What the fuck? Yea neither was I because they didn't even have toilet paper. I also wasn't spending any money going out because the whole world was shut down, yea those "zoom happy hours" were the peak of modern society.In 2020/2021 I wasn't spending $120/bag on groceries, I know that much.
Did the trump tax cuts expire last year or is that this year?
You didn't buy TP in bulk in December like the rest of us?What the fuck? Yea neither was I because they didn't even have toilet paper. I also wasn't spending any money going out because the whole world was shut down, yea those "zoom happy hours" were the peak of modern society.
How would not rezoning prevent this? If Big Bad Developer with the city council in their pocket could get them to eminent domain, why couldn't they also just get a variance at the same time?You know how shit works. Joe Developer buys a house or two in a neighborhood...wants to build some kind of mega-condo project...gets the city to change zoning rules to permit it. Then, when homeowners refuse to sell...he gets the city to file emminent domain for the holdouts. Does it haapn regularly? Hopefully not...but it happens.
Also this whole idea that the world works like some 80's movie where the neighborhood kids need to band together to save the local rec center from development is ridiculous.How would not rezoning prevent this? If Big Bad Developer with the city council in their pocket could get them to eminent domain, why couldn't they also just get a variance at the same time?
And if this is all near new transit and development areas, existing homeowners could really cash out big - their land becomes extremely valuable when such developments start happening nearby.
Maybe we should just have a land value tax instead of the current property tax structure to encourage more efficient uses of highly valuable urban and central suburban land.
It's funny that for all the "economy bad" talk, people are still spending tons of money on discretionary things, and overall spending more eating out than eating in from some of the last Federal Reserve data I saw.Vox has a pretty good explainer and I believe they stop far short of calling this the best economy of our lifetime.
Biden’s vs. Trump’s economy, in 8 charts
The gaps between perception of the economy and the reality, explained.www.vox.com
Wow, speaking of out of touch limousine liberals. Glad you enjoyed working from home and living like a recluse, meanwhile millions of people were out of work, small businesses shuttered, and millions more worried about losing their job every single day for months on end. But at least gas was cheap right?You didn't buy TP in bulk in December like the rest of us?
Yeah that was a good time though. Wfh, no expectations of social interactions, good times.
That article definitely has an NYT Pitchbot vibe to it. The two charts about why things are 'bad' are 1) a lower savings rate, which makes perfect sense as actual savings are still high. (people save less when they've already got a bunch saved!). The second chart showing record credit card debt is doing so in nominal terms instead of as a percentage of GDP, which makes no sense.It's funny that for all the "economy bad" talk, people are still spending tons of money on discretionary things, and overall spending more eating out than eating in from some of the last Federal Reserve data I saw.
The problem with the US economic confidence index is that when a Republican is president, Republicans will say the economy is great whether it is or not, and Democrats will give a more honest answer. If the economy is strong they will for the most part acknowledge it. When a Democrat is president, Republicans will say the economy sucks no matter what is actually happening and Democrats will again be more honest. This index will always skew favorably toward Republican presidents no matter what happens in reality.That article definitely has an NYT Pitchbot vibe to it. The two charts about why things are 'bad' are 1) a lower savings rate, which makes perfect sense as actual savings are still high. (people save less when they've already got a bunch saved!). The second chart showing record credit card debt is doing so in nominal terms instead of as a percentage of GDP, which makes no sense.
No idea where gas was, never went anywhere.Wow, speaking of out of touch limousine liberals. Glad you enjoyed working from home and living like a recluse, meanwhile millions of people were out of work, small businesses shuttered, and millions more worried about losing their job every single day for months on end. But at least gas was cheap right?
It's like I've said before, bitching about the rising price of Snickers bars when I can get chicken thighs .99/lb everyday regular price.It's funny that for all the "economy bad" talk, people are still spending tons of money on discretionary things, and overall spending more eating out than eating in from some of the last Federal Reserve data I saw.
Exactly, see the millions of Republicans and "Independents" waxing nostalgic for 2020.The problem with the US economic confidence index is that when a Republican is president, Republicans will say the economy is great whether it is or not, and Democrats will give a more honest answer. If the economy is strong they will for the most part acknowledge it. When a Democrat is president, Republicans will say the economy sucks no matter what is actually happening and Democrats will again be more honest. This index will always skew favorably toward Republican presidents no matter what happens in reality.
This is very true - as you say both parties will swing their views of the economy based on who is president but the swing is about twice as large for Republicans.The problem with the US economic confidence index is that when a Republican is president, Republicans will say the economy is great whether it is or not, and Democrats will give a more honest answer. If the economy is strong they will for the most part acknowledge it. When a Democrat is president, Republicans will say the economy sucks no matter what is actually happening and Democrats will again be more honest. This index will always skew favorably toward Republican presidents no matter what happens in reality.
You know how shit works. Joe Developer buys a house or two in a neighborhood...wants to build some kind of mega-condo project...gets the city to change zoning rules to permit it. Then, when homeowners refuse to sell...he gets the city to file emminent domain for the holdouts. Does it haapn regularly? Hopefully not...but it happens.
And if this is all near new transit and development areas, existing homeowners could really cash out big - their land becomes extremely valuable when such developments start happening nearby.
This is how we cleared huge numbers of Black people from the slums that form where they congregate in my local neighborhood. Give um a tempting amount of cash and they flee those blighted areas like rats. Gets rid of them and gets rid of their culture and all by offering free choice. Nobody will feel sorry for them if already you can’t feel anything.This has been happening in LA where they juiced zoning near some light rail stops and the SFH owners have been selling for really big bucks. Nobody should feel sorry for them.
This is how we cleared huge numbers of Black people from the slums that form where they congregate in my local neighborhood. Give um a tempting amount of cash and they flee those blighted areas like rats. Gets rid of them and gets rid of their culture and all by offering free choice. Nobody will feel sorry for them if already you can’t feel anything.
This goes hand in hand with the fact that the brains of liberals and conservatives differ, I would suggest by the kind and degree of severity on the physical and emotional abuse they suffered and have not dealt with in childhood. Conservatives excell at avoidance and denial of facts that threaten their egos.This is very true - as you say both parties will swing their views of the economy based on who is president but the swing is about twice as large for Republicans.
At least here it's illegal for the state to use eminent domain for private enterprise. Just a few ago OKC was building a new convention center and hotel. But even though the hotel property is fully owned by the city, it couldn't be placed on property that was gotten through eminent domain, since it was going to operated by a private company.You know how shit works. Joe Developer buys a house or two in a neighborhood...wants to build some kind of mega-condo project...gets the city to change zoning rules to permit it. Then, when homeowners refuse to sell...he gets the city to file emminent domain for the holdouts. Does it haapn regularly? Hopefully not...but it happens.
Regardless, people get paid fair market value for their property, usually over fair market value, and adding density is generally better for the greater good.
Where I grew up there are no empty lots. They just bulldoze the house you grew up in, then put up something that eats up 50% of your old yard. That house was about a mile and a half from the Sycamore Street Metro station (Arlington).This has been happening in LA where they juiced zoning near some light rail stops and the SFH owners have been selling for really big bucks. Nobody should feel sorry for them.