🌍 Europe 3d ago · Janaki Chadha

Real estate titan compares ‘tax the rich’ slogan to racial slurs

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NEW YORK — Real estate magnate Steve Roth is standing strong with fellow billionaire Ken Griffin in his spat with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.



Instead of being singled out and scorned in viral videos, Roth, CEO of Vornado Realty Trust, thinks the ultra-rich should be “praised and thanked” and said calls to tax them more are akin to racial slurs.



“I must say that I consider the phrase tax the rich — quote tax the rich — when spit out with anger and contempt by politicians both here and across the

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