Brien Jackson
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@Brien_Jackson
Former lead writer for @IIATMS, now columnist for https://t.co/S15PG4RaEl
Slopulism is resignation to the reality that bad policy is popular
Hasan has talked shit about me plenty. He shouldn't be subjected to political persecution. And anyone rejoicing at the idea has clearly not internalized the "first they came for the ___" poem
@JakeAuch Have you called or met with him to discuss it?
Hasan has talked shit about me plenty. He shouldn't be subjected to political persecution. And anyone rejoicing at the idea has clearly not internalized the "first they came for the ___" poem
As the parent of an 11 year-old, I very much understand why childcare costs are *extremely* salient among a cohort of political and media professionals with slightly younger kids but note that this is basically nowhere as an issue with the mass public.
Hasan has talked shit about me plenty. He shouldn't be subjected to political persecution. And anyone rejoicing at the idea has clearly not internalized the "first they came for the ___" poem
Apropos of nothing, I talked about Platner with @SarahLongwell25 the other day. Building a supermajority means linking arms with people you disagree with, and a big tent includes Platner.
This discourse drives me insane because yes seniors should pay property taxes but also US property taxes are in fact obscenely high and too unpredictable for middle class people who own one home.
Hasan has talked shit about me plenty. He shouldn't be subjected to political persecution. And anyone rejoicing at the idea has clearly not internalized the "first they came for the ___" poem
It’s clear that the lefties attacking people for posting economic data are just coping. They can't dispute evidence on the merits, so they do the Trumpian “the numbers are fake because I don’t like what they show” thing. It’s the left-wing version of MAGA denying crime data.
@Brien_Jackson What if real wages and the cost of housing increased at the same rate, would that be ok
I definitely remember. Dad had an average job, mom didn’t work, and we owned a 2K sq. ft. home. We ate out ~3-4x a week, took vacations, and bought luxury goods without stress. You act like we’re delusional when we simply remember what middle-class life looked like 25 years ago.
Mamdani announced a pretty big rezoning in NYC called Block by Block, but it comes with prevailing wage requirements. That's akin to the everything bagel approach that hasn't worked in CA. Either it won't work, or it'll produce a few very limited high end megaprojects.
