@esjesjesj Absolute genius argument, because no one ever breaks the law. And no one would ever abandon an asset because they're losing money. And no govt would seize that asset and run it into the ground because everything the govt touches turns to gold for everyone involved.
Here’s what happens next:
1) Now that existing landlords can no longer can raise rents as costs inflate, they either let their apartments fall to ruin or quit entirely
2) New development ceases as investors avoid investing where revenue is fixed, expenses are not, and their work is vilified
3) The now state run, run down apartments are exploding in cost as housing units go offline and new development completely stops outside of wildly over budget, always delayed government housing
4) The communist response is to blame greedy landlords and developers for not being willing to go bankrupt to provide housing for others
5) As the productive flee the city, the communists have no choice but to increase taxes even more - on everyone, not just the few rich left in the city
6) The race to the bottom begins, as societal unrest grows, factions develop, and in-fighting reigns
7) The great hope - which is not a guarantee - is that reason eventually prevails and a reversion to common sense enables the slow, painful recovery of New York City
There is no path for this to go well, NYC.
It ends as it always has throughout history: Less housing, higher prices, and higher taxes for you.
@DemzDeliver Please tell us all about how he did it. It can be the blueprint for all other big cities. What policies did he enact that caused this miracle? More cops? Harsher prison times? Enforcement? Or is it just that the murderers feel better now that he's in charge. Enlighten us.
5 of these men are my perpetrators that groomed and raped me from the age of 11 ….
It took an 10 year investigation with the NCA to finally get them to court and go to trial, all 5 was found guilty on all charges against me this was for the sexual assaults, rape and trafficking me around England.
They was found guilty in 2024 with sentencing ranging from 6 years to 25 years for the abuse they inflicted upon me.
The NCA said in their statement this was some of the most horrific and worse abuse they have investigated since the investigation started.
2 years later I’ve got a letter saying that their prison sentences could be cut by 33% and have early release!!!! How is that possible how can they do that to us survivors it’s like been let down all over again !!!
The Labour Party are happy to let some of the most dangerous monsters back on to our streets to further abuse more children!!!
I can’t make sense of it all that hard work and determination to get justice for it to be laughed at when in reality us survivors have the real sentence it’s a lifetime sentence and it’s not fair !!!
@ReichlinMelnick All of these comments tell me one thing...lawyers can spin any statement or document or even supreme court ruling any way they want to. "It says this"...."no it says this....". The entire legal system is fucked up and filled with a bunch of bullshit artists who fuck us over.
@AlphaNews Gays in 90s - "We just want to get married to who we love and be like everyone else"
Gays in Minn in '26 - "We want public places to have indiscriminate sex with anyone we want at any time we want to be legal. We don't care about AIDS anymore. We just wanna f*ck."
@AsadFromNYC And if you think those apartments are run down now, just you wait. The entire place will be turned into a rat infested, crumbling ghetto. Welcome to communism 101.
@cmclymer Guess that whole Queers for Palestine thing or any Gay support of the Middle East isn't quite working out. Seems you needed it to happen directly to you to make you believe it. They hate you. They want you dead. Wake the fuck up before it's too late.
Immodest White women are too braindead to see it:
Your tiny bikinis at the beach, butt-crack leggings at the gym, and sports bras in the grocery store only exist because Christianity built a high-trust society that tames men and shields sluts from consequences.
Try that shit in a Muslim country, Africa, Hindu, or any Third World shithole, you’d be harassed, beaten, or worse within minutes.
Oh wait, you voted in tandem to IMPORT those very same people.
You mock the very faith and men protecting your degeneracy while sawing off the branch you sit on.
Peak entitled, suicidal stupidity.
@sapphyreblayze@angeertsen And this is the greatest country in the world to be poor in. Our poor are morbidly obese with free housing and free cell phones....and free health care.
@sapphyreblayze@angeertsen You're being fed a pack of lies. Yes, our healthcare is expensive (thanks Obama) but it's the best in the world. We get appointments within days or hours, not months. And hospitals take poor people without insurance by law. People die because of healthcare in Canada, not here.
Before the weekend ends and America moves on to the next headline, we need to pause and look at a story that matters more than almost any other—the collapse of Venezuela, and what it warns us about if the last democratic superpower ever falls the same way.
This didn’t happen overnight. It happened step by step, over one generation.
VENEZUELA: HOW A PROSPEROUS NATION COLLAPSED
1992
Venezuela is the 3rd richest country in the Western Hemisphere, powered by oil and a growing middle class.
1997
Venezuelans become the 2nd largest buyers of Ford F-150s—a sign of widespread prosperity.
1998
Hugo Chávez is elected, promising to “redistribute wealth” and fix inequality.
2001
The country votes again for socialism, framed as compassion and fairness.
2003
The government imposes price controls and currency controls.
Black markets appear. Shortages begin.
2004
Private healthcare is fully socialized.
2006
Inflation rises sharply as massive welfare programs expand without real economic backing.
2007
All higher education becomes “free.”
2008
Key industries—oil services, steel, cement, telecom—are nationalized.
Production drops almost immediately.
2009
Private gun ownership is banned.
2010
The currency is devalued by 50%, crushing savings and accelerating inflation.
2011
Oil production begins a steady decline due to mismanagement and lack of investment.
2012
American politicians, like Bernie Sanders, publicly praise Venezuela’s model.
2013
Chávez dies. Nicolás Maduro takes power and tightens state control.
2014
Opposition leaders are arrested or silenced.
2015
GDP collapses. Hyperinflation begins.
2016
Severe food and medical shortages spread nationwide.
2017
The constitution is suspended. Elections are no longer meaningful.
2018
Inflation exceeds 1,000,000%. Maduro “wins” a widely fraudulent election.
2019
Unarmed civilians are killed by their own government.
2020
More than 8 million people flee the country to escape hunger and repression.
2023
Minor economic improvements fail to relieve mass poverty.
2024
Disputed elections trigger protests and global isolation.
2026
Maduro is removed by force. Venezuela is liberated after decades of ruin.
THE HARD TRUTH
It took one generation of “progressive” leadership to turn one of the richest countries on Earth into a nation defined by hunger, fear, mass graves, and mass migration.
This is the lesson history keeps teaching:
You can vote your way into socialism.
But history shows people only escape it through collapse, violence, or foreign intervention.
And here is the part Americans must understand clearly:
If this happens in the United States, there will be nobody coming to save us.
No outside superpower.
No rescue force.
No second chance.
Freedom is fragile. Prosperity is not guaranteed.
And once lost, they are brutally hard to recover.
Venezuela’s people paid the price.
America cannot afford to learn this lesson the same way.
@NikkiNic9384 I'm fascinated by how she thought there would be absolutely no consequences for this. She knew it was in video. She knew it was a crime. She knew it wouldn't be viewed well. But she did it anyway. How did she not anticipate any backlash?
@OregonianPol You're a fucking reporter. Do you not know the difference between alleged and proven? Yes, of course you do you, fucking hack. This is intentional.