The Rubin Report Zohran Mamdani Just Got Scared After Billionaire's Latest Response to Him
May 7, 2026
A heated clash over a billionaire moving investment from New York to Miami after a public tax attack. A viral tax debate and high-profile responses from tech and political figures. Financial audits and fact checks of progressive claims and local politicians. Updates on Iran negotiations, U.S. political strategy, and a rapid-fire community Q&A.
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Wealth Taxes Push Jobs Out Of Cities
- Taxing the wealthy can repel the very economic activity cities depend on, like high-spend condo owners and employers.
- Dave Rubin cites Zohran Mamdani's pied-à-terre attack and Ken Griffin expanding Miami operations as a real-world consequence of punitive local tax rhetoric.
Billionaires Often Pay Large Taxes In Practice
- Claims that billionaires "pay nothing" are often false and ignore taxable events like option exercises.
- Rubin uses Elon Musk's tweet and his $12B 2021 tax bill to show wealthy individuals can and do pay massive taxes.
Financial Audit Calls Out Economic Ignorance
- Caleb Hammer's Financial Audit confronts a liberal couple claiming the U.S. is failing and exposes gaps in their economic knowledge.
- The segment illustrates how some critics lack basic fiscal literacy about spending categories and entitlement programs.