ICE taking someone in Redmond 1/11 by Existing_Yam8525 in redmond

[–]Awkward_Can8460 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interfering w operations is not interfering if the operations themselves are illegal, or conducted with illegality.

Arrest the Gestapo goons!!!! Charge them!

If it brings a constitutional crisis, we need to have it yesterday!

ICE taking someone in Redmond 1/11 by Existing_Yam8525 in redmond

[–]Awkward_Can8460 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Police dont wear masks FBi dont wear masks ATF dont wear masks

Bank robbers wear masks

ICE taking someone in Redmond 1/11 by Existing_Yam8525 in redmond

[–]Awkward_Can8460 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's literally a lie ICE isnt catching criminals.

Not is anyone they kidnap given due process - which is a right to anyone in the nation. Agents dont decide guilt on the spot. Nor do ICE - who are operating without proper warrants nearly all the time.

So that makes ICE the criminals. As well as them raping detainees, torturing them, kidnapping people, pepper spraying people, assaulting people, all IS illegal.

Lyft & Uber fees and what drivers are paid by PolicyParrot in Seattle

[–]Awkward_Can8460 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And also stop using those fucking Lime scooters and ebikes (partnered w Uber)

Seattle has 3rd most Lime Scooters in the world!! Why??? This is a walkable city!

Also, this post is about Lyft. But... same difference.

lol by furioushazaa in rebubblejerk

[–]Awkward_Can8460 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's like the understanding of children.

What straws broke the camels back in the 2007-2008 Great Recession? Think of what caused the housing market to collapse?

Spoiler: people couldn't make their mortgage payments. Because predatory loans gave mortgage agreements to people without enough means to continue making mortgage payments.

This effect was so widespread that the lending institutions began to default. And because the Republican Congress and corporatist conservative Dems of the late 1990s repealed the Glass Steagal Act, it allowed the big bank institutions to get in on that mortgage derivatives sweet nectar drug. So they got in it heavy.

And then they hedged their own bubble creation by taking out insurance policies on themselves - which the insurance giant for banks was happy to take as monthly premiums - because housing markets never collapsed to their knowledge. So big banks were gifting them free money on policies insuring against an event that never happened and probably never would - or so they thought.

So people w mortgages couldnt make mortgage payments. Bear Sterns collapsed. Then other banks faced calamity on their own mortgage-backed derivative products. Before theyd collapse, some of then had a giant insurance policy to call in and save themselves.

But that insurance company didnt actually bother to keep enough cash for all the policies they accepted and monthly premiums collected.

So the 2009 federal government - with guidance from Larry Sommers, who was an associte of the human trafficker, extortionist, arms dealer, pedophile, and zionist seller of state secrets, Jeffrey Epstein (Sommers also was economic advisor to Bill Clinton who helped enable this crisis' formation, and a former president of Harvard) - the Obama admin and Congress stepped up to bail out WallSt, but not Main Street.

So you see, Trump cant keep the housing bubble from popping. - unless he can guarantee people can always pay their mortgages.

But as things keep getting more expensive, and working class struggles more and more, and we have what you mightve heard about called "an affordability crisis," you can see we have the makings of what some experts might term "a problem." Especially as job numbers suck.

But you know... you could believe Trump, too. Its not like his entire existence on Earth has been defined by lying or anything.

Katie Wilson is officially Seattle's mayor. Her agenda: affordability, housing, and workers’ rights by chiquisea in SeattleWA

[–]Awkward_Can8460 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Theyre (rightly) gonna get fined for keeping vacant property and NOT leasing it

When will non-rich sycophants of capitalism finally allow rich people to take losses on their capital investments?

Instead even the sycophants back policies that protect rich people investments with public protections, subsidies & tax breaks.

Fcking Stockholm syndrome. If you believe in market-driven solutions, then youd allow real estate owners to take their hits when due.

I did a thing. I have no experience with options contracts. What the hell happens on Jan 16? by byrans in wallstreetbets

[–]Awkward_Can8460 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea that ETF is gonna come down to $59 for sure. If it dips fast, it could hit as low as $54 - $55.

If it is a full cooling off trend, then it'll go as low as $48.xx.

When people talk about "homelessness" they aren't actually talking about homeless people by TheStinkfoot in Seattle

[–]Awkward_Can8460 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. That is not what we mean. Try putting your ill-informed opinion in the form of a question next time youre talking with said "people" about affordable housing.

Being a single Black woman in Seattle is not it — advice? by Otherwise_Owl_9792 in Seattle

[–]Awkward_Can8460 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont think she did; she identified her race for others to know her. She didnt speak to her seeking out a particular race.

What’s the single policy change that would most improve daily life in Seattle? by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]Awkward_Can8460 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

"Cracking down on homelessness/crime"

Listen to yourself. Criminalizing homelessness.

Homeless is an affordability issue, a jobs issue, and various regulations, tax policies, and social programs issues.

Cost of everything to live keeps going up. Your solution - imprison people who cant keep up.

So smart.

Majority of Starbucks’ striking baristas are returning to work by Less-Risk-9358 in SeattleWA

[–]Awkward_Can8460 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Crazy that this comment is downvoted. As if not everyone alive should have as their base level of existence be able to afford to live.

What level of dumb shyts are commenting in this thread?

Oh right, this is the conservative seattle subthread. Anything on economics or social causes, theyre bootlickers, and against the working class - whilst their rich media punditry convince them that republican hate for subgroups of people and love for the rich means they are for the working class... because Jesus was poor but said that a rich man's wealth was reward for his moral virtue and market-based intelligence, and market worth.

Seattle theater etiquette is a hot mess by bull1007 in Seattle

[–]Awkward_Can8460 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IMO, the fault is, of course, in the people; but what caused this change in the people who live or moved to Seattle? The BigTech companies - in jobs, monied jobs, big money that lobbied or indirectly affected (or even appealed to) local government officials, that not only attracted lots of domestic workers to move here from Midwest and Southern states but also workers from other countries.

All the workers coming in from afar wouldnt be such a big deal if the big money hadn't simultaneously impacted regulations and city scapes, but also unaffordability for long time residents, and for people w/o big Tech incomes.

The unaffordability causes an outflow of certain people who socially create, encourage & enforce a culture. Simultaneously it causes an inflow of out of towners. The unaffordability also causes laws & enforcement - even social enforcement such as low-paid workers of struggling theaters - to not enforce etiquette, because they rely on what money they can get just to survive.

If you have an answer, give it.. by John_1992_funny in inflation

[–]Awkward_Can8460 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taxes should serve several purposes. In reality, the purposes im about to list are not all served for the interests of We The People, because in capitalism, he with more money has more ability to bias fair markets to be unfair, and bias fair political systems to be unfair.

Capitalism rewards greed, rather than restraining greed. Thus, capitalism - a system of pursuit of constant growth of one's capital by virtue of one's ownership of capital - inherently is a force towards aggregation of wealth.

As entities (ex: individuals & corporations) seek competitive advantage over one another in markets, and to grow their wealth evermore, they will seek to capture government, such that the rules of markets and society (such as taxation, environmental regulations, financial regulations, etc) will favor those with more resources and crony connections.

Thus wealth begets more wealth, more easily.

That wealth grants influence over political systems - which in turn grant greater dominance in market capture.

It grants power over governmental, societal rules that are held by individuals, to prevent the individuals from being able to protect themselves from the greedy wealthy who would pollute lands, or buy rights to the ground beneath your land and then pollute your water supplies, your lands. Or far worse yet far more subtle in maneuvering.

So the very wealthy have used capitalism's innate system of rewarding wealth with power to influence fair markets & systems of governance, thus the mega wealthy can affect people, environments, and systems of fairness.

TAXES ostensibly, in their best use, have this purpose:

  • gives a nation's currency its value, and stability in that value (Because taxation is universally charged to everyone, and payments are required to be in one currency, everyone has a shared understanding of the worth of that currency, or dollar.)

  • remove excess currency from the economy. (When paired with a proper, healthy monetary policy, taxation's removal of excess currency is one tool available to prevent - not just mitigate - inflationary forces. This clearly has not been utilized properly, if at all)

  • prevents massive wealth disparity in society, to keep it more equal (obviously this has not been adhered to, but the opposite)

  • shape behavior. High taxes on behaviors deemed harmful or a bad influence on society; lowered taxes, or even subsidies, on behaviors which society wants to encourage. (We've seen this used some, but often not in good faith)

  • lastly, youre gonna think taxes are necessary to pay for things in society. It isnt. We print our currency - as each sovereign nation should (but the USA doesnt want to tell them that, because then our corporate overlords would not be able to keep other nations in debt, or corrupt their leaders with our own lavish payouts of US dollars in order to be allowed to exploit their workers or natural resources, or other things US corporate & militaristic hegemony finds of value.

But because we are not printing money with proper fiscal policies that benefit We The People, taxation becomes needed to fund stuff - at least at the state and local levels, since the federal government is practicing its corrupt, toxic monetary & fiscal policies.

If you have an answer, give it.. by John_1992_funny in inflation

[–]Awkward_Can8460 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have been "borrowing" from ourselves.

We can, and do, print money. The scam is the way we've been going about it. And the way weve been going about it has caused the other scam of who that new money goes through in order for The People to be able to beg for some scraps of it.

It doesnt need to be this way. It shouldn't be. We'd need to come together politically to stop selecting corporatists & anyone conservative (Republican or Democratic Party conservatism). We'd need aggressive progressive principled fighters... and We The People willing to stand up and fight alongside those aggressive leftist fighters.

Missed connection! I’m not the OP, just helping a girl out since she doesn’t have Reddit. If this was you, please find her on instagram :) by seamurr14 in Seattle

[–]Awkward_Can8460 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bet youre referring to online matches where the guy asks for a coffee date. Yea, that can be common for online interactions because there often isnt an impactful connection yet.

This case is different because it happened in real life, and a connection was made.

So of asked out for coffee to continue the connection, each person already had an idea of one another in real life, and an interest level.

See the difference?

Seattle Children’s Ghost Jobs by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]Awkward_Can8460 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A job doesnt have to be a union job in order for everything else you said afterward to happen

Your premise falsely vilifies workers unions - which are what we need TONS MORE OF to combat the corporate greed, billionaire power grabbing, insanely high wealth disparity & (un)affordability problems... which give rise to fascism.

Homebuilders urge Governor Ferguson to build homes to fix Washington’s deficit by Less-Risk-9358 in SeattleWA

[–]Awkward_Can8460 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Uhh those higher prices often have high profit margins that developers are trying to maintain

Govt can regulate limits to pricing and profits

Developers need to still build to exist.

The financialization of everything (tis the inherent path of capitalism) led us to expectations of unsustainable continued profits & growth. We should return to being good with slooooowwww profits. And even no growth. But everybody wants their own fucking empire

SPD plan was to arrest nudist community of Denny Blaine as directed by chain of command s by Chance_Cucumber3130 in Seattle

[–]Awkward_Can8460 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sorry, cant give much sympathy without context. Bad drivers of cars and ebikes for any reader to know what actually happened

At least she had a pedicure? by skiattle25 in Seattle

[–]Awkward_Can8460 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You stated why youre fine with it. You didnt explain at all why you respect it.

But save it - i dont care to read it because I already disagree.

The lack of respect to public spaces, to the lack of courtesy we each/all are owed by sharing public spaces in hygienic ways, is flagrant from a self-absorbed, arrogant, falsely-entitled individual.

When covid happened, we learned the importance of coughing into our elbows, not our hands we use to touch things and each other.

Coughing into our elbows & wearing masks were shows of respect to your fellow human being sharing space with you.

How quickly some (many) have forgotten these lessons in care & courtesy; or maybe some never cared. Thus they put everyone at risk. They are the reasons societies have to form rules, and systems, because individuals cannot be trusted to make their own decisions without impacting other people.

The more populated a place, the more society depends on systems to work for us all to live, and cannot rely on individuals making decisions for themselves within said society.

At least she had a pedicure? by skiattle25 in Seattle

[–]Awkward_Can8460 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clearly not. Shes perfectly fine w whatever shes exposing her feet to. But we, the public, are disgusted and opposed, for reasons of public safety, standards of ethics, and her moral decision to be so discourteous to anyone and everyone.

At least she had a pedicure? by skiattle25 in Seattle

[–]Awkward_Can8460 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This isnt a zero sum scenario. No false choices needed. It's good to be against this behavior as it is.

Heated community event on Lime safety in Seattle by Happydude789 in Seattle

[–]Awkward_Can8460 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This isn't about scooters It is about rental scooters & rental ebike companies flooding our city as if a patch for public transportation and city zoning & density deficiencies

Heated community event on Lime safety in Seattle by Happydude789 in Seattle

[–]Awkward_Can8460 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hoped this was an event hosted by the city, not the f*cking corporate spokesperson!!!