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New York Governor Kathy Hochul mistakenly thought the 'tax the rich' chant at a rally for mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was 'Let's go Bills,' reflecting her mishearing of the crowd's protest during the event.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters across France demonstrated against government austerity measures and called for higher taxes on the wealthy, including support for the proposed Zucman tax on assets over €100 million. The protests, involving over a million demonstrators nationwide, were largely peaceful but saw clashes with police in Paris, with arrests and injuries reported.
French protesters demand higher taxes on the wealthy to address a looming budget crisis, with a proposed 2% levy on assets over 100 million euros causing political tension amid ongoing protests against austerity measures.
Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone criticizes Bernie Sanders' 32-hour workweek proposal, arguing that it would raise labor costs and lead to price hikes for consumers. He accuses Sanders of hypocrisy in his tax-the-rich stance, pointing out the senator's own wealth and his wife's involvement in a failed university. Langone also expresses caution towards supporting Trump, questioning the current state of American politics and the Republican Party.
Patriotic Millionaires, a group of millionaires who want to pay higher taxes and raise the minimum wage, are lobbying working-class voters to push Congress to make changes. The group has been unsuccessful in lobbying Congress for over a decade and is now turning to the people who hand them their power. The group is holding meetings in swing states like Whiteville, N.C., where the minimum wage is still $7.25 an hour, and is expanding its push to attract more people to the cause. The meetings aim to show the larger forces at work that drive inequality and to pull back the curtain on the frustration many Americans are feeling.