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[disgruntledemployee]

Regarding ATC

"For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

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Same post should be said for Congress.  I'm looking at you, House.

[ViperMan]

On 11/11/2025 at 3:38 AM, ClearedHot said:

Arg - is sounds good in theory but the property owners always gets screwed.  In short, rent control/freeze is a city program for qualifying seniors and people with disabilities, or a broader political proposal to halt rent increases on all rent-stabilized apartments. The NYC program provides a tax credit to the landlord to cover rent increases, supposedly making the rent payment stay the same for eligible tenants. A political rent freeze, on the other hand, would involve a decision by the Rent Guidelines Board to prevent any rent increases on rent-stabilized units for a set period. 

To pile on, everyone always gets screwed. The people who get screwed the most are the property owners. The people who get screwed the (distant) 3rd most are the poors who get to benefit from "affordable housing."

The people who get screwed the 2nd most - close to the 1st most - are the people who never get mentioned: the people who would otherwise be able to afford said apartment at market rate, but unfortunately inhabit the 'in between' - the wide span of those individuals being too rich to qualify for "affordable housing" but to poor to afford luxury apartments; i.e. the entire middle class.

This is all to say that there is no such thing as "affordable housing" - but such is the core nature of Leftists' favorite social programs - none of them describe what the thing really is. In reality, there is only "taxpayer-subsidized-housing-for-a-select-few-lucky-enough-to-be-among-the-chosen-few-to-receive-it-housing." If there was truly "affordable housing," you and me would be able to purchase it at that rate, but as we all know, we can't.

[HeloDude]

On 10/23/2025 at 6:38 PM, disgruntledemployee said:

Snap won't move anything.  Solid voting Ds will stay Ds.  Solid voting Rs will stay Rs.  Reps that feel heat on their reelection will the ones that fold.  Question remains, what side tips first?

Well, looks you got your answer.

[ClearedHot]

10 hours ago, HeloDude said:

Well, looks you got your answer.

The only thing the shutdown accomplished was to destroy any remnants of the Old Guard Democrats.  Nancy is retiring, Nadler is retiring, a host of others are leaving and they will primary Schumer.  AOC and the other lunatics are now the norm and leadership of the DNC. 

[brabus]

2 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

AOC and the other lunatics are now the norm and leadership of the DNC. 

It feels like a pipe dream, but I hope there is a successful movement on the “near” left (e.g. the mid 90s Dem mindset citizens) to establish a new party and send the Dems the way of the Green Party. AOC, etc. can enjoy their irrelevancy on ballots and in the public square. We don’t want everyone to be in lock step with one party - we need rational debate and different ideas, as well as shifting leadership over time (e.g. not having one party dominate for decades). But we also do not want a socialist shit show party who hates everything about America and wants to completely reinvent it into an abomination. 

[ClearedHot]

14 minutes ago, brabus said:

It feels like a pipe dream, but I hope there is a successful movement on the “near” left (e.g. the mid 90s Dem mindset citizens) to establish a new party and send the Dems the way of the Green Party. AOC, etc. can enjoy their irrelevancy on ballots and in the public square. We don’t want everyone to be in lock step with one party - we need rational debate and different ideas, as well as shifting leadership over time (e.g. not having one party dominate for decades). But we also do not want a socialist shit show party who hates everything about America and wants to completely reinvent it into an abomination. 

I agree cautiously...The younger generation is spoiled and soft...Iphones, safe spaces, remote work, and a general dislike of hard work has opened the door to uber progression socialist ideas that promise free everything.  A lot of them voted in this last election to elect a self-described democratic socialist who is actually a communist to be the mayor of NYC.  Even more troubling was the election of the Virginia Attorney General, a man who sent text messages advocating not only to kill his opponent but to put bullets in the heads of his children.  Can you imagine the outrage if a mainstream conservative said such a thing?  The fact that these shitbirds were put in office is a warning shot that the younger generation is looking for leadership and as of now they are finding it on the FAR left.

[Lord Ratner]

14 minutes ago, ClearedHot said:

I agree cautiously...The younger generation is spoiled and soft...Iphones, safe spaces, remote work, and a general dislike of hard work has opened the door to uber progression socialist ideas that promise free everything.  A lot of them voted in this last election to elect a self-described democratic socialist who is actually a communist to be the mayor of NYC.  Even more troubling was the election of the Virginia Attorney General, a man who sent text messages advocating not only to kill his opponent but to put bullets in the heads of his children.  Can you imagine the outrage if a mainstream conservative said such a thing?  The fact that these shitbirds were put in office is a warning shot that the younger generation is looking for leadership and as of now they are finding it on the FAR left.

Leave the kids alone. If the boomers hadn't raped every institution and convention for their own advantage, all the while incinerating the housing market, suppressing interest rates, saddling every 22 year old with crippling debt, and inventing "too big to fail," maybe the younger generation wouldn't look toward something different. 

The American Dream was raped by the generation that cried out for free-love and no war until they got in power to give us a corporatist government and endless wars. Now they don't like that their kids are skeptical of their promises. No small wonder.

 

Socialism is a nightmare, but you have to be blind to think this is just about lazy young adults. 😂

Edited 14 hours ago by Lord Ratner

[HeloDude]

If you think Mandani’s policies are bad (they are), then take a look at the new mayor-elect of Seattle.

 

[lloyd christmas]

4 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

I agree cautiously...The younger generation is spoiled and soft...Iphones, safe spaces, remote work, and a general dislike of hard work has opened the door to uber progression socialist ideas that promise free everything.  A lot of them voted in this last election to elect a self-described democratic socialist who is actually a communist to be the mayor of NYC.  Even more troubling was the election of the Virginia Attorney General, a man who sent text messages advocating not only to kill his opponent but to put bullets in the heads of his children.  Can you imagine the outrage if a mainstream conservative said such a thing?  The fact that these shitbirds were put in office is a warning shot that the younger generation is looking for leadership and as of now they are finding it on the FAR left.

I agree.  I think the right is underestimating the political energy and direction politics is headed in this country, mostly in big cities.  I think socialism and open support for violence against the right is taking hold of a larger and larger percentage of the population.  The question is, when will the dems find a way to remove themselves from the violent leftist progressives?  Let the progressive’s behavior and ideas stand on their own outside of the Democratic Party.  This country desperately needs bad examples and we are about to get two of them, one in NYC and the other in Seattle.  

[disgruntledemployee]

Then the good people of those cities will leave (if they can stomach the loss), Investors will cash out, Businesses will leave or shutter. 

Or, they stay and tolerate it.

Mamdani isn't going to effect tourism either way.  The theater thats NYC will always be there, and now they have a new act for people to see.  If a biz leaves NY, someone else will fill the space.  Same goes for a real estate owner.

Anyway, if someone is expecting NYC to fail, don't hold your breath.

[TreeA10]

Those that can have moved out of NY, CA, and other high tax states and they have taken billions in tax revenue with them. I suspect that trend will only escalate. What happens when the free shit crowd runs out of money?

We have neighbors that moved out of Washington. They just walked up to house that wasn't for sale and offered a bunch of money for it. They wanted out that bad.

[brabus]

@ClearedHot Completely agree. Just would be great to see the super dipshit progressive wing of the Dem party either separate and become its own (Dems go back to what they used to be), or the not batshit crazy people in the Dem party break away and establish a new party. Bottom line, the progressive socialists need to be their own thing; currently they’ve simply hijacked a major party. 

Edited 5 hours ago by brabus

[dream big]

11 hours ago, HeloDude said:

If you think Mandani’s policies are bad (they are), then take a look at the new mayor-elect of Seattle.

 

Seattle, New York, NJ… utter shitholes. They are not representative of the rest of the country. Worry not!