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Jonathan V. Last

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2407 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

I mean, the irony is the biggest piece of it and the oldest piece of the abundance agenda is housing, right? We should build more housing. Like, look, I'm 53. I bought into the housing market in the 90s when it was, you know, the cost of what's now like a nice cup of coffee at Starbucks, right? And so, like, the young people โ€“ like, I don't need it. Like, I own โ€“ I own a house now.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

I mean, the irony is the biggest piece of it and the oldest piece of the abundance agenda is housing, right? We should build more housing. Like, look, I'm 53. I bought into the housing market in the 90s when it was, you know, the cost of what's now like a nice cup of coffee at Starbucks, right? And so, like, the young people โ€“ like, I don't need it. Like, I own โ€“ I own a house now.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

I mean, the irony is the biggest piece of it and the oldest piece of the abundance agenda is housing, right? We should build more housing. Like, look, I'm 53. I bought into the housing market in the 90s when it was, you know, the cost of what's now like a nice cup of coffee at Starbucks, right? And so, like, the young people โ€“ like, I don't need it. Like, I own โ€“ I own a house now.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

If anything, I stand to lose from building more housing and devaluing the cost of property, of which I'm already an owner. It's the young people who actually need to allow more housing to be built. And the only way to do that is to legalize it. But no, you're right. And the other aspect of it is that abundance agenda, like I said, when it says who's the bad guys, the bad guys in many cases is us.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

If anything, I stand to lose from building more housing and devaluing the cost of property, of which I'm already an owner. It's the young people who actually need to allow more housing to be built. And the only way to do that is to legalize it. But no, you're right. And the other aspect of it is that abundance agenda, like I said, when it says who's the bad guys, the bad guys in many cases is us.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

If anything, I stand to lose from building more housing and devaluing the cost of property, of which I'm already an owner. It's the young people who actually need to allow more housing to be built. And the only way to do that is to legalize it. But no, you're right. And the other aspect of it is that abundance agenda, like I said, when it says who's the bad guys, the bad guys in many cases is us.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

Or the bad guys... isn't a corporation. It's that when you want to build a new apartment building, you have to get approval of some neighborhood planning commission. And they're going to listen to the four 75-year-olds who've lived there for 50 years who want to show up and complain about how they don't want anything to change in the neighborhood.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

Or the bad guys... isn't a corporation. It's that when you want to build a new apartment building, you have to get approval of some neighborhood planning commission. And they're going to listen to the four 75-year-olds who've lived there for 50 years who want to show up and complain about how they don't want anything to change in the neighborhood.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

Or the bad guys... isn't a corporation. It's that when you want to build a new apartment building, you have to get approval of some neighborhood planning commission. And they're going to listen to the four 75-year-olds who've lived there for 50 years who want to show up and complain about how they don't want anything to change in the neighborhood.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

And they get to veto the whole prospect and tie it up in lawsuits if they get cranky about it. And those bad guys aren't as compelling to some people as a bad guy who's a giant wealthy corporation. But they're bad.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

And they get to veto the whole prospect and tie it up in lawsuits if they get cranky about it. And those bad guys aren't as compelling to some people as a bad guy who's a giant wealthy corporation. But they're bad.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

And they get to veto the whole prospect and tie it up in lawsuits if they get cranky about it. And those bad guys aren't as compelling to some people as a bad guy who's a giant wealthy corporation. But they're bad.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

Yeah. There's some bad corporations and some bad geriatrics that aren't letting people move into the neighborhood. Hey, guys, it's Tim and Sarah. We're here with my frenemy, John Lovett from Love It or Leave It.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

Yeah. There's some bad corporations and some bad geriatrics that aren't letting people move into the neighborhood. Hey, guys, it's Tim and Sarah. We're here with my frenemy, John Lovett from Love It or Leave It.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

Yeah. There's some bad corporations and some bad geriatrics that aren't letting people move into the neighborhood. Hey, guys, it's Tim and Sarah. We're here with my frenemy, John Lovett from Love It or Leave It.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

You are definitely the fucking self-important one. June is Pride Month, and we're going to be live in D.C. on June 6th for World Pride for a very special live show fundraiser featuring the three of us, plus some gay special guests.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

You are definitely the fucking self-important one. June is Pride Month, and we're going to be live in D.C. on June 6th for World Pride for a very special live show fundraiser featuring the three of us, plus some gay special guests.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

You are definitely the fucking self-important one. June is Pride Month, and we're going to be live in D.C. on June 6th for World Pride for a very special live show fundraiser featuring the three of us, plus some gay special guests.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

Speaking of radicalism gone awry, this is just such a fucking horrible story. Two Israeli embassy staff were fatally shot at the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. yesterday. Yaron Lashinsky and Sarah Milgram, they're engaged. They're about to be married.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is

Speaking of radicalism gone awry, this is just such a fucking horrible story. Two Israeli embassy staff were fatally shot at the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. yesterday. Yaron Lashinsky and Sarah Milgram, they're engaged. They're about to be married.