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Vornado CEO Steven Roth compares 'tax the rich' to racial slurs

politicsMay 5, 202631273

On a Tuesday earnings call, Vornado Realty Trust chairman Steven Roth told investors the slogan "tax the rich" is "just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs." Roth singled out New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani while criticizing progressive proposals to raise taxes on wealthy New Yorkers. The comment matters because Roth controls major Manhattan properties and his rhetoric intensifies debate over proposed tax increases and wealth inequality policy in the city.

Khashoggi's Ghost
@urocklive1.bsky.social

Billionaire real estate magnate Steve Roth demanded that the ultra-rich be "praised and thanked" in an earnings call — and compared New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's calls to "tax the rich" to racial slurs. Billionaires hate the very idea that they should pay taxes. www.rawstory.com/steven-roth/

1053d ago
Khashoggi's Ghost36

“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 country, to be just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs, and even the phrase ‘from the river to the sea,’” said Steve Roth.

Gyudon Giovanni2

I’m not suggesting that we eat the rich, but if we ate just one or two billionaires, maybe the rest of them would get the hint.

Mike V.2

"Roth on Tuesday stressed the significant contributions of the city’s wealthiest residents to its tax base and said these members of the so-called one-percent are 'not enemies' and are 'at the top of the great American economic pyramid for a reason,'" These people are criminally insane. GFY.

BladeoftheSun
@bladeofthes.bsky.social

Zack Polanski said he is going to tax the rich. And that is enough to annoy all the rich people, and many, many more idiots who think they are rich or will be.

353d ago
Chris Ingraham
@cingraham.bsky.social

Billionaire real estate investor Steven Roth says he considers the phrase "tax the rich" to be "just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/n...

343d ago
Chris Ingraham30

Oh lol he also says the rich "should be praised and thanked" jfc

Jazzthecat662

Tax them or eat them, his choice

FoodDea2

He's right. We hate him and his kind. Tax the rich. If that doesn't work to reduce the wealth gap, there's always the French Solution.

Sean Rose the World’s Strongest
@jabronisean.bsky.social

“Tax the rich” and “from the river to the sea” are indeed both the same amount of offensive, which is 0%

273d ago
Orpheus Condescending
@maryscottoconnor.com

YES! Saying “TAX THE RICH” is JUST like calling a Black person the N-WORD! Not a billion‘s worth of difference between them! It must be SO PAINFUL, hearing that phrase used so casually. The obscenely wealthy: the last group it‘s okay to bully. Poor Stevie. www.huffpost.com/entry/steven...

213d ago
Richard Koenig2

I've got much worse for him if he's like to take my call.

The DILETTANTE2

What about guillotine the rich?

Simulflow2

Here's the difference he's missing: he could choose to give away all his money, but a Black person cannot choose to become a not-Black person.

Chick Gone Bad 🐸🐱🦖🏳️‍🌈♀️🇺🇦
@chickgonebad.bsky.social

"Oh no! I can't possibly pay my share!" says rich guy, comparing taxation to murder. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

73d ago
Josh
@dumbjosh.bsky.social

well now I just want to say "tax the rich" more now that I know it's a slur

Vornado CEO says "tax the rich" is as hateful as a racial slur
113d ago
🌸Robyn🌸
@ramblyngrobyn.bsky.social

my brother in christ did not just say "tax the rich is a slur"

83d ago
CVJ
@enuffsaysv.bsky.social

Ultra-Wealthy CEO Says 'Tax The Rich' Akin To A Racial Slur Vornado Realty Trust chairman Steven Roth told investors he thinks the phrase is "just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs." HuffPost: apple.news/AEomYITiST4-... 😡🔥how empowered & privileged think of themselves vs we the people💩🖕

23d ago
(≖_≖ ) ( ≖_≖)
@shzadam.bsky.social

Yes yelling 'tax the rich,' as we all know, materially harms the wealthy to the point of poverty, paints targets on their backs for family separation, deportation, and concentration camp death, strips them of healthcare, and vilifies their status in the Hamptons Get all the way fucked, Steve

43d ago
RoseMarie
@rosesbloom24.bsky.social

Steven Roth, the chief executive of Vornado Realty Trust, used an earnings call on Tuesday to castigate Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York for his “tax-the-rich” rhetoric, which he likened to a racial slur or a pro-Palestinian rallying cry. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/n...?

23d ago
KarolynSchalk
@karolynschalk.bsky.social

Tax the rich is much friendlier than the punch lines used in the French Revolution….

33d ago
Poison Ivy Fella aka SellersFellina
@sellersfellina.bsky.social

Ultra rich guy Steven Roth told investors he thinks the phrase tax the rich is "just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs." Oh Darlin', that's the nicest thing i can say. www.huffpost.com/entry/steven...

13d ago
AllOutGreen ♠️
@alloutgreen.bsky.social

Billionaire: "We're not the problem" as he hands over $57m to avoid being fairly taxed. Imagine how much the tax would have been…! Meanwhile people like him gift people like Farage £??m. While good people die from treatable illness, starvation, poverty driven crime, suicide, ICE … … #TaxTheRich

13d ago
Write Her In!
@writeherin.bsky.social

"tax the rich is as bad as slurs" is exactly the kind of thing that makes people want to tax you more

33d ago
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politico.comReal estate titan compares 'tax the rich' slogan to racial slursnews.google.comReal estate titan compares 'tax the rich' slogan to racial slurs - Politicohuffpost.comUltra-Wealthy CEO Says 'Tax The Rich' Akin To A Racial Slur

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