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Post by sj on Apr 21, 2024 18:32:16 GMT -5
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Post by ForRealTho on Apr 21, 2024 18:43:53 GMT -5
Funny you posted this I almost did but busy day, I'm not home. Anyone who believes in "small government" or "limited government overreach" would never want homelessness criminalized. It was illegal to be homeless in the Soviet Union
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Post by sj on Apr 22, 2024 9:41:59 GMT -5
Funny you posted this I almost did but busy day, I'm not home. Anyone who believes in "small government" or "limited government overreach" would never want homelessness criminalized. It was illegal to be homeless in the Soviet Union You'd think, under Communism, the state would make sure everyone has housing. On the flip side, this is proof we don't live in a true Democracy, because if people were allowed to vote on it, ppl would vote that $100 billion go to fixing this country's housing crisis. But it's nigh impossible because, truthfully, the people have zero say in it.
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Post by sj on Apr 22, 2024 9:52:17 GMT -5
If you look at China's housing market, it's the polar opposite (despite their population far exceeding ours). They have a glut/excess of housing (at least, in their cities) and prices are crazy low. Oversupply halts construction though, so unemployment in construction goes up.
Our elites simply decided they want keep prices sky high and issue directives to halt construction because they see real estate as a investment vehicle (i.e. they want the value of their investments to continue to go up & up - the poor be damned).
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Post by sj on Apr 22, 2024 10:04:10 GMT -5
What's going to end up happening is more and more people will start to realize that the American dream is a sham and they'll leave the US for greener pastures.. not poor ppl necessarily, since they can't afford to be mobile. But younger ppl w/ skill & college educations and single middle-aged adults barely scrapping by (or, more likely, sinking into debt) on normal incomes.. because it really takes a couple (two middle-class incomes) to afford a decent house these days.
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Post by ForRealTho on Apr 22, 2024 13:51:27 GMT -5
It's not hard to look back 4-5 years and recall events. The left made a huge push and mass protests across the country to "defund the police" in 2020, during the "mostly peaceful protests." And, as a result, many cities did defund the police. When Biden got in office, he griped at these cities' leaders to refund the police and they did (year over year), and thus crime stats improve. Amazing how funding the police reduces crime, I know. I think its a bit more complex then "give the cops money and crimes go down" If it IS that simple well then I think we just killed the whole concept of small government or libertarianism or "government as the nightwatchman" Just dump money into the cops and crime goes away. The issue with that line of thinking is it doesn't explain the 1 trillion dollars we have spent on the war on drugs and more people use drugs in the US then ever.
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Post by sj on Apr 22, 2024 14:10:49 GMT -5
It's not hard to look back 4-5 years and recall events. The left made a huge push and mass protests across the country to "defund the police" in 2020, during the "mostly peaceful protests." And, as a result, many cities did defund the police. When Biden got in office, he griped at these cities' leaders to refund the police and they did (year over year), and thus crime stats improve. Amazing how funding the police reduces crime, I know. I think its a bit more complex then "give the cops money and crimes go down" If it IS that simple well then I think we just killed the whole concept of small government or libertarianism or "government as the nightwatchman" Just dump money into the cops and crime goes away. The issue with that line of thinking is it doesn't explain the 1 trillion dollars we have spent on the war on drugs and more people use drugs in the US then ever. When have I said I was for small government? This country has had law enforcement going back to the old west, so it's not like anybody's turning full-on commie by saying fund the police. I am against the massive deficit and trillions of debt.. a govt doesn't have to be tiny to balance its budget (it's a false equivalency to think ultra-high debt levels are required for a large govt).. is it any wonder more companies are offering discounts if you pay in crypto. If we devalue the $ too much, that's going to have repercussions at the highest levels (including government). Drugs are a unique problem - the majority of the production and distribution are overseas where our police and DEA have no jurisdiction. When our DEA intercepts a huge shipment, the producers just make more. The CCP is probably funding Fentenyl production, since the Chinese citizens are under constant surveillance, they can't take a dump without their govt knowing about it. We were talking about homicide rates in US cities, which is something we can affect directly by funding police. What's your magic formula for murder rates dropping? Everybody knows about the defund police shit and then subsequent refunding under Democrat PotUS - that's public knowledge.. but it's just coincidence to you. lol
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Post by sj on Apr 22, 2024 18:11:21 GMT -5
The people who push for defunding police while simulaneously being anti-2A never made sense. Literally strip people of defenses against violent criminals.. You think you're buff and tough, can dodge bullets like Neo. Well, granny still needs her shotgun (to be on equal footing) or somebody to call (police) to take out uninvited trash.
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Post by ForRealTho on Apr 22, 2024 22:19:59 GMT -5
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