philocamillus.bsky.social
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This is very true from a property tax perspective, but I also think of the aggregate investment and resulting value that these cities forego.
We’re talking many trillions of dollars spent on land, materials, and most importantly, labor.
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Remember when Biden averted a war between Iran and Israel? That was cool
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This is the most interesting test for me. Pick a few examples like this and see if the AI can come up with them with the information available then.
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What tunnels are under consideration?
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I find the print issue to have a much better ratio, but plenty of both
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Just like he did with the job market. Too many jobs.
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Yes. It would look a lot like the Biden agenda with the IRA and Chips Act. Not sure how you steer those investments from the sun belt to rust belt though.
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As perhaps a younger reader, I don’t know much about the guns and butter inflation of the 60s
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4 students of 300.
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Fwiw, I teach in environmental studies, Silicon Valley public university/Calstate, upper division intro env law, energy and environment, solar energy analysis, and sustainable energy. I ask students of each how many have heard of the Inflation Reduction Act 1st day of class? Wanna guess percentage?
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So much of the anti-Biden coverage was focused on his speech impediment.
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I confess that I do not know this about chocolate
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This list is right but the filibuster point is shorthand for overall obstruction of the country’s best interests while a Democrat is president. He was the biggest force in hamstringing the country’s response to the global financial crisis from 2009-2016.
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Another reason Doug Jones should have been AG is that Dems should have a rule of appointing folks like this to the cabinet or ambassadorships if they lose. But they have to take the shot.
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Thank you, this is more accurate. The Obama era policies were an inadequate response, which had to be a major contributing factor to Trump’s election, but these were failures of Congress.
Sometimes I think I’m the only one who remembers the Americans Jobs Act.
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He preserved the union. I disagree with the statement that he violated the constitution.
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No he didn’t
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It’s a great example of history never ending. When it comes to governments, no victory or defeat is permanent.
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Yeah, it is uncool apparently to say people should be kind
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Sad to see
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Continued sprawl is such a mistake. I could maybe support developing some marginal land with dense housing, but 300 more SFHs is saddening.
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It underscores the urgency of acting now, always.
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Meanwhile, the US underinvested in infrastructure and housing in the low rate environment of the 2010s.
YIMBY reforms are much needed, but wow, there is no making up for the housing (and transit) projects that would have penciled in 2009-2019 but don’t now due to costs and interest rates.
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It’s also important to build as early as possible because conditions won’t always allow it. Madrid accomplished its major expansion project just in time for the financial crisis to occur, which prohibited future development.
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It’s always crazy for an American to read stories like this, where the left and center right politicians competed on who could build a better metro.
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I wonder if we should start leveraging utility costs to argue for housing density. More dense housing means more people to share the fixed costs. It’s a bank shot but it’s the same logic as there would be for property taxes if not for Prop 13.
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Who’s Next?
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Bring back sidewalks that enable two people to walk abreast
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It’s really a great theory. It’s on the mind these days.
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*Andy walks through his front door at 4am after a long day. He sees his buddy Lou sitting inside.*
Andy: Lou? It’s 4am!?
Lou: Not in Hong Kong it isn’t.
Great line, or the greatest line?
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Andy Barker PI is underrated