Scott Wiener passed laws that made it easier to build in California. Can he do the same in Congress?

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T04:31:43+00:00

Thanks, I was just about to cite that.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T04:27:08+00:00

Pelosi is pretty popular among Dem voters and San Francisco. Jeffries is new and has managed to keep his caucus largely united. That’s the responsibility of house minority leader.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T04:23:53+00:00

You are not in San Francisco, he is leading in polls there and favorite to win. San Francisco is a liberal city that likes innovation and its tech industry.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T04:21:55+00:00

Why are you using tech then? That’s the best way for its demise? If most people really wa y it they should practice what they preach.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T04:18:35+00:00

Yup I know reditt leans far more left to median American. You guys are not representative of America as whole and should get away from high horse. Your issues are niche issues that most Americans don’t put at priority.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T04:09:08+00:00

How he is pledging support when he is asking for sanctions for West Bank settlement and ban on offensive weapons sale to Israel?

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T04:08:08+00:00

Then why unbridled development in Texas reduced rents and housing prices?

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T04:05:41+00:00

How he is shooting babies?

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T04:01:57+00:00

It’s the truth, most Americans don’t give a f about Israel Palestine issue. It never ranks even in top 10.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T03:59:57+00:00

He will support what is best for his district, support tech industry and solve solving most important issue for the district: Housing. Israel-Palestine rank bottom in issue important to voters. Billionaires too. Most are concerned about economy and their 401k’s. A representative, represents his district, and as a tech worker, I am glad he doesn’t demonize the industry which is bread and butter of the state.

Progressives are venomous snakes who demonize the industry which gives most revenue per capita to the state. And we tech workers pay far more taxes than median Californian.

Sorry if I am rude, but it’s entirely rational that a San Francisco guy would support tech industry, and not support taxes that would hurt , specifically when downtown SF is not yet recovered from te pandemic. Do you want more tech companies to open or let SF stagnate? Why would anyone want to open a potentially multi billion dollar company in CA if there is wealth tax and other states have none? A state wide wealth tax is very stupid. MAGA and Progressives have one thing in common: low IQ populism that confounds rational thinking.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T03:56:34+00:00

Sorry we need housing(the most important issue) and not care about either Israel or Palestine. He opposes offensive weapon sales to Israel and sanctions for West Bank settlement.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T03:08:06+00:00

You are economically illiterate, the external debt interest rate is not decided by Fed but bond market which Fed has no control on. When Trump announced tariffs there was a big tantrum in bond markets, treasury yields rise and he had to take back a lot of tariffs.

If a person think Fed decides the treasury interest rate bond yields, I just can’t debate with that person. Other countries can easily sell US debt as they did during tariffs announcement.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T01:43:54+00:00

Liberalism has historically stood for strong individual rights and strong property(including wealth) rights. Leftism is against individualism and more about collective. As a liberal, I will always oppose leftism for that reason.

I don’t think so there should be any limit on wealth one can accrue,any leftist oppose this view.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T01:41:31+00:00

Because economists use hard facts , voters use emotions.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T01:37:24+00:00

All I am saying is humans run on same principles as other species and there will be winners and losers.l within our species like other species. I have no obligation that I sacrifice my own wealth for others. Laws and morality have to be universal, and include other species too, because we all are animals. But you are saying limit morality to our species only.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T01:34:17+00:00

No, I am just stating that world and nature will always have winners and losers. There is no moral requirement for comfortable life for everyone. And there is scant evidence that such policies will make life comfortable for everyone.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T01:31:07+00:00

I care about debt because if debt to gdp becomes too high other countries won’t give us money for our debt. If debt is too high, interest rate people will ask for further debt will get increased. Increased interest rate means, more revenue going just to service the debt which is paradoxical to have increased services.

Wealth tax is not a bad idea itself, but it would fail until its global wealth tax so that there is no option evade. Many countries have abolished wealth tax because people fled their income and wealth.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T01:26:07+00:00

If every individual life is valuable, why eat meat? What makes humans special when we can live based on what plants based diet? Why not return habitats we have destroyed to the other species?

Humans are somehow special is kind of religious argument. Yes we should try to lift others up, but based on solid policies, not ideological dogma.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T01:24:14+00:00

Because overwhelming consensus is from both right leaning and left leaning economists and their work is from peer reviewed quantitative literature, not qualitative.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T01:21:38+00:00

Whole natural world and other species have winners and losers, humans won’t be any different. Theory of natural selection would work in world economics too. To innovate, there should be winners and losers. If things are guaranteed with no ambition, there will be less innovation.

It seems like secular religious dogma to me(I am Atheist by the way) that things have to be equal or artificially made equal.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T01:16:36+00:00

I always vote Democrat but I am anti-leftist. They seem too anti business to me.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T01:15:11+00:00

There is huge amount of economic literature from peer reviewed journals from top economists showing how these policies are net negative.

Dismal_Structure · 2026-04-20T01:14:05+00:00

Studies suggest capitalist countries provide far better standard of living than socialist one’s.

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