Not exactly. About $0 of that will go towards the wall, and everything else will go to the pockets of the guy who got the idea to start the collection.
Which really is the perfect metaphor for the Trump era.
1.4 Million Raised on GoFundMe For 'Garbage' Homeopathy Cancer Treatment Scams
That's nothing. There's been over $18 million raised to build a wall to boost the ego of a demented wannabe dictator. A wall that would be a little less effective than homeopathy cancer treatments.
But hope springs eternal. They've only got $24,982,000,000.00 to go. Where sheep go one, they go all.
Oh, oh! I missed quoting the best part to quote from that research paper. "Thus, while rent control prevents displacement of incumbent renters in the short run, the lost rental housing supply likely drove up market rents in the long run, ultimately undermining the goals of the law"
The rent control laws in SF were never very strict. You can still raise rents as much as you want, but you have to give 60 days notice. Well, thanks for nothing. And there's loopholes for condos and single family dwellings, so all the apartments just because condos.
No, it's not rent controls that have caused the housing crisis in the Bay Area.
I'm still think my billionaire-abatement plan is the best, but it's your community, so do as you will.
We have a virtual zero-growth policy down here on the Central Coast, and it has worked just fine, thanks. But it wouldn't be for you, because we do our best to keep out the libertarian jackoffs.
Simple supply and demand economics is more what I'm getting at when I use the term.
There is no such thing as "simple supply and demand economics". If there was, you wouldn't see the price of gasoline go up when supply is increasing. Or the price of education or health care going up precipitously even though there's never been more supply.
The "laws of economics" are not laws. They are false axioms used to push an agenda that keeps people poor and in servitude.
As this pertains to the discussion at hand, local city governments throughout Northern California have restricted housing growth in the face of a supply shortage. Of course a small family home is 600k around where I live and over a million in the valley. They're scarce commodities and are priced accordingly.
I mean, do you have an explanation that makes more sense as to why prices are the way they are in a lot of California? Maybe something that doesn't involve "killing billionaires"?
Well, I just gave you the simplest, most direct solution. Prices are high because of corporate concentration, which led to a high concentration of high-paying jobs in a certain area. People like to live close to work, and if you put a lot of money in one area, there will be more competition for something in finite supply. It has also led to a concentration of billionaires. Thin the herd and the pressure goes down. Not the best solution maybe, but as I said, the most direct.
Loosening zoning laws and zero-growth laws won't solve the problem. First, because the rich people who live there don't want those laws loosened except for themselves, if they want to build a new house for example. They don't want poor folks moving in around them and going to their kids' school. So what you get is a further concentration of wealth and kids going to private schools and poorer areas not having the tax base to support schools.
I prefer a combination of low-growth policies, with strict rent controls. And of course, a few billionaire heads on pikes just to raise everyone's morale. Not the billionaires morale, of course, but fuck them. They're the reason we're in this mess in the first place.
Any Leftist that truly wants to properly serve their community needs to acknowledge the free market.
You sound like the young libertarians that used to fail my classes back in the day. They read some bad Ayn Rand fan fiction and stayed intellectual freshmen.
There is no such thing as a free market. One has never existed, and they are in fact impossible. You shouldn't have stopped learning after reading Atlas Shrugged.
Sounds like a local problem to me. Here on the Central Coast, rents are still pretty reasonable. I mean, what is it worth to live in a paradise?
It's not that different from Chicago, and I don't have to heat the place.
You're just being California liberal-lite-fashionable if you think the working class can enjoy a proper level of living under our current coastal growth policies.
I'm willing to discuss any reasonable suggestion for killing off billionaires. Is that "liberal-lite"?
The Democrats all left DC to party during the shutdown, proving what I said was in fact true.
Which is better, canceling your vacation while nothing's happening or sitting at your desk while nothing's happening, looking like a fat, angry toddler.
Remember, these were the first government shutdowns every to happen while one party controlled both congress and the White House. Republicans have spent two years with majorities and the presidency and only managed to fuck up.
Windsurfers are effeminate faggots who wish they had an ocean and wish they could surf.
Nah, windsurfing is OK. If you don't have waves, but you have wind, it's surfing enough for me. It's not exactly kite-surfing, but it's still acceptable in a pinch. However, you cannot windsurf in Burlington in December. Christmas Day I had the boogie board out and on New Year's Day, I hope to be atop my funboard in the barrel off Pismo.
Nope. They want non-assholes. As a one time Vermonter I can assure you the VT residents would prefer you not adulterate the state with your presence.
I once taught at the UofV in Burlington. Vermonters are some of the most judgmental, insular assholes I've ever encountered. They care about whether you're "from around here". They're always evaluating the ethnicity of your last name, what you drive, how you dress. Neighbors don't talk to neighbors. You can walk your dog and people won't acknowledge each other unless they've lived there for decades. It's a shared trait of most of New England from Connecticut on North.
Oh, Vermont likes its assholes all right, as long as they come from a long line of assholes. Fuck Vermont.
Considering this story is entirely about the state of Vermont offering $10k to go there, I would say that yes, somebody clearly gives a fuck if I go there. In fact, 10,000 fucks.
2) The answer to all three is yes. If you can work remotely you can surf the internet.
Looking at websites is not surfing in any meaningful sense. Only someone who has never surfed could possibly think it was.
Slashdot Mirror
Which really is the perfect metaphor for the Trump era.
That, my friend, is a question that answers itself.
^Takes a bow*
Well, we have a lot of good reasons not to give a shit what they want. Fortunately, we don't usually let thugs and nazis make policy.
https://theintercept.com/2018/...
https://www.usatoday.com/story...
https://www.theguardian.com/wo...
That's nothing. There's been over $18 million raised to build a wall to boost the ego of a demented wannabe dictator. A wall that would be a little less effective than homeopathy cancer treatments.
But hope springs eternal. They've only got $24,982,000,000.00 to go. Where sheep go one, they go all.
The rent control laws in SF were never very strict. You can still raise rents as much as you want, but you have to give 60 days notice. Well, thanks for nothing. And there's loopholes for condos and single family dwellings, so all the apartments just because condos.
No, it's not rent controls that have caused the housing crisis in the Bay Area.
I'm still think my billionaire-abatement plan is the best, but it's your community, so do as you will.
We have a virtual zero-growth policy down here on the Central Coast, and it has worked just fine, thanks. But it wouldn't be for you, because we do our best to keep out the libertarian jackoffs.
There is no such thing as "simple supply and demand economics". If there was, you wouldn't see the price of gasoline go up when supply is increasing. Or the price of education or health care going up precipitously even though there's never been more supply.
The "laws of economics" are not laws. They are false axioms used to push an agenda that keeps people poor and in servitude.
Well, I just gave you the simplest, most direct solution. Prices are high because of corporate concentration, which led to a high concentration of high-paying jobs in a certain area. People like to live close to work, and if you put a lot of money in one area, there will be more competition for something in finite supply. It has also led to a concentration of billionaires. Thin the herd and the pressure goes down. Not the best solution maybe, but as I said, the most direct.
Loosening zoning laws and zero-growth laws won't solve the problem. First, because the rich people who live there don't want those laws loosened except for themselves, if they want to build a new house for example. They don't want poor folks moving in around them and going to their kids' school. So what you get is a further concentration of wealth and kids going to private schools and poorer areas not having the tax base to support schools.
I prefer a combination of low-growth policies, with strict rent controls. And of course, a few billionaire heads on pikes just to raise everyone's morale. Not the billionaires morale, of course, but fuck them. They're the reason we're in this mess in the first place.
You sound like the young libertarians that used to fail my classes back in the day. They read some bad Ayn Rand fan fiction and stayed intellectual freshmen.
There is no such thing as a free market. One has never existed, and they are in fact impossible. You shouldn't have stopped learning after reading Atlas Shrugged.
I disagree. You don't have to kill them all. Just make an example of a few watch the rest become a lot more reasonable.
But like the proverbial mule, first you have to get their attention.
It's not government policy that's causing the housing problems up there. It's corporate policy and income inequality.
Sounds like a local problem to me. Here on the Central Coast, rents are still pretty reasonable. I mean, what is it worth to live in a paradise?
It's not that different from Chicago, and I don't have to heat the place.
I'm willing to discuss any reasonable suggestion for killing off billionaires. Is that "liberal-lite"?
Of course you do, Vladimir.
Three baby-mamas, doesn't pay his bills and loves KFC. I think the white supremacist Trump supporters may be missing the obvious here.
Which is better, canceling your vacation while nothing's happening or sitting at your desk while nothing's happening, looking like a fat, angry toddler.
Remember, these were the first government shutdowns every to happen while one party controlled both congress and the White House. Republicans have spent two years with majorities and the presidency and only managed to fuck up.
If you like your Mexico paid for the wall, you can keep your Mexico paid for the wall.
Trump is still in the White House, so that is clearly not true.
Yes, but they're not shooting their dicks off in the meat section of an Arizona Wal-Mart.
As long as we have a 2nd Amendment and Trump supporters here in the US, there will always be plenty of Darwin Awards. Don't you worry.
https://www.nydailynews.com/ne...
The Second Amendment doesn't say anything about AR-15 rifles, but it still covers them, doesn't it?
"Doesn't count"? Are there other words in the Constitution that you believe don't "count"?
Nah, windsurfing is OK. If you don't have waves, but you have wind, it's surfing enough for me. It's not exactly kite-surfing, but it's still acceptable in a pinch. However, you cannot windsurf in Burlington in December. Christmas Day I had the boogie board out and on New Year's Day, I hope to be atop my funboard in the barrel off Pismo.
I pay 10.3% in California. And you know what? It's worth every penny.
And Californians breathe a sigh of relief.
Oh, the students are fine. It's the townies that suck.
No. It's too cold to shit outside in Vermont, so the shit just covers the floor of their apartments.
But they do have a lot of opiate addicts up there, so you'll fit right in.
I once taught at the UofV in Burlington. Vermonters are some of the most judgmental, insular assholes I've ever encountered. They care about whether you're "from around here". They're always evaluating the ethnicity of your last name, what you drive, how you dress. Neighbors don't talk to neighbors. You can walk your dog and people won't acknowledge each other unless they've lived there for decades. It's a shared trait of most of New England from Connecticut on North.
Oh, Vermont likes its assholes all right, as long as they come from a long line of assholes. Fuck Vermont.
Considering this story is entirely about the state of Vermont offering $10k to go there, I would say that yes, somebody clearly gives a fuck if I go there. In fact, 10,000 fucks.
Looking at websites is not surfing in any meaningful sense. Only someone who has never surfed could possibly think it was.
https://youtu.be/ksgAvwWnrI0