BillBrasky Memorial Political Chat Thread

[myDeaconmyhand]

Complaining that fast food is too expensive while at the same time continuing to buy fast food is fucking stupid.

You’ve never purchased anything that you also thought was too expensive?

 

[ImTheCaptain]

You’ve never purchased anything that you also thought was too expensive?

It’s called “investing”

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

It’s called “investing”

lol
It doesn’t take much class consideration to understand why working class people would be frustrated with inflated fast food prices and still purchase fast food. (Hint - it’s in the name)

 

[ImTheCaptain]

I’m still confused if Chris thinks 60 for all that meat is expensive or cheap

 

[ConnorEl]

Cheap, pretty sure.

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

need to read more, but this goes along my thinking that housing is a demand problem as much as it is a supply problem

 

[06deacon]

lol
It doesn’t take much class consideration to understand why working class people would be frustrated with inflated fast food prices and still purchase fast food. (Hint - it’s in the name)

Chick fil a has always been expensive, way moreso than other fast food, and seems like it’s gone up faster than other places. So using chick fil a as the hypothetical fast food example is a poor choice

 

[ConnorEl]

Is fast food a necessity?

Maybe only rarely, pretty sure.

 

[Shooshmoo]

need to read more, but this goes along my thinking that housing is a demand problem as much as it is a supply problem

Devil's advocate, but wasn't there a 12% overall increase in homelessness since the end of the COVID aid? Doesn't that cut against this?

I say that in anticipation of Republicans saying, "see what happens when the govt gives handouts?"

 

[ChrisL68]

I’m still confused if Chris thinks 60 for all that meat is expensive or cheap

way cheap.

 

[Strickland33]

Devil's advocate, but wasn't there a 12% overall increase in homelessness since the end of the COVID aid? Doesn't that cut against this?

I say that in anticipation of Republicans saying, "see what happens when the govt gives handouts?"

no dude

those dudes who got the cash stayed housed

cmon man

who's got the time to give a shit these days

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

Devil's advocate, but wasn't there a 12% overall increase in homelessness since the end of the COVID aid? Doesn't that cut against this?

I say that in anticipation of Republicans saying, "see what happens when the govt gives handouts?"

I don’t follow

Doesn’t your devil’s advocacy reaffirm the point? That cash handouts work.

 

[Strickland33]

theres literlaly fucking research showing this shit but in house counsel dont give a fuck

 

[PhDeac]

Tells you how pervasive ugly stereotypes are when people won’t believe the simple premise that people in need spend money on their most basic needs to improve their lives.

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

Devil's advocate, but wasn't there a 12% overall increase in homelessness since the end of the COVID aid? Doesn't that cut against this?

I say that in anticipation of Republicans saying, "see what happens when the govt gives handouts?"

Little confused about your statement - the payment program, as a test program
for research, was very very small, and totally incapable of decreasing the nationwide homeless rate

 

[redwing42]

Is fast food a necessity?

Maybe only rarely, pretty sure.

Tell that to the single parent picking up their kids from daycare after work, or the door dash/GrubHub/Uber eats driver working a 12 hour shift, or the person who has 30 minutes between their primary job and a second one they picked up to cover rent. I know that is only a smaller percentage of all consumers, but it isn't that uncommon.

 

[ConnorEl]

I worked 12 hour shifts for years.

Brought a bag lunch every day.

 

[Shooshmoo]

I don’t follow

Doesn’t your devil’s advocacy reaffirm the point? That cash handouts work.

The argument would be they only work if they are perpetual. Isn't the point/purpose of the study that these are temporary benefits to get people back on their feet (which seems to have worked in the study) and they would stop at some point - particularly for those who are no longer homeless/have jobs?

 

[Strickland33]

The argument would be they only work if they are perpetual. Isn't the point/purpose of the study that these are temporary benefits to get people back on their feet (which seems to have worked in the study) and they would stop at some point - particularly for those who are no longer homeless/have jobs?

Stop what

ETA: a metric fuckton of homeless folks have jobs, my naive naive dude

 

[Shooshmoo]

theres literlaly fucking research showing this shit but in house counsel dont give a fuck

I'm not being a dick, no idea why you're being a dick and shitting on my job. And I was very clear I was playing devil's advocate. That's just who you are, I guess.