Why can't journalists from British financial publications stop framing this as a problem that software can solve and instead examine it as a consequence of a regressive (and likely to become more regressive) set of US federal housing/tax policies?https://www.ft.com/content/262e2b2c-d423-11e7-8c9a-d9c0a5c8d5c9 …
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Though San Francisco voters might have passed the regressive sales tax increase (like they had many times before) if
@mayoredlee hadn’t focused on defeating some reform measures http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Mayor-s-adviser-will-work-to-defeat-4-ballot-9211454.php … instead of passing Prop K -
who put those measures on the ballot?
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For a large part of society, solving poverty means “let’s hide poor people somewhere else so we can’t see them”.
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SF does that less than other cities. They're right near the major retail district in the heart of the city.
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@TBraithwaite hard to see how that assessment applied to much other than the headline. And the first rule of journalism fight club is, no one talk about the headline, because they didn't write it.https://twitter.com/kimmaicutler/status/937100223150678016 … -
others may wonder why Bay Area commentators keep framing housing problems reductively as "100% a political issue" or consequences of Fed/state policyhttps://twitter.com/kimmaicutler/status/937092527613554688 …
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@sfgov already spends $10 billion each year, with poor results and minimal accountability. Continuing to throw $ at the problem isn't the answer.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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So glad Seattle passed it's housing levy and that sweeps are controversial w/citizens here.
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