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Representative Nicole Malliotakis fired a warning shot to Democrats this week on Wake Up America, telling viewers that party leaders need to read a history book on socialism before they wreck the livelihoods of hardworking New Yorkers. She argued plainly that embracing policies that centralize control and seize private enterprise will only saddle taxpayers with crushing bills and broken services.
The threat she described is not theoretical — Zohran Mamdani campaigned on an ambitious slate of democratic-socialist promises, including a rent freeze for millions, free city buses, universal childcare, city-run grocery stores, and a push toward a $30 minimum wage by 2030. Those are expensive, top-down solutions that sound compassionate until the bill comes due and private investment heads for the exits.
Malliotakis reminded viewers that many New Yorkers are descendants of people who fled real-life socialism and communism, and she pressed the point that Mamdani himself has talked about seizing the means of production and placing big chunks of the economy under government control. Her critique was straightforward: you cannot borrow the language and tactics of Karl Marx and expect free markets and vibrant neighborhoods to survive.
Those policies will not only drive up taxes — they already have small-business owners nervous. After Mamdani’s win, at least one restaurateur publicly paused expansion plans in the city, citing fears about skyrocketing labor costs and an unfriendly climate for entrepreneurs. Even as Mamdani has tapped veteran budget official Dean Fuleihan to reassure markets, the scale and cost of promises like free transit and universal childcare should make every taxpayer skeptical.
Public safety is another casualty of this ideological tilt, Malliotakis warned, arguing that radical left experiments on policing and criminal justice will make New York less safe for families and small business owners. She pointed out that when elected leaders flirt with defunding or dramatically reshaping law enforcement, the practical effect is fewer boots on the ground and more crime hot spots — a price ordinary citizens will pay with their security.
Conservatives should not offer cheap fearmongering; we should offer an honest alternative grounded in history, common sense, and fiscal responsibility. Teach the next generation why property rights, entrepreneurship, and rule of law built this city, and show them how heavy-handed government experiments have failed time and again abroad and at home.
It’s time for patriots and practical-minded voters to stand up for neighborhoods, for taxpayers, and for the small-business owners who create jobs. If Democrats want to keep rescuing socialist fantasies from the ash heap of history, they’ll do it on their own — but the rest of us must keep making the case for freedom, opportunity, and safety in the city that made America great.
