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Re:Seattle Poised to Repeal Tax on Amazon and Large Employers by profunctor on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @08:49AM (#17292720)
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. That money could be keeping tens of thousands of people off the streets and out of hospitals.
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Re:Seattle Poised to Repeal Tax on Amazon and Large Employers by megaman22 on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @09:06AM (#17292814)
If we're throwing cliched adages around, don't throw good money after bad. People flock to places like SF and Seattle in part because they have all of this spending and infrastructure for the homeless.
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Re:Seattle Poised to Repeal Tax on Amazon and Large Employers by Maybestring on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @09:22AM (#17292942)
Any evidence for that? I have a hard time believing people are moving to 'Rain City' to live outside.
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Re:Seattle Poised to Repeal Tax on Amazon and Large Employers by jschwartzi on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @09:54AM (#17293233)
We host the county jail and courthouse, and in many municipalities it's illegal to be homeless, so they get picked up there, jailed here, and released here.
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Re:Seattle Poised to Repeal Tax on Amazon and Large Employers by ksk on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @02:57PM (#17296686)
If I were homeless I'd try to go to a place that helped homeless people.
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