Years ago when dinosaurs walked the earth, some of us were graduate students at what is now the Ford School of Government at University of Michigan. Thinking about public economic policy as we did, we would occasionally talk about Jo Six-pack , i.e., the average tax payer, as in: “What about Jo Six-pack?”
Lately I have been thinking a lot about how politicians so much love to present themselves as Jo Six-pack, regardless of the reality. The latest example? Nepo-baby and Champagne Socialist Zohran Mandami.
Mandami ran on a hard-left campaign for Mayor of New York – an actual ‘seize the means of production’ Socialist platform. During said campaign he filmed himself eating rice with his fingers to show his common touch. (“When you grow up as someone … especially in the 3rd world.”) This is the same guy who claimed African status on college applications. In reality his parents were the beneficiaries of British colonial rule in Uganda, where he was born. And his family still splits time between NY and their multi-million 2 acre compound located outside the capital Kampala.
Speaking of Uganda, you may have heard that Mandami decamped to Kampala for a lavish 3-day wedding celebration? (I am usually not the first to know these things.) The formerly “Defund the Police” Candidate partied inside the family’s 2-acre compound – with lavish gardens and Lake Victoria views – protected by “military style security, masked guards and a phone-jamming system.”
The 3-Day Uganda spectacle is Mandami’s 3rd celebration with his bride Rama Duwaji. This follows their engagement and wedding ceremony (Dubai, December 2024), and civil wedding ceremony (New York City, February 2025).
What about Jo Six-pack?
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Well-done. I reposted to X. Thanks, Chana
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Wow, good information.
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Thank you.
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