Is that politically advantageous or no? I could make arguments both ways. I feel like more no even if a loud online contingent says yes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Is that politically advantageous or no? I could make arguments both ways. I feel like more no even if a loud online contingent says yes.
See what happens?!?
Begging people to talk to their grandparents.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
See what happens?!?
Begging people to talk to their grandparents.
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Begging people to talk to their grandparents.
I actually think this may be the generous view, with the reality having more to do with their own bloviated egos and poor temperamental fit for the times.
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I actually think this may be the generous view, with the reality having more to do with their own bloviated egos and poor temperamental fit for the times.
At Centre or elsewhere? At Centre it takes chutzpah.
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
At Centre or elsewhere? At Centre it takes chutzpah.
This is why I liked the idea of Times Square: if we have to have a casino, why not put it where the rubes and assholes already congregate? Flushing might be an effective way of parting LI with its money, but nobody else is going to bother.
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This is why I liked the idea of Times Square: if we have to have a casino, why not put it where the rubes and assholes already congregate? Flushing might be an effective way of parting LI with its money, but nobody else is going to bother.
I simply wouldn’t talk like this if I had worked for Arte Moreno.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I simply wouldn’t talk like this if I had worked for Arte Moreno.
The billionaires want free buses.
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The billionaires want free buses.
Okay, but what does “corporations shouldn’t own homes” mean? Are you proposing that only individuals own homes? Because it’s difficult to see that model producing enough housing (when we already don’t have enough housing). Or are we assuming public housing (which has lots of its own issues)?
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Okay, but what does “corporations shouldn’t own homes” mean? Are you proposing that only individuals own homes? Because it’s difficult to see that model producing enough housing (when we already don’t have enough housing). Or are we assuming public housing (which has lots of its own issues)?
But Austin has seen real declines in rents through housing production, much of it by corporate owners. What is the proposed policy solution by which we “deal with” corporate home ownership and banks? I don’t know that eliminating banks from the housing equation would help people with limited means.
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
But Austin has seen real declines in rents through housing production, much of it by corporate owners. What is the proposed policy solution by which we “deal with” corporate home ownership and banks? I don’t know that eliminating banks from the housing equation would help people with limited means.
There are still plenty of quality clothes available if you don’t shop at the very bottom of the market.
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
There are still plenty of quality clothes available if you don’t shop at the very bottom of the market.
Yeah, this is what I’m talking about with the relentless negativity. That’s not what has happened in places like Austin that have legalized housing production. Housing costs are what they are because we decided to stop building housing after the GFC (and decided building homes was evil).
How Austin, Texas, was able to lower the cost of rent
Housing affordability and how best to spur new construction have become election issues. Austin, Texas, has seen a historic building boom that has lowered rents. Is it scalable to other cities?
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Yeah, this is what I’m talking about with the relentless negativity. That’s not what has happened in places like Austin that have legalized housing production. Housing costs are what they are because we decided to stop building housing after the GFC (and decided building homes was evil).
Greedy landlords wouldn’t be able to be nearly as greedy if we legalized housing production, but okay.
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Greedy landlords wouldn’t be able to be nearly as greedy if we legalized housing production, but okay.
Which says what about whether people are poorer than they were in 1960? Yes, poor people exist. Yes, we have a lot of progress. No, most of the economic memes that show up in my feed are not accurate.
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Which says what about whether people are poorer than they were in 1960? Yes, poor people exist. Yes, we have a lot of progress. No, most of the economic memes that show up in my feed are not accurate.
It’s possible to complain about current conditions without fantasizing about the past. It’s more productive, in fact. I’d rather my affordable housing not be at the expense of suburbanization and urban renewal.
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It’s possible to complain about current conditions without fantasizing about the past. It’s more productive, in fact. I’d rather my affordable housing not be at the expense of suburbanization and urban renewal.
I’m just making a factual statement that contrary to memes, nobody would willingly go back to 1960. As for the housing crisis, everyone wants a bogeyman but that one starts with middle class homeowners blockading housing production because they never want anything to change.
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I’m just making a factual statement that contrary to memes, nobody would willingly go back to 1960. As for the housing crisis, everyone wants a bogeyman but that one starts with middle class homeowners blockading housing production because they never want anything to change.
Non-zero chance that the gerrymandering push ends up really blowing up in the GOP’s face, at this point. Doubly so if 2024 Latino voting patterns don’t hold (l personally think all realignment is fleeting).
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Non-zero chance that the gerrymandering push ends up really blowing up in the GOP’s face, at this point. Doubly so if 2024 Latino voting patterns don’t hold (l personally think all realignment is fleeting).
It’s actually not, it’s that relentless claims that things have kept getting worse since the ‘60s are unfounded reactionary nonsense that undermines the progress that we’ve made since. People wouldn’t shrug at fascism if they realized that they have a lot to lose and how much is recent progress.
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It’s actually not, it’s that relentless claims that things have kept getting worse since the ‘60s are unfounded reactionary nonsense that undermines the progress that we’ve made since. People wouldn’t shrug at fascism if they realized that they have a lot to lose and how much is recent progress.
Please point me to where in this thread anyone said the current state was “okay”. The question is whether people are poorer than they were in 1960, which they aren’t, contrary to much online imagination.
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Please point me to where in this thread anyone said the current state was “okay”. The question is whether people are poorer than they were in 1960, which they aren’t, contrary to much online imagination.
What if we can’t pass any good laws now?
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
What if we can’t pass any good laws now?
My anger is much more parochial in that I’m mad he voted for Cuomo and this is icing on the cake.
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My anger is much more parochial in that I’m mad he voted for Cuomo and this is icing on the cake.
But it is the same if we’re talking about housing affordability.
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
But it is the same if we’re talking about housing affordability.
No turn on red unless you’re in the mood.
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
No turn on red unless you’re in the mood.
They’re just assuming those people will go uninsured and most of them won’t get sick so they won’t suffer electoral consequences, which is probably true in the short run.
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
They’re just assuming those people will go uninsured and most of them won’t get sick so they won’t suffer electoral consequences, which is probably true in the short run.