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Only in the US would they brag about the economy based on anecdotal evidence of 1 person working two jobs but can’t afford housing. The mayor proposing “allowi

Only in the US would they brag about the economy based on anecdotal evidence of 1 person working two jobs but can’t afford housing. The mayor proposing “allowing” tents should be forced to live in a tent with the people, I bet the mayor would come up with some new proposals real fast. In fact all politicians should be stripped of healthcare from their compensation packages as well.

goostavos 5y ago
No need to be so extreme, you need only make them be near the riffraff to get similar results. If anything can be learned from Seattle (my home), a politician's proximity to a problem is the key indicator for how much that problem will need to be actually solved versus just used as a tool for virtue signalling about how others should live.
- throwawaycities 5y ago
  > No need to be so extreme, you need only make them be near the riffraff to get similar results. Thing is placing tents near the Mayor’s house would just result in either a rezoning or other form of criminal sanction. Tents are just a way to sweep the problem of homelessness under the rug not to solve it. Soon enough this mayor will be re-running on a platform of having solved the homelessness problem and successfully housing “x” people all while helping business keep wages down.
- aidenn0 5y ago
  This is one argument for banning private schools. I personally think banning private schools is a bit extreme, but it is astonishing to now live somewhere were even families with two professional incomes send their kids to private secondary schools, compared to where I grew up that only the extremely wealthy would do so.
OJFord 5y ago
> In fact all politicians should be stripped of healthcare from their compensation packages as well. Ha, I've never thought about that (not American) - I suppose it's no different than choosing a provider for anything else (like travel or couriers) or in-housing it (like pensions) but it does seem funny to me to think of politicians having employer-provided health insurance.

goostavos 5y ago

No need to be so extreme, you need only make them be near the riffraff to get similar results. If anything can be learned from Seattle (my home), a politician's proximity to a problem is the key indicator for how much that problem will need to be actually solved versus just used as a tool for virtue signalling about how others should live.

throwawaycities 5y ago
> No need to be so extreme, you need only make them be near the riffraff to get similar results. Thing is placing tents near the Mayor’s house would just result in either a rezoning or other form of criminal sanction. Tents are just a way to sweep the problem of homelessness under the rug not to solve it. Soon enough this mayor will be re-running on a platform of having solved the homelessness problem and successfully housing “x” people all while helping business keep wages down.
aidenn0 5y ago
This is one argument for banning private schools. I personally think banning private schools is a bit extreme, but it is astonishing to now live somewhere were even families with two professional incomes send their kids to private secondary schools, compared to where I grew up that only the extremely wealthy would do so.

OJFord 5y ago

> In fact all politicians should be stripped of healthcare from their compensation packages as well. Ha, I've never thought about that (not American) - I suppose it's no different than choosing a provider for anything else (like travel or couriers) or in-housing it (like pensions) but it does seem funny to me to think of politicians having employer-provided health insurance.