Zohran Mamdani: “He promised that for every dollar invested, it would yield…”

“Because when Andrew Cuomo gave elon Musk a $959 million tax break to build the Buffalo Billions pet project he sought, there was no question as to how he would pay for it. And even though He promised that for every dollar invested, it would yield $30 in economic benefits, there was no question when it only yielded $0.54. And ultimately, these questions are only raised when you're talking about making buses free, which would cost less than what I just cited, or delivering universal childcare, which would also …” (18:11–18:18)

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