Polis' recent series of vetos (surprise billing, union elections, algorithmic rent increases) is the exact reason why people are having it out over the Abundance "faction" and not Abundance "policies."
TAPPER: I really have a difficult time imagining that if this was a Democratic president holding a dinner for top investors in his private cryptocurrency, you wouldn't be outraged
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I don't know anything about the dinner. I was a little busy this past week, so I'm not going to comment on something I haven't even heard about
@JamesSurowiecki I suspect it does happen because the insurance & healthcare system is extremely f'ed up. The harder you work/more income you receive the less money you have.
@wideofthepost also most of our residents will pick up black lung after living in our affordable unregulated single stairwell ghetto homes for two years
Reminder that it was 85 year old Nancy Pelosi who helped maneuver the now deceased Gerry Connolly into that oversight role, making calls while in a hospital bed for a broken hip on a trip to Europe.
@steady_drumbeat @airportgoth @MattBruenig@ModeledBehavior The top 1% of wealthiest U.S. citizens own 14.7% of all real estate value. The top 10% own 44.8%, and the top 50% own 88.5%.
Please read this recent study to understand the human health implications of Abundance Folk berating the idea of requiring real estate moguls to install robust air filtration systems in their housing developments near highways: https://t.co/4Vt4U6iUEJ
You can have whatever debate you want about being pragmatic on policy to turbocharge ways to make or free up a ~4m unit shortfall (zoning, density, rent laws, public housing, etc.), but so much of YIMBY’s core function is as a narrative device to name an alternative villain.