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> But what stands out is that this heavy-handed, controversial tax is being proposed during a time of relative prosperity. There are CS graduates with a master
by bigyabai 10mo ago
> But what stands out is that this heavy-handed, controversial tax is being proposed during a time of relative prosperity.
There are CS graduates with a masters degree working 12-hour shifts at Sweetgreen to afford rent on a 300 square-foot apartment.
You are not living in a period of relative prosperity, it's not the 1990s anymore. You are living in a unique, post-gentrified nightmare that does not exist anywhere else in the United States.
- qqcqq 10mo agoThe article is clearly about state budgets, not cherry-picked individual anecdotes
- throwawaysleep 10mo agoThe sum of individual anecdotes drives the state budget. Proclaiming that everything is great only works politically if for at least a large block of people, they agree.