A new tax should help

MikeDamone

JFC. I’m sure the money will be spent wisely and homeless will go down. Or, an alternative bet would be it not only does nothing, but things will get worse.

https://patch.com/washington/seattle/lawmakers-consider-king-county-payroll-tax-homelessness?fbclid=IwAR2dVgxzlw8YkYVz8L3aCCMwXicxnH6BAppZ9who5DyG8egrko7Z1h6-BBo

RaceBannon

RaceBannon

If by little or no progress you mean it got worse then yes

WestlinnDuck

Spend $700K per each homeless housing unit is pure phu*cking genius. After a couple of years of occupancy by a homeless vagrant probably could flip it for a $100K.

SFGbob

The left is unwilling to admit what the real issue is with the homeless. It is primarily a mental health and substance abuse issue. When you hear a politician say that the homeless problem is caused by a lack of affordable housing they are lying to you and are only trying to impose another tax to fleece the taxpayers and reward their supporters.

We could deal with the homeless problem over night but lack the political will to do so. So instead, we'll spend $Billions and we'll do nothing to actually fix the problem.

RaceBannon

It's the working middle class that are effected by high priced housing

The government can't solve that either. They caused it

SFGbob

RaceBannon said:

It's the working middle class that are effected by high priced housing

The government can't solve that either. They caused it

Gavin Newsome will cry about the lack of affordable housing and how it's causing the homeless problem and in the next breath he'll tout the state of California's new green energy polices that add thousands to the price of a new home.

Sledog

SFGbob said:

The left is unwilling to admit what the real issue is with the homeless. It is primarily a mental health and substance abuse issue. When you hear a politician say that the homeless problem is caused by a lack of affordable housing they are lying to you and are only trying to impose another tax to fleece the taxpayers and reward their supporters.

We could deal with the homeless problem over night but lack the political will to do so. So instead, we'll spend $Billions and we'll do nothing to actually fix the problem.

The other reason is Kalifornia has tossed 60,000+ felons out of prison onto the streets.

HustlinOwl

SFGbob said:

We could deal with the homeless problem over night but lack the political will to do so.

{Eating Popcorn}

Can't wait to hear this one.

SFGbob

HustlinOwl said:

SFGbob said:

We could deal with the homeless problem over night but lack the political will to do so.

{Eating Popcorn}

Can't wait to hear this one.

You invite each homeless person into your house and offer to blow them.

dflea

Imagine thinking that someone wants to fix the homeless problem and kill the 700 million dollar golden goose.

Nobody wants to fix any fucking problem. That's the problem.

Problems are money. And money is graft if you know how to play the game and aren't worried about what a cunt you are.

So yeah, nobody is fixing any problem. You gotta find a workaround.

Swaye

dflea said:

Imagine thinking that someone wants to fix the homeless problem and kill the 700 million dollar golden goose.

Nobody wants to fix any fucking problem. That's the problem.

Problems are money. And money is graft if you know how to play the game and aren't worried about what a cunt you are.

So yeah, nobody is fixing any problem. You gotta find a workaround.

This.

DerekJohnson

RaceBannon said:

It's the working middle class that are effected by high priced housing

The government can't solve that either. They caused it

How did the government cause the high priced housing issue? Isn't it just a matter of supply and demand?

MikeDamone

DerekJohnson said:

RaceBannon said:

It's the working middle class that are effected by high priced housing

The government can't solve that either. They caused it

How did the government cause the high priced housing issue? Isn't it just a matter of supply and demand?

Are you being serious or mocking the tug leftists? I think the later.

2001400ex

DerekJohnson said:

RaceBannon said:

It's the working middle class that are effected by high priced housing

The government can't solve that either. They caused it

How did the government cause the high priced housing issue? Isn't it just a matter of supply and demand?

Yes but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributed by increasing the supply pool. And the Fed lowered the interest rates which made payments lower, which inherently increases the price of the house. And lowered restrictions in banks increased the pool of money to lend as well.

Government didn't "cause it", but they had their hand in some of the reasons for high housing prices.

HustlinOwl

SFGbob said:

HustlinOwl said:

SFGbob said:

We could deal with the homeless problem over night but lack the political will to do so.

{Eating Popcorn}

Can't wait to hear this one.

You invite each homeless person into your house and offer to blow them.

I'm sure you, your wife and children have removed dozens of men from the streets with this technique, but what about homeless women and children. You must have an alternate plan?

WestlinnDuck

Government causes high prices because of regulation. Largely zoning and transportation regulation. The Portland metro area has a strict urban growth boundary which drives up land prices. Toss in the fact that we haven't had a major highway expansion since the 1970s. No new bridges since the I-205 bridge in 1982. Toss in the crappy public school systems and then you get island oasis of intact families who do care about education like West Linn and Lake Oswego in the Portland suburbs. Both areas are totally built out. Both are adjacent to the urban growth boundary.

RaceBannon

MikeDamone said:

DerekJohnson said:

RaceBannon said:

It's the working middle class that are effected by high priced housing

The government can't solve that either. They caused it

How did the government cause the high priced housing issue? Isn't it just a matter of supply and demand?

Are you being serious or mocking the tug leftists? I think the later.

Well there is plenty to mock

2001400ex

WestlinnDuck said:

Government causes high prices because of regulation. Largely zoning and transportation regulation. The Portland metro area has a strict urban growth boundary which drives up land prices. Toss in the fact that we haven't had a major highway expansion since the 1970s. No new bridges since the I-205 bridge in 1982. Toss in the crappy public school systems and then you get island oasis of intact families who do care about education like West Linn and Lake Oswego in the Portland suburbs. Both areas are totally built out. Both are adjacent to the urban growth boundary.

That's local government, not federal government. If you want "freedom", move to Kansas. I hear they have low taxes and huge growth is coming any day now.

UW_Doog_Bot

LA could have cut a check for $20,000 to each homeless person last year for what they spent. Would have probably done more good that way than whatever Democratic rathole it went down.

WestlinnDuck

Would be a good idea if that would stop a growing problem. But if you leave food out for the rats, you get more rats. That's what the leftards have been doing for the homeless and then seemed shocked that the problem is getting worse.