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Maybe if they’re ambitious they can do something about the homeless crisis next.
by synaesthesisx 7y ago
Maybe if they’re ambitious they can do something about the homeless crisis next.
- blackflame7000 7y agoHahaha yea right, that problem is actually hard. Cleaning up straws is much easier.
- bdhe 7y agoThat sort of cynicism is needless. Considering that this thread is about private prisons, a very serious issue, bringing up a literal straw man is disingenuous and completely unnecessary.
- blackflame7000 7y agoIt's not a strawman argument if that's really what they are spending time on that should be spent addressing far more important issues like homelessness. They shouldn't spend 1 second talking about an issue so meaningless on the list of issues they need to tackle. If you can't see that they are grabbing at low hanging fruit so that they can say they accomplished something then I think you might be a bit naive. A ban is literally the easiest cop-out for legislatures to do. No deep thinking required to blanket ban everything you don't like or perceive as problematic.
- journalctl 7y agoSeems like outlawing single-Family zoning should be easy, but how many NIMBYs reside in the state legislature?
- Animats 7y agoTrump has a plan. Concentration camps.[1] Site surveys already underway. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/10/trump-pushing-major-crackdown-homeless-camps-california-with-aides-discussing-moving-residents-government-backed-facilities/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/10/trump-pus...
- ativzzz 7y agoYou must have not read the article considering it mentions at best > eliminating “regulatory barriers” that White House officials believe increase the cost of building new housing. Developers have said these restrictions drive up prices on housing and limit the supply. You can argue whether or not he's actually gonna do something or just tweet out hot air, but proclaiming concentration camps is not contributing any meaningful insight.