Amy
@amyliz.bsky.social
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Amy
@amyliz.bsky.social
· Mar 26
I don't know why anyone is pretending to be surprised.
Modal Trump supporter
April 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Modal Trump supporter
My take on CARES or any other relief that goes to anyone other than key Trump constituencies (e.g., farmers) is there’s no universe where it happens under a Mike Johnson-John Thune led Congress so it’s sort of pointless to argue about it.
April 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My take on CARES or any other relief that goes to anyone other than key Trump constituencies (e.g., farmers) is there’s no universe where it happens under a Mike Johnson-John Thune led Congress so it’s sort of pointless to argue about it.
Take Trump's supporters seriously, but not literally [when they say why they support him] www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Tariffs could cost them. They’re still standing by Trump.
Trump’s tariff policy poses a stark test of his ability to defy political gravity, dividing his allies but showcasing the remarkable faith of his die-hard base.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Take Trump's supporters seriously, but not literally [when they say why they support him] www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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"Charity? Government programs? That pales in compassion compares to my solution, rounding em up and shipping em to other states."
April 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"Charity? Government programs? That pales in compassion compares to my solution, rounding em up and shipping em to other states."
This analysis makes a good case that L.A.'s so-called "Mansion" Tax - which is also levied on the sale of new multifamily housing - kills more than twice the number of rent restricted units as the revenue it generates can support.
Today the @uclalewiscenter.bsky.social published our analysis on Measure ULA's effect on multifamily housing production in Los Angeles — a report that has been more than a year in the making for me and my coauthor Jason Ward at RAND. A thread on our findings below. www.lewis.ucla.edu/research/tax...
Taxing Tomorrow: Measure ULA's Impact on Multifamily Housing Production and Potential Reforms
This research links Measure ULA to an 18% drop in multifamily housing production in Los Angeles, estimating 1,900+ fewer units annually since its implementation.
www.lewis.ucla.edu
April 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This analysis makes a good case that L.A.'s so-called "Mansion" Tax - which is also levied on the sale of new multifamily housing - kills more than twice the number of rent restricted units as the revenue it generates can support.
This article about people living in their cars in Frisco reminded me of when the city of Vail used eminent domain to stop the resort from building affordable housing for their staff. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/r...
In One Colorado Town, People Experiencing Homelessness Can Sleep in Their Car — if They Have a Job
People experiencing homelessness can sleep in their cars in this wealthy ski town in Colorado, but only if they have a job.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This article about people living in their cars in Frisco reminded me of when the city of Vail used eminent domain to stop the resort from building affordable housing for their staff. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/r...
Apology not accepted, REI. So disappointing. www.seattletimes.com/business/we-...
REI apologizes for supporting Trump public lands pick
REI's new CEO apologized for the endorsement of President Donald Trump's secretary of the interior nominee.
www.seattletimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Apology not accepted, REI. So disappointing. www.seattletimes.com/business/we-...
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Remember, just last year, homebuyers were going to receive 25k? The birds were singing. The flowers were blooming. Today, the world seems gloomy.
Mortgage rates surge over 7% as tariffs hit bond market
Mortgage rates surged over 7% to end the week, after massive volatility in bond markets surrounding President Donald Trump's tariff agenda.
www.cnbc.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Remember, just last year, homebuyers were going to receive 25k? The birds were singing. The flowers were blooming. Today, the world seems gloomy.
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The WA House just passed what is arguably the strongest parking reform bill yet attempted in the U.S., SB 5184, on a bipartisan vote of 64 - 31 !!!!!!!!!
Next stop, the governor's desk.
Huge thank you to @jessdbateman.bsky.social and @davina425.bsky.social !!!
www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/20/w...
Next stop, the governor's desk.
Huge thank you to @jessdbateman.bsky.social and @davina425.bsky.social !!!
www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/20/w...
Washington State Senate Approves Sweeping Parking Reform Bill - The Urbanist
# Though it was amended to exclude cities with less than 20,000 residents, Senate Bill 5184 still represents one of the most robust statewide parking reform packages to move forward in any state. It n...
www.theurbanist.org
April 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The WA House just passed what is arguably the strongest parking reform bill yet attempted in the U.S., SB 5184, on a bipartisan vote of 64 - 31 !!!!!!!!!
Next stop, the governor's desk.
Huge thank you to @jessdbateman.bsky.social and @davina425.bsky.social !!!
www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/20/w...
Next stop, the governor's desk.
Huge thank you to @jessdbateman.bsky.social and @davina425.bsky.social !!!
www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/20/w...
I was joking with a friend that I’m ready to make a deal with MAGA to liberate us from this man if I could figure out what they wanted. Higher taxes for government-funded make-work jobs at the sock factory? Done.
April 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I was joking with a friend that I’m ready to make a deal with MAGA to liberate us from this man if I could figure out what they wanted. Higher taxes for government-funded make-work jobs at the sock factory? Done.
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The MTA is now publishing a monthly breakdown of how many vehicles are driving into the Central Business District on average each month compared to the pre-congestion pricing baseline. We're at a 13 percent drop in March, pretty cool metrics.mta.info?cbdtp/vehicl...
April 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The MTA is now publishing a monthly breakdown of how many vehicles are driving into the Central Business District on average each month compared to the pre-congestion pricing baseline. We're at a 13 percent drop in March, pretty cool metrics.mta.info?cbdtp/vehicl...
Imagine we’re all on a boat in the middle of the ocean. A lot of people are arguing about who has the best seats on the boat, when what Trump is doing is taking the boat itself apart. If the U.S. economy failed, it would hurt everyone - rich and poor, American and not. Everyone.
April 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Imagine we’re all on a boat in the middle of the ocean. A lot of people are arguing about who has the best seats on the boat, when what Trump is doing is taking the boat itself apart. If the U.S. economy failed, it would hurt everyone - rich and poor, American and not. Everyone.
The endless reservoir of benefit of the doubt we give rich white men is shocking even to me. Anyway, the beatings will continue until we learn something (impossible).
April 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The endless reservoir of benefit of the doubt we give rich white men is shocking even to me. Anyway, the beatings will continue until we learn something (impossible).
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Yes, that’s what is so frustrating about Dem response to tariffs. We can fully lean into free trade now and show the true impact of protectionism. There is no need to cater to union groups that have backed Trump and are continuing to shift right
April 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yes, that’s what is so frustrating about Dem response to tariffs. We can fully lean into free trade now and show the true impact of protectionism. There is no need to cater to union groups that have backed Trump and are continuing to shift right
It’s good for big 3 autoworkers to have a seat at the table that full throatedly fights for their interests. But sometimes their interests are at odds with everyone else’s (and not just the “PMC” - poor people. Other unions). It’s okay to admit that.
April 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s good for big 3 autoworkers to have a seat at the table that full throatedly fights for their interests. But sometimes their interests are at odds with everyone else’s (and not just the “PMC” - poor people. Other unions). It’s okay to admit that.
Yeah, this rule went so far as to entirely cancel out the benefit of Biden’s signature policies in many cases (by making it more expensive to do the things they were incentivizing than they were before).
This country wastes so much goddamn money on 'Buy American!' rules and other giveaways to manufacturing unions for literally no return whatsoever
April 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Yeah, this rule went so far as to entirely cancel out the benefit of Biden’s signature policies in many cases (by making it more expensive to do the things they were incentivizing than they were before).
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i wrote some about the left's weak opposition to what is possibly the most significant economic policy of our lifetime
rosedubois.substack.com/p/the-left-n...
rosedubois.substack.com/p/the-left-n...
The Left Needs to Oppose Tariffs
Trump's protectionism is upending the American economic system. Staying in the past will prevent us from building a better future.
rosedubois.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
i wrote some about the left's weak opposition to what is possibly the most significant economic policy of our lifetime
rosedubois.substack.com/p/the-left-n...
rosedubois.substack.com/p/the-left-n...
Most important thing is that tariffs are causing GFC #2, but also worth pointing out: if (for example) you put a 10% tariff on Europe and the dollar value declines 10% relative to the Euro as a result, you’re also not getting any financial benefit from the tariff. So… what is the point here?
April 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Most important thing is that tariffs are causing GFC #2, but also worth pointing out: if (for example) you put a 10% tariff on Europe and the dollar value declines 10% relative to the Euro as a result, you’re also not getting any financial benefit from the tariff. So… what is the point here?
$5.8T in tax cuts for the wealthy should help with this!
Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
$5.8T in tax cuts for the wealthy should help with this!
Yeah, by the time this is over tariffs are going to be the new subprime mortgages.
April 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Yeah, by the time this is over tariffs are going to be the new subprime mortgages.
Imagine giving your money to Bill Ackman to manage.
April 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Imagine giving your money to Bill Ackman to manage.
IIRC when Oregon passed their rent stabilization bill they found that something like 25% of tenants had had a rent increase of > 10% / year in the past five years.
The "rent stabilization" bill is not a rent stabilization bill, and it's incredibly counterproductive for Democrats in #waleg to refer to it that way.
It's a ban on usurious rent increases.
Do you realize how few landlords raise rent by 10% in a single year? It's not common! Have some perspective.
It's a ban on usurious rent increases.
Do you realize how few landlords raise rent by 10% in a single year? It's not common! Have some perspective.
Washington state Senate raises proposed cap on rent increases from 7% to 10% a year, plus inflation, sending the bill back to the House. Senators approved the change by a single vote on Thursday during tense floor action. #waleg washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/04/10/w...
April 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
IIRC when Oregon passed their rent stabilization bill they found that something like 25% of tenants had had a rent increase of > 10% / year in the past five years.
Have you said thank you once?
April 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Have you said thank you once?
It also makes a lot more sense than an idiot who is way over his skis somehow failed his way up to gratuitously destroying the global economy.
This isn't a dunk but this isn't surprising to me at all, normies are very conspiracy-brained and "all this was planned so that they could do insider trading!" is extremely up their alley
I see a lot of my normal american friends posting random screenshots about how ta lot of margin calls (or whatever you call it) were placed x minutes before Trump backed down. Many very normal people care about this stuff! It makes them angry!
April 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
It also makes a lot more sense than an idiot who is way over his skis somehow failed his way up to gratuitously destroying the global economy.
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everyone saying tariffs are good actually are gonna get so washed as this plays out
it really sucks that the most popular leftie streamer is a huge dumbass who often goes out of his way to undermine democrats
April 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
everyone saying tariffs are good actually are gonna get so washed as this plays out