You should be forced to sell your house and rent

[Nomad4Ever]

91% top tax rate in the 1950s. You know, the decade all the MAGAts pine for.

And whatever you do don't look up what percentage of the workforce was unionized.

 

[Geoist]

Gibsmedats are funny, and stupid ...

You do realize you just used a racial slur, right?

 

[Geoist]

And whatever you do don't look up what percentage of the workforce was unionized.

Or how there are direct parallels to the wealth gap and the shrinking of union memberships over the last several decades. Ignorance is bliss!

 

[doc45]

You do realize you just used a racial slur, right?

You realize thinking that refers only to black people is racist, right?

 

[Nomad4Ever]

Funny how it’s the CURRENT workers that are gonna be screwed and will get lesser benefits.

That worked out well for Boomers and older, now didn’t it?

Old people complaining about the debt and arguing we need to raise the retirement age when you tell them they need to go back to work


I like how every plan to raise the age you get SS always includes a grace period where the people currently on it still get it and only Millennials and Gen Z will have to work longer

 

[medi]

I cannot speak for @Nomad4Ever , but I'd imagine people would still be paying a site rent. And those living in more 'desirable' locations would pay a higher rent based on the value of the location. Just instead of a landlord, the money goes directly to government coffers. Why do we need a middleman?

Would go to what government body? Local? State? Federal, and then federal shares it with the other governing bodies?

 

[Geoist]

Would go to what government body? Local? State? Federal, and then federal shares it with the other governing bodies?

Those specifics don't matter to me that much, though I do generally prefer government working at a local level. More accountability.

 

[Nomad4Ever]

You realize thinking that refers only to black people is racist, right?

lol

gibsmedat Meaning & Origin | Slang by Dictionary.com

Gibsmedat is a disgusting, derogatory term for social welfare programs and the people who need them.

www.dictionary.com

 

[eman623]

The government would own all the land and facilitate housing. If people got too lazy it would just raise rents since apparently the threat of homelessness is what makes people productive workers.

And if they can't pay the rent them the government will evict them and they will be back to homeless again.

Therefore under my plan we would have a much more productive workforce.

Wake me when the government seizes the means of production - in the name of productivity - and tells people where they will work as well as where they will live.

Seems like we tried this before in a few places. Didn't work out well as I recall.

 

[highroller]

You do realize you just used a racial slur, right?

Never heard that one before.

I have heard it used to describe poorly behaved toddlers and boomers though.

 

[doc45]

lol

gibsmedat Meaning & Origin | Slang by Dictionary.com

Gibsmedat is a disgusting, derogatory term for social welfare programs and the people who need them.

www.dictionary.com

"It is often used by racists to refer to black people."

So it's often not then eh

 

[medi]

Those specifics don't matter to me that much, though I do generally prefer government working at a local level. More accountability.

Fair enough.

I suppose it really is the OP that should be addressing what seems to be a legitimate question about the economics of this.

 

[Geoist]

Never heard that one before.

I have heard it used to describe toddlers and boomers though.

It's often a dog whistle for 'lazy entitled black people.'

 

[doc45]

Never heard that one before.

I have heard it used to describe toddlers and boomers though.

Yea, expecting black people to compete fairly in the marketplace is racist, but saying they aren't capable is pRoGrEsS ... or something

 

[highroller]

It's often a dog whistle for 'lazy entitled black people.'

Must be a southern thing otherwise my dad would have used it by now.

 

[doc45]

It's often a dog whistle for 'lazy entitled black people.'

So it's often not then.

 

[highroller]

Yea, expecting black people to compete fairly in the marketplace is racist, but saying they aren't capable is pRoGrEsS ... or something

I have no idea what you’re trying to say

 

[doc45]

I have no idea what you’re trying to say

You probably shouldn't say that out loud then either

 

[JRTurner]

Nearly 20 years debating politics online and cant remember ever seeing that argument.

Then you haven't been reading. It's rampant--even here. @Lursa is a good one for that argument, as well as the NIMBYs who brazenly condemn their fellow Americans to the trash heap.

 

[highroller]

So it's often not then.

I wonder if it’s more often than not.

Also, does often include the entire country maybe it’s a regional thing where it’s always used for that?

 

[highroller]

You probably shouldn't say that out loud then either

Maybe you need to communicate better

 

[Geoist]

So it's often not then.

Whether you meant it as racial or not, it's a slur. You are attacking some of the most vulnerable people in society, the impoverished. Says a lot about you.

 

[doc45]

I wonder if it’s more often than not.

Also, does often include the entire country maybe it’s a regional thing worse always used for that?

I think it's generally targeting gen xyz

 

[JRTurner]

What a load of bull! Most of us have no problem with giving the needy a hand up. That includes housing assistance and at least temporary welfare/food stamps. What we oppose is giving able bodied adults permanent handouts.

No such thing. Get educated on the status of what you're describing. You're argument hasn't been accurate for 40 years.

Even the government housing that you mentioned does not just hand out totally free homes in the projects. They charge them rent based on their ability to pay. And the suggestion that homeowners should be forced to sell their houses is idiotic. And there are good options for getting low income folks into home ownership.

Bullshit.

One is "Habitat for Humanity" where homes are built largely with volutary labor and donated materiels. Those getting those homes get them a low to xero interest rates with a mortgage payment as low as $100.00 a month. I think Jimmy Carter was a horribly incompetent president, however I lauded him for his participation in Habitat for Humanity.

Habitat for Humanity is like a cork in a sieve.

 

[doc45]

Maybe you need to communicate better

Or maybe not, since it's a common refrain