Doug
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But if you go with us as contractors for all of the work, we're not really concerned anymore. These are easily abused. So you need to get the preferences of the unions and certain minorities and disadvantaged groups and small businesses and the taxpayers and lenders and auditors.
But if you go with us as contractors for all of the work, we're not really concerned anymore. These are easily abused. So you need to get the preferences of the unions and certain minorities and disadvantaged groups and small businesses and the taxpayers and lenders and auditors.
And if you try to make every single person or every possible shareholder super happy with everything, which is how our government, at least in blue states, is running, is operating. then nothing happens. And like, if you refuse to build anything because nobody gets fully satisfied by it, everybody is worse off.
And if you try to make every single person or every possible shareholder super happy with everything, which is how our government, at least in blue states, is running, is operating. then nothing happens. And like, if you refuse to build anything because nobody gets fully satisfied by it, everybody is worse off.
And if you try to make every single person or every possible shareholder super happy with everything, which is how our government, at least in blue states, is running, is operating. then nothing happens. And like, if you refuse to build anything because nobody gets fully satisfied by it, everybody is worse off.
And you're seeing this happen year over year as San Francisco becomes more expensive and homelessness becomes worse. And I, 10 years ago when I lived there, and maybe you had the same experience, 10 years ago, no working class person that I met in San Francisco lived in the city because they could not afford it.
And you're seeing this happen year over year as San Francisco becomes more expensive and homelessness becomes worse. And I, 10 years ago when I lived there, and maybe you had the same experience, 10 years ago, no working class person that I met in San Francisco lived in the city because they could not afford it.
And you're seeing this happen year over year as San Francisco becomes more expensive and homelessness becomes worse. And I, 10 years ago when I lived there, and maybe you had the same experience, 10 years ago, no working class person that I met in San Francisco lived in the city because they could not afford it.
And instead, they lived in other parts of the Bay Area and had to take BART, the subway.
And instead, they lived in other parts of the Bay Area and had to take BART, the subway.
And instead, they lived in other parts of the Bay Area and had to take BART, the subway.
Because you can't afford to live there. And so these like one of the quotes from the book is in much of San Francisco, you can't walk 20 feet without seeing a multicolored sign declaring that Black Lives Matter. Kindness is everything and no human being is illegal.
Because you can't afford to live there. And so these like one of the quotes from the book is in much of San Francisco, you can't walk 20 feet without seeing a multicolored sign declaring that Black Lives Matter. Kindness is everything and no human being is illegal.
Because you can't afford to live there. And so these like one of the quotes from the book is in much of San Francisco, you can't walk 20 feet without seeing a multicolored sign declaring that Black Lives Matter. Kindness is everything and no human being is illegal.
These signs sits in yards zoned for single families and communities that organize against efforts to add new homes that would bring those values closer to reality. San Francisco's black population has fallen in every census count since 1970. Poor families, disproportionately non-white and immigrant, are pushed into long commutes, overcrowded housing, and street homelessness.
These signs sits in yards zoned for single families and communities that organize against efforts to add new homes that would bring those values closer to reality. San Francisco's black population has fallen in every census count since 1970. Poor families, disproportionately non-white and immigrant, are pushed into long commutes, overcrowded housing, and street homelessness.
These signs sits in yards zoned for single families and communities that organize against efforts to add new homes that would bring those values closer to reality. San Francisco's black population has fallen in every census count since 1970. Poor families, disproportionately non-white and immigrant, are pushed into long commutes, overcrowded housing, and street homelessness.
Every year, their policies in San Francisco and these incredibly progressive cities are making everybody suffer, particularly the groups that they supposedly care about. And that's why I get so frustrated, is because it's one thing if you're an asshole. And you say, fuck all y'all. We have our homes. We're going to not allow building because our values go up, right?
Every year, their policies in San Francisco and these incredibly progressive cities are making everybody suffer, particularly the groups that they supposedly care about. And that's why I get so frustrated, is because it's one thing if you're an asshole. And you say, fuck all y'all. We have our homes. We're going to not allow building because our values go up, right?
Every year, their policies in San Francisco and these incredibly progressive cities are making everybody suffer, particularly the groups that they supposedly care about. And that's why I get so frustrated, is because it's one thing if you're an asshole. And you say, fuck all y'all. We have our homes. We're going to not allow building because our values go up, right?