I'm happy to find sources to counter it, but I remind you that the burden of proof is on you. You're the one who claimed that billionaires will flee NYC.

Someone's angry. Why don't you answer my response instead of responding like a child?

I'm fully aware they are private companies. What did you think I was getting at?

Besides, the taxpayers are still the ones paying in the end. Why do you think these private companies are funding Trump's little experiment? Because they want to earn some favours. Think tax cuts, subsidies, the like.
And in the end, the tax burden is shifted back to American workers who are living their lives on the edge. A little bit of critical thinking never hurt anyone. I'd advise you to go beyond the shallow thinking that defines the comments of people like you on this platform.

In capitalism, it is increasingly impossible to work for a living. I'd like you to say those kinds of things to the millions of young people who are searching desperately for work, but cannot find any, as capitalist parties the world over cut employment to benefit their donors.

Say it to their face.

Since you are unwilling to engage in substantive debate with evidence-backed arguments, here are my first five definitions. As you'll see, not all fit my narrative, but I've included them anyway because, unlike you, I care about objectivity and value opposing perspectives.

- "an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit."
- "an economic system where private individuals or businesses own capital goods, and the free market controls the production of goods and services."
- "an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market. …"
- "an economic system where private individuals or corporations own the means of production, such as factories and land, and use them to generate profit."
- "an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are controlled by private owners rather than by the state, with the purpose of making a profit:"