For a second home? In NY City?

I think someone has to be fairly elite to have a secondary, or tertiary home, in NY City, worth over $1 million.

Regardless, the entire point of this discussion is that people who have a secondary home can probably afford to pay more in taxes than other people can. I don't call that envy.

That's just a frank discussion of tax policy.

If you think taxes should be lower, because some government programs should be reduced, that's a perfectly fine discussion to have.

If you think governments shouldn't have to worry about a balanced budget, and maybe they should default on their debt (which is an argument the current President has insanely floated), that's a fine discussion to have.

At present, we're talking about secondary homes with a value over $1 million, in New York City, having an additional 4% tax.

And I was lamenting that home valuations appear to be unbelievably low, which would dramatically reduce the tax income of this law, and I was trying to propose a fix, for those homes.

If you think the only reason to have that discussion is because of envy, then I think you're not being fair to other people's motivations.