evidence: Eric Adams stated on January 7, 2023 in a radio interview "Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers." Robert Reich stated on November 24, 2021 in a tweet "Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000" and the U.S. $500. India Walton stated on September 9, 2021 in a debate Under Mayor Byron Brown, "we’ve been defunding community centers, our pools were closed this summer, we’ve been defunding senior and youth services." X posts stated on May 30, 2021 in a Twitter post "Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police." Tim Kaine stated on May 24, 2021 in an op-ed on CNBC "New Haven, Conn., had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement." Ron DeSantis stated on April 19, 2021 in a speech "If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up." Greg Abbott stated on October 1, 2020 in a tweet Says "Property crime rising in Austin. [...] Tim Kaine stated on May 24, 2021 in an op-ed on CNBC "New Haven, Conn., had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement."