Capitalism and inequality in the US
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Capitalism and inequality in the US
Not just the West, both coasts. There is a reason old people are piling into Florida and a few other states.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... inequality
My son noted that in general there is a lack of cheap housing of the type we had in the 1800s: boarding houses. Homeless shelters take the place of that.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... inequality
My son noted that in general there is a lack of cheap housing of the type we had in the 1800s: boarding houses. Homeless shelters take the place of that.
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
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We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
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California: both Democrats and Republicans block huge areas from "poor folks," single family homes only.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... evelopmentWealthy California town cites mountain lion habitat to deny affordable housing
Officials in Woodside – a mansion-filled, tech entrepreneur enclave – claim wildcat land keeps them from building multi-unit homes
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
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I'd call it a failure of socialism - if gov allows predation on shelter without curbs ...then it's not an unexpected outcome.
Somehow speculation is not allowed on roads, parks, schools, water, sanitation even in some countries like Finland education but it is with few exceptions laissez -faire on shelter and some will choose to prey on the least advantage especially in North America where REITS monetize housing and make insane returns on a human necessity.
We shelter elders and uni students from housing rip offs but it's a free for all on the working stiff often in collusion with local gov.
Some capitalists provide that housing for staff, some even allow ownership but forbid speculation
https://ca.indeed.com/Ski-Resort-With-S ... 0e1d7dc813
Company towns used to be common but then bad apples, especially in the coal mining industry ended with the same rip off or worse
It all comes down to the choice private organizations make to balance income with public weal....some need to be forced
Kellog is case study in helping its employees weather and even thrive in the Great Depression
and today one of the most famous
Somehow speculation is not allowed on roads, parks, schools, water, sanitation even in some countries like Finland education but it is with few exceptions laissez -faire on shelter and some will choose to prey on the least advantage especially in North America where REITS monetize housing and make insane returns on a human necessity.
We shelter elders and uni students from housing rip offs but it's a free for all on the working stiff often in collusion with local gov.
Sweden therefore does not have a social housing system in the strictest sense of the term, defined as a type of subsidised housing aimed at low-income households, and Swedish municipalities must, under Swedish law, provide housing to all their inhabitants, regardless of their income
Without a curb on speculation and especially on big money the some will simply prey on the less fortunate and that is a social failure of gov and voters.In Germany, social housing assistance aims to support those households which would otherwise not be able to find appropriate accommodation on the housing market. ... housing companies, cooperatives and individual builders) receive preferential loans or subsidies, for example. There is no right to funding assistance.
Some capitalists provide that housing for staff, some even allow ownership but forbid speculation
https://ca.indeed.com/Ski-Resort-With-S ... 0e1d7dc813
Company towns used to be common but then bad apples, especially in the coal mining industry ended with the same rip off or worse
It all comes down to the choice private organizations make to balance income with public weal....some need to be forced
Kellog is case study in helping its employees weather and even thrive in the Great Depression
and today one of the most famous
https://www.inc.com/magazine/201511/pau ... rowth.htmlHere's What Really Happened at That Company That Set a $70,000 Minimum Wage
Dan Price decided to pay all 120 employees at least $70,000. Grown men cried. Profits soared. Then things got really crazy.
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Nor is it socialism.
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Indeed.
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"Water and flowing downhill in the landscape..."
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The 400 wealthiest
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
http://esabirdsne.blogspot.com/
Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
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It could only be a "failure of socialism" if any municipality, state, or other government ever claimed to be socialist. We're not.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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However, the US right is constantly describing potential actions by various levels of your government as "socialist", when they are nothing of the sort, simply processes or policies utterly commonplace in most other western democracies.
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The U.S. right is as utterly full of shit as the U.S. left. what they say has no bearing on reality.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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Is there really a US left?
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Yes. Much to laklak's joy only about 0.0001% of the population, though.
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Yeah, if you support "abortion" and "voting" and anything with "black´" you are left. The radical left is out of control!
Also anything "global" is bad, Ukraine Finland and Sweden are bad. Only Israel and Hungary are good.
Also anything "global" is bad, Ukraine Finland and Sweden are bad. Only Israel and Hungary are good.
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
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Rumor has it there's one in the neighborhood. No worries, we'll track them down from the smell of tofu.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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Release the hounds!
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