If you dig into the ballot, pushing Prop C is v advantageous for Benioff. The categorization of Salesforce really minimizes his losses from gross receipt taxes. If Prop C doesn’t get passed, he may get hit with a *much* larger tax.https://twitter.com/salesforce/status/1057346952310984705 …
And yes if the private sector created an inclusive economy where every person from every income quintile had a living wage, we wouldn’t have a broken system and we wouldn’t need redistributive programs. https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/inequality-economic-security-silicon-valley/ …pic.twitter.com/g0YpyzDw1b
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the private sector is a participant *within* the economy, not the creator of it how many jobs would be created, and how much would cost of living be lowered, if we double the bay area housing stock over the next decade? 'political economy' is a more accurate term
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we do both. We've changed 23 laws at the California state level to increase housing stock over the last 2 years. Did you contribute to that change at all? People who work on zoning also know that it is mathematically, financially impossible to produce new units in CA that are
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