Trump Says San Francisco Streets Are Disgusting

[Methais]

If the poverty line in San Francisco is $115,000 a year, then $20/hr won't cover it. The minimum wage needs to be $55/hr.

I'm not sure why that hasn't been made into law yet. People deserve a living wage.

Also: SF has had a homeless issue for decades now.. it's not a new thing.

Just make minimum wage $115,000/hr and everything will be fine.

[Gelston]

Just make minimum wage $115,000/hr and everything will be fine.

Think of all the simucoins you could buy

[Fortybox]

Think of all the simucoins you could buy

[Androidpk]

Nah gotta be raised to 20 bucks an hour.

I hate to say it but the problem with San Fran is because of people like time4fun You got these asshats working for a FANG company pulling in monopoly money 300,400,500k+ a year and then some dude working construction (a respectable profession) not even being able to afford a shithole 1 story ranch because some 27 yr old kid straight from grad school needed to sock away exercised stock options , jacking up home prices to quadruple what they should go for.

It’s really really really fucked up here... like beyond bizzaro world fucked up.

Welcome to capitalism.

[Methais]

Welcome to capitalism.

Quoted for retardedness.

[time4fun]

Nah gotta be raised to 20 bucks an hour.

I hate to say it but the problem with San Fran is because of people like time4fun You got these asshats working for a FANG company pulling in monopoly money 300,400,500k+ a year and then some dude working construction (a respectable profession) not even being able to afford a shithole 1 story ranch because some 27 yr old kid straight from grad school needed to sock away exercised stock options , jacking up home prices to quadruple what they should go for.

It’s really really really fucked up here... like beyond bizzaro world fucked up.

There's plenty of blame to go around, but you're focusing on the wrong part of the equation. The Bay Area is what happens when you generate an enormous amount of wealth, but you don't have fiscal policy in place to redistribute it. This is the end game of conservative economic policy, and it's as dysfunctional as you would imagine.

If it weren't in SF, it would be somewhere else. The real issue is that we've been gutting the top marginal tax rate since the 80s because conservative politicians managed to sell people on the idiotic notion that slashing taxes is great for society. Coupled with the fact that stock buybacks were made legal in the Reagan era, and this is what you're left with. The Bay Area can't enact the kind of fiscal policy necessary to redistribute its immense wealth properly, and people are drowning in inflation as a result. California is trying to do its best, but the reality is that business interests are still trumping (har) the interests of normal people even here. (I'm looking at you Ellis Act)

This is a cautionary tale of conservative economic policy. You either end up bankrupt like Kansas, or you end up with massive poverty rates like SF. If the top marginal tax rates were still in the 70s, and if stock buybacks were still considered corrupt (which they are), SF would look like a very different place.

There's a reason why so many of us keep harping on the subject of taxes and income inequality. It's not "just" about doing the moral thing, it's also about enacting necessary policy.

[Parkbandit]

There's plenty of blame to go around, but you're focusing on the wrong part of the equation. The Bay Area is what happens when you generate an enormous amount of wealth, but you don't have fiscal policy in place to redistribute it. This is the end game of conservative economic policy, and it's as dysfunctional as you would imagine.

If it weren't in SF, it would be somewhere else. The real issue is that we've been gutting the top marginal tax rate since the 80s because conservative politicians managed to sell people on the idiotic notion that slashing taxes is great for society. Coupled with the fact that stock buybacks were made legal in the Reagan era, and this is what you're left with. The Bay Area can't enact the kind of fiscal policy necessary to redistribute its immense wealth properly, and people are drowning in inflation as a result. California is trying to do its best, but the reality is that business interests are still trumping (har) the interests of normal people even here. (I'm looking at you Ellis Act)

This is a cautionary tale of conservative economic policy. You either end up bankrupt like Kansas, or you end up with massive poverty rates like SF. If the top marginal tax rates were still in the 70s, and if stock buybacks were still considered corrupt (which they are), SF would look like a very different place.

There's a reason why so many of us keep harping on the subject of taxes and income inequality. It's not "just" about doing the moral thing, it's also about enacting necessary policy.

"SF has issues.. and it's all the Republican's fault! Remember back in 1964 when we elected that Republican mayor?? HE DID THIS TO US!"

Literally, the stupidity you bring to us on a daily basis is very much appreciated.

Thank you.

[Wrathbringer]

There's plenty of blame to go around, but you're focusing on the wrong part of the equation. The Bay Area is what happens when you generate an enormous amount of wealth, but you don't have fiscal policy in place to redistribute it. This is the end game of conservative economic policy, and it's as dysfunctional as you would imagine.

If it weren't in SF, it would be somewhere else. The real issue is that we've been gutting the top marginal tax rate since the 80s because conservative politicians managed to sell people on the idiotic notion that slashing taxes is great for society. Coupled with the fact that stock buybacks were made legal in the Reagan era, and this is what you're left with. The Bay Area can't enact the kind of fiscal policy necessary to redistribute its immense wealth properly, and people are drowning in inflation as a result. California is trying to do its best, but the reality is that business interests are still trumping (har) the interests of normal people even here. (I'm looking at you Ellis Act)

This is a cautionary tale of conservative economic policy. You either end up bankrupt like Kansas, or you end up with massive poverty rates like SF. If the top marginal tax rates were still in the 70s, and if stock buybacks were still considered corrupt (which they are), SF would look like a very different place.

There's a reason why so many of us keep harping on the subject of taxes and income inequality. It's not "just" about doing the moral thing, it's also about enacting necessary policy.

Wtfrtr;dr.

[Astray]

Wtfrtr;dr.

What the fuck retard, too retarded; damn retards.

Translated from this ancient textbook I picked up at the library.

[Wrathbringer]

Translated from this ancient textbook I picked up at the library.

close enough