that will require staff, it will require research and infrastructure.”
And he’s back with a new demand, even though he raised more money for his campaign than he spent and his own parents are multimillionaires. “A lot of these things are new, but one of them is pretty old: fundraising. But why are we fundraising?” he asked. Why indeed? “Well, we have less than 50 days until we take office, and we have a lot to do. We have to vet the 50,000 resumes we've received. We have to keep paying our incredible team. And we have to plan not just our inauguration, but our policy implementation. Now, unlike the campaign, transitions do not get public matching funds from the city,” Mamdani begged. He already has $1 million, but now he wants $4 million. Ironically, he claims he cannot get enough money from the wealthy, even though millionaires funded his campaign.
We need your help! But let me explain why: pic.twitter.com/RO9d4GTgpm
— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) November 18, 2025
Notice he specifically mentioned he needed this money to implement his policies. In other words, the very socialist programs he deceptively labeled free for his constituents are the ones he wants his constituents to fund.
The Center Square reported earlier this year:
New York City lost tens of thousands of higher-earning residents in the wake of the pandemic, who fled the state and took billions of dollars of income with them, according to a new report… Many of the New York transplants fled to Florida, taking $13.7 billion in personal income with them, according to the report.
Considering that multiple businessmen and taxpayers threatened to leave New York also if Mamdani won, it seems likely that the wealth drain will simply continue. The people who voted for him want the money of the people who are going to leave. And as Mamdani is already making clear, he absolutely does not have the money for the socialist programs he touted.
The New York Post noted in July that Mamdani’s plans would require an extra $10 billion in spending, even though the New York City mayor would likely have between $6 billion and $8 billion in budget gap as soon as he took office. And the structural budget gap would be a staggering $22 billion. New York doesn’t even have the money for the programs it already provides, let alone for any “free” housing, expanded “free” healthcare, or government-run groceries.
