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Truly affordable housing. Something in the $300 range at the most. Lots of regulations, at least in California, do things to prevent micro apartments, which I think could help the situation.
I'm getting so sick of hearing the word 'disrupt'. It's been so overused that it I feel that it has basically lost all meaning. Edit: I see that the HN title has been changed in the meantime.
btw, what about Bezos paying taxes instead of "optimizing" ?
I'm getting so sick of hearing the word 'disrupt'. It's been so overused that it I feel that it has basically lost all meaning. Edit: I see that the HN title has been changed in the meantime.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can't legislate societies problems away. Legislation is just bandaids applied with the threat of violence for those who seek to remove them.
> 'You can't legislate societies problems away' Could you elaborate? It seems pretty obvious that you can. No child labour, minimum wage laws, equal rights etc.
So, this way we address numerous factors: 1) The large uneducated mass of young people excluded from the workforce or otherwise drowning in college debt, 2) Work to reduce the prison population and actually rehabilitate people with worthwhile skills (metallurgy, equipment, etc), and 3) Fix the crumbling, pot-hole riddled, creaking, aging US infrastructure in probably record time.
Yes it will cost a fuck-ton of money but because these low-level employees will have money to spend, the wheels of US Consumerist economy will be able to pick up. Former students in the program could pay down debt AND save for after they're released from the program commitment.
Poor people are poor because they spend. The US wealth gap is so distorted the rich have choked this system. They sit on piles of assets and spend very little by comparison, even if it's millions of dollars per year. These are economic realities that Bezos is part of causing to be an issue.
It's almost as if Amazon's business model isn't viable without the public infrastructure that is now in desperate need of investment. Hm.
Truly affordable housing. Something in the $300 range at the most. Lots of regulations, at least in California, do things to prevent micro apartments, which I think could help the situation.
Create an unsustainable system then seek philanthropy to fix the problem? Why not simply fix the system?
I know this first hand, as I am trying to work in the tiny house movement here in the bay area.
In talking with the city and county of alameda, the code is the problem. The code states that any land parcel for a single family is required to be minumum of 2,300 square feet.
So you cannot sub-div a parcel for several tiny homes, as any structure with a door, sleeping and cooking facilities is considered a dwelling and is subject to requiring a 2,300 SF lot...
I am working with several tiny home manufacturers on this - but the laws need to change.
why doesn't he create a big city with communal living and top rate security for refugees?
I hope he does, and not someone for him.
I remember justice roberts saying in an interview how he read letters to president Reagan, and pass along those he thought appropriate. I was truly disappointed.