Hi Marty, Always thought provoking communications. Thank you. I lean more to the right when I read your talking points on housing — from an economic perspective. However, I also believe that not all land should have any kind of building built on it. The state and the municipality have big roles to play here on land use code which impacts the market. Costs to build in counties with lower overhead and municipalities with lower fees reduce the costs for new housing. We desperately need new kinds of multi-generational and multi-family housing. These kinds of structures impact how our communities integrate. I am against any sort of rent cap unless there is a further limiting on property tax increases... and a limit on the leverage of bonds by municipalities. Bonds are functionally unlawful taxes. They legally skirt the intent of the existing laws.
"First, we should rethink the personnel model that recruits young, immature people into roles better suited to more responsible employees with experience in the field better able to appreciate the consequences of their actions."
I love this line. I hadn't heard the commentators mention this yet. So many Trump supporters and gun "enthusiasts" in the military. Many of them openly calling for an insurrection against the United States. Police forces have a significant percentage of them in their ranks, too. We need to carefully and quickly identify these people and usher them out of both forces. Let them form their own Ya'll Qaeda militias.
Thank you, Marty, for your perspective, work and communication. I am sorry I don't have any money to contribute. I am struggling to pay for my expenses. Living on social security is not enough. Taxing those who make more than even $100,000 to pay for assistance seems more than fair. I live on $20,000. Even that discrepancy seems huge to me. Please continue to work for (not fight for) equality on all levels.
Darlene the situation is more complex than $100,000 of earnings. The authors of the following linked study point out that psychologically, Americans think that those who make $100,000/year have arrived financially. This is a bit of a misnomer. See the linked new study, $100,000 is quite different in different places. Oregon already formulates its assistance packages on total revenues rather than AGI levels — meaning many people who have businesses with high business expenses but high revenue are not eligible for various forms of relief. https://smartasset.com/data-studies/dd-what-100000-is-worth-2023
Hi Marty, Always thought provoking communications. Thank you. I lean more to the right when I read your talking points on housing — from an economic perspective. However, I also believe that not all land should have any kind of building built on it. The state and the municipality have big roles to play here on land use code which impacts the market. Costs to build in counties with lower overhead and municipalities with lower fees reduce the costs for new housing. We desperately need new kinds of multi-generational and multi-family housing. These kinds of structures impact how our communities integrate. I am against any sort of rent cap unless there is a further limiting on property tax increases... and a limit on the leverage of bonds by municipalities. Bonds are functionally unlawful taxes. They legally skirt the intent of the existing laws.
"First, we should rethink the personnel model that recruits young, immature people into roles better suited to more responsible employees with experience in the field better able to appreciate the consequences of their actions."
I love this line. I hadn't heard the commentators mention this yet. So many Trump supporters and gun "enthusiasts" in the military. Many of them openly calling for an insurrection against the United States. Police forces have a significant percentage of them in their ranks, too. We need to carefully and quickly identify these people and usher them out of both forces. Let them form their own Ya'll Qaeda militias.
Thank you, Marty, for your perspective, work and communication. I am sorry I don't have any money to contribute. I am struggling to pay for my expenses. Living on social security is not enough. Taxing those who make more than even $100,000 to pay for assistance seems more than fair. I live on $20,000. Even that discrepancy seems huge to me. Please continue to work for (not fight for) equality on all levels.
Darlene the situation is more complex than $100,000 of earnings. The authors of the following linked study point out that psychologically, Americans think that those who make $100,000/year have arrived financially. This is a bit of a misnomer. See the linked new study, $100,000 is quite different in different places. Oregon already formulates its assistance packages on total revenues rather than AGI levels — meaning many people who have businesses with high business expenses but high revenue are not eligible for various forms of relief. https://smartasset.com/data-studies/dd-what-100000-is-worth-2023