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In Reply to: every zip code should be affordable to every economic strata...--nt posted by elblanco on April 27, 2022 at 14:46:17:
...you already know that will never happen in the US or anywhere else for that matter.
"And today is for sale and it's all you can afford. Buy your own admission. The whole things got you bored. Well the Lord chooses the good ones, and the bad ones use the Lord"--a very dear friend for decades Michael Stanley (Gee)--RIP
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - SF spent millions turning hotels into homeless shelters. The results were disastrous. - Jazz Inmate 11:50:49 04/27/22 (103)
- RE: SF spent millions turning hotels into homeless shelters. The results were disastrous. - Inmate51 01:27:57 04/28/22 (5)
- RE: SF spent millions turning hotels into homeless shelters. The results were disastrous. - nilknarf 08:07:16 04/29/22 (4)
- RE: SF spent millions turning hotels into homeless shelters. The results were disastrous. - Inmate51 08:25:42 04/29/22 (3)
- RE: SF spent millions turning hotels into homeless shelters. The results were disastrous. - tweaker456 22:02:39 04/30/22 (0)
- RE: SF spent millions turning hotels into homeless shelters. The results were disastrous. - nilknarf 18:41:27 04/29/22 (1)
- RE: SF spent millions turning hotels into homeless shelters. The results were disastrous. - Inmate51 21:02:33 04/29/22 (0)
- Elon Musk to the rescue! Close Twitters' HQ and give it to the homeless! - Rod M 17:54:00 04/27/22 (9)
- You may not be far off Rod.... Musk has been offered - TWB 00:10:05 04/28/22 (7)
- ROTFLMAO - Dave_K 04:18:41 04/28/22 (6)
- There's a lot of talent around Austin... - Rod M 07:12:45 04/28/22 (5)
- From what I've heard, there is a persistent shortage there - Dave_K 11:09:16 04/28/22 (3)
- RE: From what I've heard, there is a persistent shortage there - Rod M 13:43:32 04/28/22 (2)
- RE: From what I've heard, there is a persistent shortage there - Inmate51 15:58:19 04/28/22 (1)
- RE: From what I've heard, there is a persistent shortage there - tweaker456 22:01:20 04/30/22 (0)
- Austin is a liberal bastion in Abbottland. nt - Rick W 08:00:50 04/28/22 (0)
- Looks like it's headed that way even if the Musk deal fails NT - Jazz Inmate 18:40:03 04/27/22 (0)
- Beserkeley has issues, as well - Inmate51 14:52:04 04/27/22 (0)
- Our reward for spending more than a trillion dollars on the war on drugs! - Goober58 13:58:30 04/27/22 (0)
- Just some useful perspective: as recently as 2019, the US Supreme Court let the 9th Circuit ruling stand. - jdaniel@jps.net 13:52:06 04/27/22 (0)
- Can we just get ONE THING straight?... - dark_dave56 13:41:34 04/27/22 (9)
- Because they want to live near the beach, - srdavis2000 17:16:58 04/27/22 (2)
- Sure! Who would want to be homeless in Minnesota in the winter? (mt) - Rod M 17:29:59 04/27/22 (1)
- Sex, drugs and rock n' roll.... - Ivan303 20:13:52 04/27/22 (0)
- every zip code should be affordable to every economic strata...--nt - elblanco 14:46:17 04/27/22 (5)
- RE: every zip code should be affordable to every economic strata...--nt - Inmate51 15:35:34 04/27/22 (0)
- You and Bernie keep dreaming... - dark_dave56 04/27/2215:09:39 04/27/22 (3)
- why not? - elblanco 15:20:44 04/27/22 (2)
- RE: why not? - dark_dave56 04:25:51 04/28/22 (0)
- RE: why not? - tedk. 15:40:02 04/27/22 (0)
- All the results of "Trickle Down Economics" ................. - Cut-Throat 13:21:55 04/27/22 (43)
- No. It's the result of years of investing in homelessness and crime - Jazz Inmate 13:34:34 04/27/22 (42)
- RE: No. It's the result of years of investing in homelessness and crime - pictureguy 22:31:42 04/28/22 (0)
- so you are saying it is cheaper to... - samstone 06:39:20 04/28/22 (0)
- RE: No. It's the result of years of investing in homelessness and crime - Inmate51 01:12:45 04/28/22 (2)
- On behalf of New Yorkers, thank you for not coming. nt - Rick W 21:48:54 04/28/22 (0)
- It may have looked clean - Uncle Mike 03:49:57 04/28/22 (0)
- Yea imagine the benefit to society just giving the needle and free drug money directly to billionaires - Goober58 14:06:41 04/27/22 (12)
- No, imagine leaving hardworking people with more money in their pockets - Jazz Inmate 14:09:56 04/27/22 (11)
- LMAO - same old trickery to defund government. Voters are fools for believing your lines.. - Goober58 15:51:41 04/27/22 (10)
- Bankrupting Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security.... - Rod M 17:49:19 04/27/22 (3)
- Yes intentionally derelict - Goober58 07:48:47 04/29/22 (0)
- RE: Bankrupting Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security.... - Inmate51 07:47:37 04/28/22 (1)
- So true the amazing the power of politics - Goober58 07:44:37 04/29/22 (0)
- Relying on the government--there's your problem - Jazz Inmate 16:18:43 04/27/22 (5)
- Laugh! - Goober58 07:54:53 04/29/22 (0)
- RE: Relying on the government--there's your problem - tweaker456 02:05:51 04/28/22 (0)
- So after years of paying into SS, do you plan on donating yours to charity? - srdavis2000 17:22:23 04/27/22 (2)
- RE: So after years of paying into SS, do you plan on donating yours to charity? - mg16 17:38:43 04/27/22 (1)
- I would give it up to have taxes lowered accordingly, including my property taxes NT - Jazz Inmate 17:42:05 04/27/22 (0)
- Nice Try, but no ............ nt - Cut-Throat 13:37:18 04/27/22 (23)
- My observation is: you invest in rich people, you generate wealth. You invest in poor people... - Jazz Inmate 13:43:51 04/27/22 (22)
- Also study up on the Tax Rates of the 50s, 60s and 70s ...... - Cut-Throat 14:05:36 04/27/22 (20)
- I have no problem with taxes if the money is spent responsibly - Jazz Inmate 14:08:24 04/27/22 (19)
- This is what happens, when you treat symptoms, rather than 'Root Cause'.......nt - Cut-Throat 14:22:11 04/27/22 (18)
- The root cause amounts to free choice - Jazz Inmate 14:31:12 04/27/22 (17)
- People that don't have a Living Wage, are not 'Free' and..... - Cut-Throat 14:34:00 04/27/22 (16)
- RE: People that don't have a Living Wage, are not 'Free' and..... - tweaker456 22:12:06 04/30/22 (0)
- Of course they are free - Jazz Inmate 15:12:45 04/27/22 (13)
- RE: Of course they are free - painter27 18:40:24 04/27/22 (6)
- Did I say that? - Jazz Inmate 19:15:56 04/27/22 (5)
- RE: Did I say that? - samstone 05:25:03 04/29/22 (0)
- RE: Did I say that? - painter27 16:44:08 04/28/22 (3)
- Who gives up their life to addiction? - Jazz Inmate 23:14:51 04/28/22 (2)
- RE: Who gives up their life to addiction? - painter27 18:09:48 04/29/22 (1)
- RE: Who gives up their life to addiction? - pictureguy 23:00:18 04/30/22 (0)
- How's this been working for you the last 30 years? ..........nt - Cut-Throat 15:20:12 04/27/22 (5)
- Why are you and some others here so pessimistic? nt - Inmate51 15:49:22 04/27/22 (1)
- Just Look at who started this thread....... nt - Cut-Throat 16:00:27 04/27/22 (0)
- For me or for the homeless? - Jazz Inmate 15:26:43 04/27/22 (2)
- Are you tired of 'Patting' yourself on the Back? ..... I know I am.....nt - Cut-Throat 15:30:18 04/27/22 (1)
- Who's patting? I'm saying you should incentivize good work instead of giving up NT - Jazz Inmate 16:20:19 04/27/22 (0)
- RE: "You can't get liberated broke" - James Brown nt - dean_martin 14:37:15 04/27/22 (0)
- History shows the opposite ... Educate yourself and study the 1930s ......nt - Cut-Throat 13:47:08 04/27/22 (0)
- I lived in that area for about a decade. - Bromo33333 12:17:59 04/27/22 (1)
- I thought in those days both Oakland and SF funneled the homeless to Berkeley - Jazz Inmate 12:31:50 04/27/22 (0)
- No simple answers. What would you do? Leave 'em in the streets? - tinear 12:07:43 04/27/22 (19)
- You move them out to 'tent cities' in the sticks and teach them 'finger painting,' like Hunter does...- - Chris Garrett 13:10:58 04/27/22 (1)
- Sounds fun! NT - Jazz Inmate 13:29:52 04/27/22 (0)
- That's where we are at. Develop some compassion and slowly work it out, or ...- - free.ranger 12:20:26 04/27/22 (3)
- The face of homelssness is ... - Bromo33333 12:30:35 04/27/22 (2)
- If i had a job and lived in my car there...- - srdavis2000 17:36:31 04/27/22 (1)
- RE: If i had a job and lived in my car there...- - Inmate51 01:24:11 04/28/22 (0)
- I'd get them off the streets, put the criminals in jail, put the crazies in mental institutions... - Jazz Inmate 12:11:44 04/27/22 (12)
- Good idea, and I assume you are willing to pay 25% higher taxes - LtMandella 21:37:33 04/30/22 (0)
- Regan shut down the mental institutions when he was governor, then again when he was president. nt - dancingseamonkey 13:56:17 04/27/22 (8)
- I don't blame him. It was recession type of economies and choices had to be made - Jazz Inmate 14:16:09 04/27/22 (7)
- Reagan increased spending to a record $28M - jdaniel@jps.net 14:45:22 04/27/22 (0)
- RE: Laws were changed, too. You can't throw someone in a - dean_martin 14:19:57 04/27/22 (5)
- RE: Laws were changed, too. You can't throw someone in a - Jazz Inmate 14:25:27 04/27/22 (4)
- Many don't get that... - dark_dave56 12:26:14 04/28/22 (0)
- RE: I get it. You hate where you live. nt - dean_martin 14:26:55 04/27/22 (2)
- I love where I live. I just wish it was governed responsibly NT - Jazz Inmate 14:32:01 04/27/22 (1)
- RE: I love where I live. I just wish it was governed responsibly NT - dean_martin 14:35:22 04/27/22 (0)
- Who pays for all this? Hospitals---- and a significant number of homeless - tinear 12:17:43 04/27/22 (1)
- The same people who paid a couple hundred million for San Fran to flush all that money down the toilet - Jazz Inmate 12:38:25 04/27/22 (0)
- Maybe you should take in a few.... - Ivan303 11:58:10 04/27/22 (7)
- I live in an overpriced 2BR 1BA that I share with my kid - Jazz Inmate 12:09:41 04/27/22 (6)
- RE: I live in an overpriced 2BR 1BA that I share with my kid - Craiger56 12:28:16 04/27/22 (0)
- Whut happened to that McMmansion in Silicon Valley... - Ivan303 12:26:07 04/27/22 (3)
- That wasn't in Silicon Valley NT - Jazz Inmate 12:44:07 04/27/22 (2)
- Looked a bit more than 2br 1ba from the pics you posted... - Ivan303 14:08:27 04/27/22 (1)
- I lost that house and a couple others in the past 10 years - Jazz Inmate 14:11:44 04/27/22 (0)
- RE: I live in an overpriced 2BR 1BA that I share with my kid - tinear 12:18:38 04/27/22 (0)
Follow Ups
- You and Bernie keep dreaming... - dark_dave56 04/27/2215:09:39 04/27/22 (3)
- why not? - elblanco 15:20:44 04/27/22 (2)
- RE: why not? - dark_dave56 04:25:51 04/28/22 (0)
- RE: why not? - tedk. 15:40:02 04/27/22 (0)