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Why don't you act like a real political party and send a candidate into the general election?
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Why don't you act like a real political party and send a candidate into the general election?
(Contrast this with educational affirmative action that was premised for decades on an independent interest in "diversity" as an educational goal. Contractor procurement has no such independent justification.)
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
(Contrast this with educational affirmative action that was premised for decades on an independent interest in "diversity" as an educational goal. Contractor procurement has no such independent justification.)
Unfortunately, with the shift to "local and small", the Mayor might want to maintain those aspects, but at least it won't expressly be based on express state discrimination whose basis falls apart under any serious scrutiny.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Unfortunately, with the shift to "local and small", the Mayor might want to maintain those aspects, but at least it won't expressly be based on express state discrimination whose basis falls apart under any serious scrutiny.
The freewheeling nature of the program that gets to operate without any scrutiny inordinately leads to misuse of the program to satisfy political constituents and to give personal discretion to political actors.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The freewheeling nature of the program that gets to operate without any scrutiny inordinately leads to misuse of the program to satisfy political constituents and to give personal discretion to political actors.
Based on that report, whose results never change and their movement never matters, the city can get a constitutional hook to operate an elaborate scheme that expressly discriminates based on race, sex, and disability.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Based on that report, whose results never change and their movement never matters, the city can get a constitutional hook to operate an elaborate scheme that expressly discriminates based on race, sex, and disability.
The conceit ever since has been that contractor-ownership representation should be one-to-one to the general local population, which was always a dubious proposition. So every year the city issues a report with these very simple statistics.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The conceit ever since has been that contractor-ownership representation should be one-to-one to the general local population, which was always a dubious proposition. So every year the city issues a report with these very simple statistics.
In City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989), SCOTUS said cities could racially discriminate with contractor procurement affirmative action schemes as long as they were remedial for past discrimination.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989), SCOTUS said cities could racially discriminate with contractor procurement affirmative action schemes as long as they were remedial for past discrimination.
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Agenda for Weekly Long-Term Message Planning Meeting - WikiLeaks
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November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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The key thing here is that the timing was during the primary. It was specifically Hillary's goal to have Trump win the Republican primary, as perceived him to be the easiest to win against.
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The key thing here is that the timing was during the primary. It was specifically Hillary's goal to have Trump win the Republican primary, as perceived him to be the easiest to win against.
This is the ratchet effect I'm most concerned about.
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the ratchet effect I'm most concerned about.
The increased demand for nickels, by the way, is an unaccounted for aspect of the penny transition. It currently costs almost 14 cents to mint a nickel. So making retailers resort to hoarding nickels hurts us all.
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The increased demand for nickels, by the way, is an unaccounted for aspect of the penny transition. It currently costs almost 14 cents to mint a nickel. So making retailers resort to hoarding nickels hurts us all.
I think this refers to Philadelphia Code § 9-1132, which prohibits retailers from charging more to cash users. That would prohibit a retailer from rounding up. Rounding down would be pretty inconvenient as it would require a ton of nickels on hand.
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I think this refers to Philadelphia Code § 9-1132, which prohibits retailers from charging more to cash users. That would prohibit a retailer from rounding up. Rounding down would be pretty inconvenient as it would require a ton of nickels on hand.
You're not understanding the point.
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You're not understanding the point.
Nope: see here. www.nber.org/papers/w2838....
Myth or Measurement: What Does the New Minimum Wage Research Say about Minimum Wages and Job Loss in the United States?
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Nope: see here. www.nber.org/papers/w2838....
That's not what the minimum wage does. It's unfunded. It raises it for some and causes unemployment for others.
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
That's not what the minimum wage does. It's unfunded. It raises it for some and causes unemployment for others.
No, the first minimum wage laws were a Progressive project to drive blacks, immigrants, and women out of the workforce so native male breadwinners in particular could have less competition and demand higher wages.
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
No, the first minimum wage laws were a Progressive project to drive blacks, immigrants, and women out of the workforce so native male breadwinners in particular could have less competition and demand higher wages.
Would you rather they be unemployed and entirely reliant on welfare?
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Would you rather they be unemployed and entirely reliant on welfare?
Privatization funded by users has been floated many, many times and refused. It should happen!
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Privatization funded by users has been floated many, many times and refused. It should happen!