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haha, as it should. Taking the "hard line" here seems awfully stupid to me though. Isn't that what causes the problem? I would happily pay my share of taxes to

by fhood 5y ago

haha, as it should. Taking the "hard line" here seems awfully stupid to me though. Isn't that what causes the problem? I would happily pay my share of taxes to provide the most problematic homeless with a lifetime supply of heroin and hookers if it meant my family could safely park their car when they visit.

asow92 5y ago
You would? So you aren't paying your fair share of taxes now? How much would be fair to solve this problem then?
- fhood 5y ago
  I will admit that my current tax rate is a little....irritating in a state that can't seem to provide reasonable roads or trains, especially trains, ffs why is the east coast so much better at this. But I think that the segment of the homelessness that has the greatest negative impact on life in SF is probably smaller than you would imagine, and maybe it is just flat out worth it.
  - asow92 5y ago
    Over here on the east coast we have a lot of legacy infrastructure to support those rail lines, but they're nothing compared to what they used to be a century ago. That said, I'm hopeful that this administration can actually complete the connection between Scranton PA and NYC, as it would economically help a badly hurting rustbelt community. As far as the homeless minority: sure, yes, they may not be as big of a population as we assume, and yet here we are discussing how much of a problem it is. Personally, I can get behind stuff like UBI to help those folks so long as it's distributed to everyone rich or poor, and/or other inefficient social programs are shutdown to help offset these costs. Otherwise I feel like we're just rewarding incompetence and penalizing success, which I believe is where we get into enabling the proliferation of the worst kind of society to live in — one filled with apathy, nihilism, and literally poo everywhere.

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haha, as it should. Taking the "hard line" here seems awfully stupid to me though. Isn't that what causes the problem? I would happily pay my share of taxes to

by fhood 5y ago

asow92 5y ago
You would? So you aren't paying your fair share of taxes now? How much would be fair to solve this problem then?
- fhood 5y ago
  I will admit that my current tax rate is a little....irritating in a state that can't seem to provide reasonable roads or trains, especially trains, ffs why is the east coast so much better at this. But I think that the segment of the homelessness that has the greatest negative impact on life in SF is probably smaller than you would imagine, and maybe it is just flat out worth it.
  - asow92 5y ago
    Over here on the east coast we have a lot of legacy infrastructure to support those rail lines, but they're nothing compared to what they used to be a century ago. That said, I'm hopeful that this administration can actually complete the connection between Scranton PA and NYC, as it would economically help a badly hurting rustbelt community. As far as the homeless minority: sure, yes, they may not be as big of a population as we assume, and yet here we are discussing how much of a problem it is. Personally, I can get behind stuff like UBI to help those folks so long as it's distributed to everyone rich or poor, and/or other inefficient social programs are shutdown to help offset these costs. Otherwise I feel like we're just rewarding incompetence and penalizing success, which I believe is where we get into enabling the proliferation of the worst kind of society to live in — one filled with apathy, nihilism, and literally poo everywhere.