Extreme polarization has deceived us into accepting tribalism as a substitute for genuine politics.
Imagine, however, what would happen if everyone, especially journalists, heldtheir own party’s leadersto account.
For instance, in a clip posted Sunday to the social media platform X, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, host of “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” declared that “blue cities are out of control” and then spent two minutes illustrating the problems that plague every major Democrat-run metropolis.
“New York is really a prime example of a problem Democrats seem unwilling to confront: Blue cities are out of control — promising more, spending more, delivering less, and pushing off the fiscal problems to some future day,” Zakaria said during his “Fareed’s Take” editorial segment.
Indeed, Democratic MayorZohran Mamdaniof New York City has already announced a $127 billion budget. To pay for municipal spending, both past and future, the mayor wants an increase in property taxes.
Then, Zakaria shifted his attention to the other side of the continent.
“Take Los Angeles, another one-party metropolis wrestling with affordability and disorder,” he added. “The city’s homelessness budget for fiscal year 2025-26 totals about 950 million dollars.”
And what have the people ofLos Angelesreceived in return for all that spending?
“The LA Homelessness Services Authority reported that in 2023 homelessness was up nine percent countywide and 10 percent in the city,” he continued. “And a 2024 AP account noted that homelessness had surged 70 percent countywide since 2015 and 80 percent in the city — all this amid public frustration despite billions spent.”
Zakaria then cited an audit that could not account for $2.4 billion in LA’s homelessness funding. Based on the 2025-26 budget, that means that two-and-a-half years’ worth of spending on homelessness simply vanished. No one can or will account for it.
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