PREACH. I get so sick of people acting like taxes are the living embodiment of Big Brother/King George III/Darth Vader placing their iron boots of oppression on our collective neck. TAXES ARE HOW WE PAY FOR CIVILIZATION.

That’s class warfare. Instead, tax the homeless in order to benefit the rich.

Austin sold its soul years ago to appeal to hipsters and yuppies, all at the expense of the most disenfranchised. Somehow this makes it liberal.

Samantha Bee and John Oliver have both truly picked up the torch where John Stewart left off. Not only are they hilarious, but their pieces are well researched and informative of some of the untold history behind major modern day political issues.

Also, taxing rich people doesn’t equate with making them villains. It equates to taking steps to address a massive inequality problem.

Well a common sexist stereotype of woman in power is that they’re shrill.

because they are insinuating that her laugh is too loud, too aggressive, too much and she should be relegated to tiny giggles behind her hand like a good, docile woman would. I mean, can you believe her audacity to actually laugh her real laugh??

The tech industry is doing the exact same thing to Austin. If they’re going to raise the cost of living so damn much, the least they can do is make it up somehow to the pre-existing locals they’ve all royally fucked over.

I was going to make a joke about filming “bum fights” for public consumption because I thought that was a fake thing that only happened on stupid tv shows, but then I googled it and learned it’s a real thing and now I’m sad.

You won’t be sorry. I promise. She is burdened with glorious purpose in the BEST WAY.

Are we absolutely sure it’s not too late to sack Trevor Noah, and bring back Samantha Bee to TDS?

“targeting our technology sector and making them out to be villains, simply because they’re trying to create jobs and [build] our local economy, is just a backwards approach.”

Dudebro rule of humor: Women aren’t funny. But making fun of women is always funny.

targeting our technology sector and making them out to be villains, simply because they’re trying to create jobs and [build] our local economy, is just a backwards approach.

Tech guys will be all “Eew, no way are we wasting a single penny on the poors, time to move the company!”

As opposed to a blanket tax, I’ve always wondered if there is a way to tax companies based on how many of their employees are signed up for some kind of welfare or who are homeless. Politicians talk about job creators, but do the jobs created matter if people can’t support themselves on the income they earn?

It’s not a…

I hope that he posts the letter next to the bill like "I was asked to do something about the homeless by one of your industries best, I hope that you find my solution to a step in the right direction for all." Just put that guy on blast for being so awful honestly.

Good. For cities like San Francisco and my hometown of Los Angeles, it’s easier to ignore and antagonize the homeless population. These are our brothers, sisters, and neighbors. These same tech bros in SF drove many residents out of the previously more affordable neighborhoods of Potrero Hill and SoMa. They can afford…

I’m guessing it will cost SF less to house homeless people than it does to combat them.