ggleblanc

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (6 children)

From the article: "Those fees have so far amounted to a total of $24.5 million — not enough to develop a single social housing project, according to housing experts."

I don't know about construction costs in Canada, but in many cities in the United States, 24 million dollars could renovate at least 120 homes, assuming a cost of $200,000 per renovation. Renovation is more expensive than building new. You could easily build 240 modest homes on undeveloped land with 24 million dollars.

I've left them half a million for administrative costs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

That said, [the police's] main job at the moment is to protect hoarders of wealth from the social consequences of wealth hoarding.

We are all wealth hoarders. What are the social consequences of wealth hoarding? Is it okay to steal? How much does a person have to have before it's okay to steal? Most of the people of the world live on a couple of US dollars a day. Is it okay for them to steal your wallet when you have 40 dollars?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 years ago (14 children)

It depends on where you live, but a lot of large US cities have their own fueling stations. That way, the city can buy fuel by the tanker load and avoid gas taxes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

When you bought the home, what did your home inspector say about the foundation cracks?

Call a professional to do a foundation inspection. Your cracks might be nothing or they could be serious. Only a foundation expert can tell you for sure.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've ridden many buses and trains. I've seen plenty of YouTube videos where people are attacked on buses. I've seen plenty of light rail trains where the homeless ride around the entire day.

Ride out to the suburbs, burgle a house, and steal a car to bring the loot back actually happened in Baltimore, Maryland, USA when they extended the red line light rail to Hunt Valley. The Hunt Valley Mall died and was torn down a few years later.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

Would you, as an atheist, want to constantly create cakes that say "Atheists are going to hell"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Stones placed on line intersections

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

No, they are not the same political parties, make sure you vote to keep the communists out. Also, vote in the primaries so we can get more conservative/freedom representatives as candidates. Voting is not the only answer to salvage the future but it's definitely a part of the answer.