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2009: the renters, who had nothing to do with the ill-fated transaction lose their heat and water before finally being evicted.
See- it's funny! #jonahgoldberg
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There's a saying that monetarist economists use about public subsidy: "Whatever you pay for, you get more of." That may or may not be true. But at some point you have to wonder what amount of public money and investment is "solving the problem" or "fulfilling the obligation" and what amount isn't. New York spends a fortune on housing for the poor, and yet there are still poor - but does it follow then that they're simply not spending enough? A lot of liberals say "QED tax more" but I'm not convinced that solves a thing. #jonahgoldberg
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Ok, amateur psychoanalysis is over. But still, Goldberg is a dick. As an aside, I think John Podhoretz is from the UWS too. #jonahgoldberg
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And, no I don't think his "point" was that the poors were once again invented "rights" designed to make conservatives deal with their under-developed sense of public ethics. It's that the cretins who play the landlord "game" in New York often do so in ways that force people to live as do the poorest in, say, Calcutta.
What's funny to me is that, once again the U.N. is documenting our nation's slide into third world status and all the hyper-entitled "right" can do is laugh. #jonahgoldberg
10/26/09
Then there's housing being treated as an inalienable right in the midst of a crisis created by a philosophy of home ownership. You're Entitled! So let's tax and overcome shitty market forces - which admittedly don't serve the poor - and build more projects. Which are great I guess!
We'll have the discussion about what to do about 17 billion humans in a few years. Hint: there will be weeping and shouting then, too, from ever more voices. How high can projects be built, anyway? #jonahgoldberg
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The problem is unsolvable. For my part, I'll continue to watch "Life After People" with something approaching glee as the planet warms and we pile more and more pyramid onto the pin-point. #jonahgoldberg
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That doesn't get the heat on but at least you have a record of the complaint in the system.
A few days pass and your councilperson calls and says the Daily News wants to interview you about your lack of heat. You do the interview and this is what happens: [www.nydailynews.com]
And then the city starts calling begging to know if you have heat. And then your landlord sends like 20 men to the building to fix the problem and finally--there's heat! But also his lawyer starts harrassing you because oh well, you didn't have to tell the newspaperman the landlord's name and address.
And that's how you get heat and hot water returned in a building in NYC. #jonahgoldberg
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I've got a great girl for you, but you'll need a 45 degree angle of attack #unitednations
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In a related story, Cubby was named the Ambassador to Brown. #unitednations
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