Ben Shapiro

He does what Democrats everywhere do.

He tried to kick the can down the road.

So he is pretending that he's going to gain $500 million in revenue from the new pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes.

And that he is going to pick up $3.163 billion through state authorization of other savings measures, including $2.3 billion in pension restructuring, which means just kicking the can down the road and making the cost appear much later.

Again, this is, it's him lying about the budget, but here we are.

He's going to pretend that he actually is doing a masterful economic job here.

So they are getting the state to sign a check to them.

You may notice that there is a $12 billion gap.

And he says the Piedra Terra tax is going to cover $500 million.

I noticed $500 million is a lot less than $12 billion.

Where's the rest coming from?

Well, according to the Citizens Budget Commission President Andrew Ryan, quote,

The executive budget closes over half the gap with short-term strategies rather than a full-scale effort to shrink spending that doesn't deliver for New Yorkers.

A pension gimmick and temporary plugs exacerbate fiscal problems rather than solve them.

So in other words, they're lying, as per the usual arrangement.

Meanwhile, over in California, same sort of thing happening.

So California is emptying out its key industries, tech, Hollywood.

It is very, very difficult to make TV or movies in Hollywood anymore.

There are gigantic sound stages in Hollywood that are now completely empty because of the cost of doing business in Hollywood.

And as for tech, tech founders are leaving California every single day, buying gigantic places here in Miami.