Hey, come on. That’s uncalled for. What did the mentally ill ever do to you that you would insult them like that?

The National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). Under the NLRA, management is not allowed to permanently replace striking workers in every situation.

It’s in the article. Basically, during the 70s deregulation “boom” the T&LC allowed people to lease medallions to non-owners rather than only allowing medallion owners to use their medallion. That turned medallions in to a type of asset which was of value to people who didn’t want to drive a taxi. Which increased…

On the other hand, why follow the laws put in place over decades to make sure companies that use publicly funded infrastructure benefit the entire public when you can “disrupt” first and then lobby to make your “disruption” the law later?

How so? The links in the article show that in cities where there was the most new construction, rents still increased and increased even more for the poor than the rich. The market didn’t provide.

Setting aside how a monetary sovereign that prints its own currency is can not be in a situation where it “can’t afford” something (the only issue is the possibility of inflation), what makes you think is government unable to build on the scale required to lower the rate of rent inflation?

The “liberal” media could shout about the Gang Of Six and all the other attempts by Obama and Congressional Dems to get the gop’s input (even when it was clear that input consisted of poison pills or a bad-faith attempt to slow the bill’s move through Congress) all day every day. It doesn’t matter because the kind of…

He seriously must have some sort of personality disorder or something. I genuinely can’t comprehend how someone who personally knows the necessity of the kind of award he received from a jury of his peers for living a decent life after such a terrible incident can so blithely “switch off” that knowledge when it comes…

Abbott is worse. Gohmert says a bunch of shitty things and is clearly a shithead racist. But he didn’t make it practically his life’s mission to prevent other people benefiting from something which literally saved his life and allowed him the best possible quality of life considering the circumstances.

The Quartz article cited in the OP shows that even in the the five metropolitan areas with the most new apartments (Houston, Dallas, Washington, DC, Seattle, and Denver), at minimum 75% were luxury (Houston was 96%). In all of those cities either rent fell for the rich and went up for the poor or rent went up for…

Which YIMBYs are in favor of rent stabilization and pied a terre taxes? In America, I mean.

Maybe. It’s hard to tell since there is no actual proposal. If, for example, using medicaid is grounds for expulsion but not using the ACA subsidies or the ACA exchange (obviously there is no way this bill would target immigrants using tax subsidized employer provided insurance), then it would seem like the bill is…

Greg Abbott is maybe the worst republican elected official in America. And that is really saying something.

The point is this proposal concerns LEGAL IMMIGRANTS who are eligible to benefit from these programs. The proposal isn’t about punishing people who illegally used benefits to which they weren’t entitled. It is to prevent legal immigrants who are a “public charge” (which is being expanded to include using almost any…

This is fucking insane. Luckily I got my citizenship in 2015, but I was a green card holder from ~2000 when I moved here at about 16.

This “first amendment” shit is outrageous. It’s the new “right to contract” from the Lochner era which was used to invalidate government attempts to regulate capital owners.

But you’ll be “premium taxed” less. So you might actually pay less in total for taxes and health care than you do now. Unless you don’t pay for health insurance now. Which would mean you either don’t pay taxes anyway or you’re one of those assholes who goes without insurance and asks the rest of us to pay when you…

“If you want “Medicare for all”, no kidding, go to Canada. The border is essentially open at this point so long as you don’t cross at an official crossing.”

And I think they’ll hear “paying less overall for better health care”. Look at how the Medicaid expansion is the most popular part of the ACA.

No, the argument is “we’re going to eliminate your insurance premiums and no more out-of-pocket payments, but we’re also going to be taking out 200% more from your paycheck, which will be in total less that is taken out of your paycheck now for taxes and premiums.”