San Jose: New law would make city first to allow “tiny homes” for homeless

Re:San Jose: New law would make city first to allow “tiny ho... by grecy on Sunday October 09, 2016 @12:04PM (#12671770)

> I've found that America makes a lot more sense when you think of it as a country run by rich people, with a whole lot of workers. For the rich, this place is amazing.

That's an excellent insight, and it agrees with my experience. When I lived there I was earning minimum wage, as were all my (local) friends and I was not impressed. Friends who needed surgery could not afford it, could not afford car insurance, etc. etc.

A few years later I met an Aussie working in a very high paying Engineering job and he loved the country because when you have money, you can own and do anything you want. You are a god.

>We don't have a cultural respect for human life here. We have business.

It blows my mind that masses have not voted to do something about this to better their lot.

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Re:San Jose: New law would make city first to allow “tiny ho... by Roboprog on Sunday October 09, 2016 @12:16PM (#12671823)

I think there are often several candidates in the primary election for any given office (not just president) that would like to, but it only takes one stalking horse funded by the rich in either party to ad-bomb the election, fragment the vote between the better alternatives, and rake in a plurality of the votes for the win.

There are probably several ways around that, but why change it, since the system is "working"?

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Re:San Jose: New law would make city first to allow “tiny ho... by TaylorAlexander on Sunday October 09, 2016 @05:34PM (#12673615)

>It blows my mind that masses have not voted to do something about this to better their lot.

The media is very powerful here.

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