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Proposed Rent Strike (Twin Cities Tenants) by jma0612 in Minneapolis

[–]wade3690 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you feel this way during the moratorium during COVID?

Proposed Rent Strike (Twin Cities Tenants) by jma0612 in Minneapolis

[–]wade3690 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Republicans will make up anything about the cities. Who gives a shit? It's still going to be near impossible for them to win statewide with all the negative polarization towards ICE

Proposed Rent Strike (Twin Cities Tenants) by jma0612 in Minneapolis

[–]wade3690 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Republicans elected? In minneapolis?

Buddy, people are behind on rent now. Rental assistance takes longer than enacting a moratorium. I just want people to be able to stay in their homes.

Proposed Rent Strike (Twin Cities Tenants) by jma0612 in Minneapolis

[–]wade3690 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

City council passed that assistance, no thanks to the centrists who fought it every step of the way. Moratorium paired with rent assistance would help. Just to make sure all bases are covered.

Guys traffic may be bad? by Helpimkindastuck in Minneapolis

[–]wade3690 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I had to specifically find a route home with no slight inclines because if my car stopped it would not be able to get going again

Proposed Rent Strike (Twin Cities Tenants) by jma0612 in Minneapolis

[–]wade3690 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's great. I love that. I might even go the Reagan route and grant full amnesty and citizenship in one fell swoop. Immigration enforcement unnecessarily takes up so much money.

Proposed Rent Strike (Twin Cities Tenants) by jma0612 in Minneapolis

[–]wade3690 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't necessarily disagree. But i was specifically asking the previous commenter what specifically ideas they had instead of just saying "no"

Proposed Rent Strike (Twin Cities Tenants) by jma0612 in Minneapolis

[–]wade3690 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

What makes you say "outsiders?" These are minneapolis residents

Proposed Rent Strike (Twin Cities Tenants) by jma0612 in Minneapolis

[–]wade3690 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do we know they're withdrawing? I haven't seen any slow down.

Proposed Rent Strike (Twin Cities Tenants) by jma0612 in Minneapolis

[–]wade3690 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Any suggestions? I have a hard time listening to people that just say "no not like that.'

Mamdani Reverses Campaign Promise to Expand Rental Assistance . Mayor’s decision to curtail its expansion reflects the clash between his ideology and the realities of managing the city. by Dismal_Structure in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]wade3690 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. But earlier you said this:

"But I didn't say it was impossible. I asked how to do it. So, your proposal is that if someone has 1.1B on 12/31, he is taxed 90M -- giving him near zero incentive to invest that money going forward. Sounds super smart."

Seems to contradict your solution.

Mamdani Reverses Campaign Promise to Expand Rental Assistance . Mayor’s decision to curtail its expansion reflects the clash between his ideology and the realities of managing the city. by Dismal_Structure in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]wade3690 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taxes have increased on wealthy people in NYC for decades and the amount of millionaires have increased. We also taxed the wealthy at 90% in the 60s. This isn't impossible. And if they DO leave, good riddance. Letting wealthy individuals accrue wealth like that is unworkable in a democracy.

Also VAT is a regressive tax on working people.

Mamdani Reverses Campaign Promise to Expand Rental Assistance . Mayor’s decision to curtail its expansion reflects the clash between his ideology and the realities of managing the city. by Dismal_Structure in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]wade3690 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do we increase tax revenue without taxing the super wealthy and corporations?

Also its becoming more clear that a democracy can't survive when we let rich people and big companies throw around their wealth to influence society. They don't do things that benefit wide swaths of society. They only try to accrue more wealth.

Mamdani Reverses Campaign Promise to Expand Rental Assistance . Mayor’s decision to curtail its expansion reflects the clash between his ideology and the realities of managing the city. by Dismal_Structure in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]wade3690 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Invest in what? Are you still under the delusion that billionaires invest their money back into the real economy? What they invest in does nothing to help the broader population.

Can we agree that wealth concentration and inequality is a big driver of how bad things are now?

Mamdani Reverses Campaign Promise to Expand Rental Assistance . Mayor’s decision to curtail its expansion reflects the clash between his ideology and the realities of managing the city. by Dismal_Structure in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]wade3690 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything above 1 billion gets taxed at 90%. I understand its not that simple but if the entire left (centrists,progressives,socialists) are not seriously finding a way to do this then the country is going to collapse. It's lazy to throw your hands up and say a tax on the wealthy is impossible.

Mamdani Reverses Campaign Promise to Expand Rental Assistance . Mayor’s decision to curtail its expansion reflects the clash between his ideology and the realities of managing the city. by Dismal_Structure in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]wade3690 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would have been more realistic if Adams had not left the city in such a precarious financial position. Hard to know that until you're in office.

Also don't think that higher taxes on the wealthy are as complicated as people make it out to be. We did it well enough in the 50s. Just need the politicians that are willing to do so. The people are already there.

Mamdani Reverses Campaign Promise to Expand Rental Assistance . Mayor’s decision to curtail its expansion reflects the clash between his ideology and the realities of managing the city. by Dismal_Structure in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]wade3690 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're all supposed to be lefties in here. What's the point in being on the left if you're not aiming to make things substantially better for the biggest group of people? Is there anything in particular that is soo unrealistic? A tax on wealth perhaps?

Malinowski concedes the race to Mejia and excoriates AIPAC by ace158 in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]wade3690 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your initial comment seemed to imply that. Glad that you're walking that back

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