"Equity" comes to the 'burbs.
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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/02/08/dems_attack_suburban_homeowners_148832.html
The Biden administration and Democrats in New York, Connecticut and other states are fighting local zoning laws in order to build high-rise apartment buildings with "affordable" units in tree-lined, single-family neighborhoods. All in the name of equity, meaning everyone can live in a tranquil suburb, whether they've earned the money to pay for it or not.
The Biden administration announced Jan. 19 that it will require all towns across the U.S. to submit "Equity Plans" showing how they will make it possible for low-income people to live there by providing affordable housing, transportation and other resources.
Nice suburb you have there - shame if anything happened to it.
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At some point you think there'd be a lawsuit or SCOTUS decision regarding holding "federal funding" hostage in order to force compliance with executive branch objectives.
The last paragraph is cheeky but mostly accurate:
Democrats seem to believe everyone has a right to the same lifestyle, whether they've earned enough to pay the tab or not. So why stop with housing equity? Government could also compel fine restaurants to set aside a certain number of tables for "affordable" dining. All for the sake of -- you got it -- dining equity.
Everyone doesn't start from the same starting line. We get it. You'll never have that. There will always be folks that struggle and folks that inherit wealth. Always. Watering down societies, whether its forcing housing, or lowering academic standards, is only going to pull down society instead and discourage the unlimited potential of working hard to make a better life.
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While I await @Aqua-Letifer 's critique that I'm a whitey in a Minnesota suburb making these claims...
a few things to note.The 5 houses surrounding mine are: Indian, White, Chinese, Black, Jew.
Further, my dad grew up without parents, ate ketchup (all that was in fridge) during high school, but worked 90 hours to pay and get through college, eventually became the father of 5 (single income), masters degree, doctorate, now semi-retired. His efforts cascaded and allowed me an easier entry for academic success, college, and now my own family. And my kids will continue to feel the cascade of my dad's (and my) efforts as they grow, learn, and work as they get older.
Had my dad given up in high school, none of that would've happened. But knowing the potential for hard work drove him to build a better life. That's the american dream.
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While I await @Aqua-Letifer 's critique that I'm a whitey in a Minnesota suburb making these claims...
a few things to note.The 5 houses surrounding mine are: Indian, White, Chinese, Black, Jew.
Further, my dad grew up without parents, ate ketchup (all that was in fridge) during high school, but worked 90 hours to pay and get through college, eventually became the father of 5 (single income), masters degree, doctorate, now semi-retired. His efforts cascaded and allowed me an easier entry for academic success, college, and now my own family. And my kids will continue to feel the cascade of my dad's (and my) efforts as they grow, learn, and work as they get older.
Had my dad given up in high school, none of that would've happened. But knowing the potential for hard work drove him to build a better life. That's the american dream.
@89th said in "Equity" comes to the 'burbs.:
While I await @Aqua-Letifer 's critique that I'm a whitey in a Minnesota suburb making these claims...
a few things to note.The 5 houses surrounding mine are: Indian, White, Chinese, Black, Jew.
Further, my dad grew up without parents, ate ketchup (all that was in fridge) during high school, but worked 90 hours to pay and get through college, eventually became the father of 5 (single income), masters degree, doctorate, now semi-retired. His efforts cascaded and allowed me an easier entry for academic success, college, and now my own family. And my kids will continue to feel the cascade of my dad's (and my) efforts as they grow, learn, and work as they get older.
Had my dad given up in high school, none of that would've happened. But knowing the potential for hard work drove him to build a better life. That's the american dream.
Did he sleep with the American flag as a blanket and drift off to the Star-Spangled Banner every night?
One point of clarification here:
You need to update your lib critiques. They're 20 years old. You're a Christian white male who has a family and owns a home. The loudest and most committed liberal agitators out there don't want Obamaphones. They want you to be taken out. Equity doesn't mean getting nice stuff for free. Equity means they get stuff, preferably from you after you lose everything. Your becoming destitute is justice for the patriarchal tyranny you've perpetuated through your privilege, that's what they think. Pontificating about elbow grease isn't really the thing. -
@89th said in "Equity" comes to the 'burbs.:
While I await @Aqua-Letifer 's critique that I'm a whitey in a Minnesota suburb making these claims...
a few things to note.The 5 houses surrounding mine are: Indian, White, Chinese, Black, Jew.
Further, my dad grew up without parents, ate ketchup (all that was in fridge) during high school, but worked 90 hours to pay and get through college, eventually became the father of 5 (single income), masters degree, doctorate, now semi-retired. His efforts cascaded and allowed me an easier entry for academic success, college, and now my own family. And my kids will continue to feel the cascade of my dad's (and my) efforts as they grow, learn, and work as they get older.
Had my dad given up in high school, none of that would've happened. But knowing the potential for hard work drove him to build a better life. That's the american dream.
Did he sleep with the American flag as a blanket and drift off to the Star-Spangled Banner every night?
One point of clarification here:
You need to update your lib critiques. They're 20 years old. You're a Christian white male who has a family and owns a home. The loudest and most committed liberal agitators out there don't want Obamaphones. They want you to be taken out. Equity doesn't mean getting nice stuff for free. Equity means they get stuff, preferably from you after you lose everything. Your becoming destitute is justice for the patriarchal tyranny you've perpetuated through your privilege, that's what they think. Pontificating about elbow grease isn't really the thing.@Aqua-Letifer Well said
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At some point you think there'd be a lawsuit or SCOTUS decision regarding holding "federal funding" hostage in order to force compliance with executive branch objectives.
The last paragraph is cheeky but mostly accurate:
Democrats seem to believe everyone has a right to the same lifestyle, whether they've earned enough to pay the tab or not. So why stop with housing equity? Government could also compel fine restaurants to set aside a certain number of tables for "affordable" dining. All for the sake of -- you got it -- dining equity.
Everyone doesn't start from the same starting line. We get it. You'll never have that. There will always be folks that struggle and folks that inherit wealth. Always. Watering down societies, whether its forcing housing, or lowering academic standards, is only going to pull down society instead and discourage the unlimited potential of working hard to make a better life.
@89th said in "Equity" comes to the 'burbs.:
At some point you think there'd be a lawsuit or SCOTUS decision regarding holding "federal funding" hostage in order to force compliance with executive branch objectives.
There have been plenty of precedents. Most recently Trump’s blocked attempt to withhold funding from sanctuary cities. Generally the court has ruled that the condition placed on the funding has to be related to the funding. HUD dollars with conditions on zoning (my guess) would be allowed. Non-HUD dollars probably not.
One that was allowed in the past that they probably wouldn’t be today is tying highway funds to moving the drinking age to 21. The relationship between the two is at best extremely tangential.
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Nobody really cares about equity.
This is all about real estate scams.
Bring some people to a nice neighborhood seeking equity.
All the existing residents leave, prices fall through the floor.
Buy low.
Evict the poor people.
Sell high.
I have seen this done in Boston a few times now, the process can take up to 20-30 years for each cycle.
No justice, no peace.
