John from FL

I'd rather be swindled on occasion than live my life assuming everyone I meet is a swindler.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@daveweigel "Affirming" the belief that a person is the wrong gender is akin to agreeing with the anorexic's decision to eat less food.

It might make them momentarily happy, but their mental illness will inevitably cause distress and pain. They deserve treatment for their illness.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@InezFeltscher Any "win" that is merely a memo from the executive branch can be undone with the next election. A true win requires Congress to do something.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@mattyglesias I have a strongly held preference for allowing parents to vote on behalf of their minor children.

Every citizen gets a vote (absent felons and the incarcerated). Until age 18, that vote is cast by their guardian.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@acaseofthegolf1 @Mike_kim714 So you think the smart move is thinking about your career and money rather than playing in the event with more prestige and talented players?

Was the same rationale as the early LIV players.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@theGrio I don't believe they'd let a scholarship available to only White students stand.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@MorlockP That attitude is one reason you will never be worth $1T or likely even $100M either.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@LouStagner @ProGolfCritic I don't disagree. But the idea of team sports applied to a traditionally individual sport isn't crazy.

The Ryder Cup and F1 racing teams work. That it didn't work here is true. Or at least the way LIV tried combined with the strength of opposition by the PGATour made it fail.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@morgenchalmiers @UCSDMedSchool @ucsd_mstp Childish display of narcissism. It's all about what you find important. The rest of the people be damned.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@AzizSunderji Because most people view it through the same lens. I’m just doing my small bit to try to have people view it as a place to live, trading rent for maintenance and taxes.

Policies that push its appreciation up in real dollars leads to the housing crunch we see.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@AzizSunderji @mattyglesias There is no silver bullet that allows a journalist to live on the Vineyard. But *at the margin*, more housing lowers prices by a little bit. And every little bit helps.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@mattyglesias I suspect the main reason crime is lower in those neighborhoods is *because* it is filled with richer people.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@kevinamezaga @joshjacobsondc 27%, not 37%.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@kylamb8 That isn't what I asked. Lots of other forms of revenue. Which ones will you propose to increase?

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@kylamb8 Property taxes provide revenue for government services.

How do you propose to replace the lost revenue? Or, what government services do you propose to stop providing?

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@d_krock @jasonlewris Given that the market spoke at $497K, they were about $140K high.

The market price is the price that a willing buyer meets a willing seller. Not what Zillow says or what the seller bought it for.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@ChristinaPushaw It is a bad proposal. Californians loved Prop 13 when it was passed but it has contributed to their housing crisis. This proposal will do something similar. I will vote no when the time comes.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@HarryPlendl @jasonlewris supply & demand, mostly.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@d_krock @jasonlewris They did not start below market.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@PolicyEngineer @ChristinaPushaw Tell me you've never been in Florida without telling me you've never been in Florida.

[John from FL @CowFan01]

@mattyglesias So I guess that means the Republican leaders are the problem and the Democratic Primary voters are the problem. Correct?