What's so bad about low-cost housing in the suburbs?
By John Welford
@indexer (4852)
Leicester, England
October 22, 2020 5:56am CST
One of Donald Trump's ploys for re-election is that he has prevented the building of affordable housing in the suburbs of American cities. He seems to think that this is a good thing.
But why? Surely it is a very good move to have mixed housing, and therefore mixed communities, in all parts of cities. That is how to achieve social and racial integration, and what could possibly be wrong with that?
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
22 Oct 20
But social and racial SEGREGATION is what these ideas actually promote and foster. What Trump, and the republican party wants, is to lift ALL boats. Our system is based on the idea that if we allow for opportunity, anyone can achieve success and prosperity.
If you have studied our welfare system at all, over the last 50+ years it has been in place it has largely failed the recipients. It has not really helped anyone OUT of poverty. It has KEPT people poor. What's worse is that statistically if you are born into a welfare household, you will be more likely to be on welfare as well.
So, not only does this thinking keep people poor, it perpetuates poverty generationally.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
23 Oct 20
@indexer lol.
What it refers to is that high tides lift all boats. In other words, if EVERYONE succeeds, everyone gets a benefit from it. Everyone rises. Everyone gets ahead.
Some people like to say if I am rich I want everyone to be held down and be poor. Not the case at all. If I am rich, if everyone at the bottom rung below me makes more money, I get richer. They get richer. But I also get richer. Because we all have more money to spend.
I want more people to travel because I own shares of hotels and airlines and gas stations. I want more people to buy more clothes because I own shares of retailers who sell them. I want more people to eat out more often because I own shares of restaurants. I want more people to buy more cars and be able to upgrade more often because I own shares of auto makers.
I want people to succeed and make a lot of money because if they make a lot of money I make a lot of money.
We all rise together. We still have different size boats. Just the nature of things.
The more money being made means the more money being spent. We all get something from it. More jobs, higher wages, better lifestyles.
We ALL become richer even though there will still be some with more and some with less.
I don't make any money if no one can afford the things the businesses I own sell.
