I’ve posted a continuation of the my podcast discussion on housing. I think it really sharpens the conversation we’ve had previously. It is not necessary to listen to the previous conversation if you haven’t listened to it already. Feel free to jump in and listen starting here. You can post comments on this post if you’d like.
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This term may be the buzzword of our post-Democratic Party era.
Like the guy in ‘The Sixth Sense’ most everyday Democrats don’t realize the Party is gone. Kaput! Some Party stakeholders in their denial may think this is a “retooling” and the more cynical ones see the opportunity to further the Democratic Socialist takeover. Either way the monied owners of the Party are going to ride the inanimate husk of the Democratic Party until the bones are picked clean.
I have voted Democrat without exception for all of my 30+ years of voting age and realize the Party is gone. In spite of whatever warts there are in the Republican Party it is the only political offering that is pro-American and pro-Western.
Correction: Come to think of it I see no evidence of The Party “retooling;” only some pols dropping cus words to feign authenticity. Instead, the Party is mainly resting on its withered laurels waiting for Trump and the right to sink in the this or that poll. It doesn’t matter how low the polls get for the right, the Democratic Party is at a crossroads leading to two equally damning roads to catastrophe: the the road the moribund – zombie actually – “mainstream” Democrats are on, and the shallow, starry-eyed Progressive/Socialist road to our country’s next “divided house” era.
Social Democrats, Progressives, Socialists, and whatever Senator Warren is- whatever you want to call them don’t realize that in through the window they are attempting to open will come a mass of decidedly un-progressive new voters who never voted Democrat or Republican who will repeal their liberties in a way Republicans never would or could.
what their not say is Conor pewarski is a real estate owner working in banking economics is the one working behind the scenes to create un effordable housing in our neighborhood conor what their not telling folks is Michelle wu husband folks don’t think for a second their not working with Wu and her husband but also folks pay attention they want housing build but not in the Suburbs where their houses is
Can we agree that the current situation is unsustainable? That “From each according to their ability, to each according to their need” doesn’t work in the long run when the needs continually exceed the abilities? Our educational systems are turning out fewer and fewer individuals who can create excess economic value (the abilities) and our governments consume more and more of what excess economic value is created (the needs). Bringing abilities and needs back into balance will be painful but we might want to take a moment to reflect on the alternatives.
Trump is not a wart. He’s a buboe.
Senator:
Appreciate the information. As usual, seems like we focus on forcing and cost transfers vs. addressing the underlying causes of the high cost of housing. Much of this may be driven by other policies such as lack of support for accommodation needed for modular housing setup and delivery as well as excess building codes that aren’t focused on safety and can drive artificial excess demand and therefore costs for appliances, heating systems etc. that are favored by certain idealogies. Certainly telling that it is a million a unit for subsidized vs. market at $500 or 600K. Why don’t we just eliminate the subsidization approach and just use the money to buy market rate units through public auction? This is keeping with your focus on simplicity. We could move from 2,000 to 4,000 per year and this would also likely bring down overall unit costs for all development. Also, like to see more support for boarding houses and possibly company dormitories. Should certainly require that colleges fully house their own students. Lastly, there seems to be a lot of hand ringing that we are losing population. Why? it is natural for increased density in a eco-system to drive up resource costs and the market is the mechanism to keep this in check by encouraging people to move to greener pastures were the cost of housing is lower. We have many towns and cities throughout the state as well as the country that have suffered huge population drops. This reversal is actually highly beneficial for these municipalities and is in keeping with the natural process of diffusion in an environment. Why fight nature? We should look at driving development money and state support to the less populated regions of Massachusetts. Apparently Franklin County, over a 100x less populated than Suffolk: Massachusetts: Franklin County 102.05/sq mi (39.40/km2), Suffolk County 12,416.78/sq mi (4,794.15/km2)
For the Democrats who are still in denial, “Abundance,” a code word for Socialism.
Like Matryoshka dolls words can hide the true intent and reality from others and one’s self.
Secreted inside the progressives the Democrats allowed under the big tent wereSanders Democratic Socialists, secreted inside them the Abundance Socialists and secreted inside them…
The Democratic Party- in lieu of its official renaming- is officially a pre-enlightenment party. It is now wholly divorced from Western values.
The writing was on the wall well before 10/7 where the Mass Dems effectively co-signed Hamas’s actions by not lowering the flag for Americans murdered on that day and we have com full circle to Congresswoman Clark blaming the victim, Israeli, of responding- as we would in their place- and terrorizing Jews in the diaspora and Israelis with sanction and ostracism.