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Why reimburse anything? Treat your tenant decently, but charge what the market (they) can bear. You’re not a charity — it’s a business.

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Here’s the thing: not everyone wants to end up being a middle manager at McDonarby King’s at 40. “Advancing within a company” isn’t a substitute for education and being able to actually choose one’s career, rather than being tracked into being a manager at a lard and grease slinger.

Go to France or certain other European countries — anyone with a high school diploma can start medical school, the bar to admission is very low. Work hard the first two years, pass exams, and you’re guaranteed to get into the next four years. Social mobility in the US is actually falling while it’s increasing in other countries.

As far as run-ins with the law, the liberal solution is better than the conservative one. Legalize some drugs, allow people to clear their records. Permissiveness trumps authoritarianism here, pun intended.

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If you’re “historically disadvantaged”, would you rather be stuck at a dead-end McJob or be given enough welfare/free insurance to be able to go to school and not have to take the McJob? Employment isn’t the full picture, sometimes quality of the job and social mobility matter as well.

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What will I do? Nothing. San Diego/SD Co doesn’t have rent control for pre-1970s units, even though it’s allowed. This measure doesn’t create rent control, only allows passage of local laws. San Diego (County) is unlikely to pass any sort of rent control since it hasn’t already.

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Crossing the border illegally is a misdemeanor. It’s very common for people accused of misdemeanors (or even low-grade felonies) to be booked then released on their own recognizance. Separation of parents and children is a deliberate policy choice, NOT one required by law.

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Good. We need a 2018-20 recession to get the Pumpkin Haired Clown out of office.

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I’m not *worried* about the Fed raising interest rates. I’m *rooting* for it to do so. Let the Trump supporters eat their words…

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Market is driven by what buyers can afford though. Most buyers don’t have an equal amount of cash in a CD…

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Meh, those people will find a way to slow down the line even with an app. Maybe make idle chit-chat with the counter person when they pick up their food… don’t be such a misanthrope, enjoy fortuitous human interaction.

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If war is palatable to someone, they’re suffering from bad taste. Every politician should be required to volunteer at a VA hospital as part of their service. See what war does to other humans…

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EconProf: assuming a moderately well-run “Medicare for all” system, the question isn’t whether taxes would increase. The question is whether the average tax increase will be less or greater than the average person or company currently pays (per employee or person) for health care. Being able to pawn “benefits” off onto the government (i.e. “buy in” to Medicare for their employees for a known % of their income) and not have to deal with the shitshow known as benefits management would actually make life easier for a lot of employers.

I don’t presently live in CA, but if it gets passed, I’ll be on a plane the next day. Not having to worry about private insurance is a Godsend and one less thing to stress on.

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Atlanta Fed, 5.4% predicted for Q1 2018:
http://www.businessinsider.com/atlanta-fed-gdp-now-forecasts-5-percent-growth-in-q1-2018-2

Obamacare employer mandate is still in place, BTW. Though personally, I think the whole fucking thing should be torn down and replaced with public insurance for all.

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Atlanta Fed also predicted 5% growth in Q1 2018. Real print: 2.2%.

Dodd-Frank keeps the banks from loaning money to the same kinds of unqualified skells that got foreclosed in 2008. If you want a temporary bubble, OK, but this isn’t sustainable.

Obamacare? Is self-employed people being able to get healthcare at group rates really such a bad thing?

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Most of the drop in unemployment was under Obama, Trump just continued the trend.

Unemployment rate peaked at 10.0% early in Obama’s term. Last full month of Obama’s presidency, rate was 4.7%. Fell to 3.8% under Trump.

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Black community?

Several states actually started reduced/free higher ed programs during or right after Obama’s presidency.

Cops are actually being held to account in public for being racist or abusive, power-drunk shits. Unlike under Bush, where they were “heroes” who could do no wrong. BLM did a lot to the reputations of law enforcement in the US, and it was a good thing!

Marijuana legalisation/criminal justice reform also started under Obama. Again a good thing.

Race relations? I hardly think that Obama causing racists to come out of the woodwork and act butthurt was his fault.

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