Bernie is in town doing media for his book and walked into a TikTok 🤣 pic.twitter.com/74wHvWyv5G

— Wu-Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) February 20, 2023

Libertarians don't have much respect for any American presidency, but we can at least respect the way some of them ended.

Happy #PresidentsDay! pic.twitter.com/JAwCw7amXc

— Libertarian Party NH (@LPNH) February 20, 2023

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okaydo said:

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Libertarians don't have much respect for any American presidency, but we can at least respect the way some of them ended.

Happy #PresidentsDay! pic.twitter.com/JAwCw7amXc

— Libertarian Party NH (@LPNH) February 20, 2023

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I am intrigued about where this "pro-murder" platform may go.

sycasey said:

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okaydo said:

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Libertarians don't have much respect for any American presidency, but we can at least respect the way some of them ended.

Happy #PresidentsDay! pic.twitter.com/JAwCw7amXc

— Libertarian Party NH (@LPNH) February 20, 2023

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I am intrigued about where this "pro-murder" platform may go.

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I'm curious about Libertarian presidential candidates, given their party's stated preference about presidential longevity.

Family slammed for Disneyland ride hack: ‘I hope you're joking’ https://t.co/tIOraoL88L pic.twitter.com/waTiFcIJOO

— New York Post (@nypost) February 21, 2023

https://abcnews.go.com/US/epa-administrator-ohio-gov-dewine-visit-east-palestine/story?id=97362950

Mayor London Breed has a massive problem.
Downtown SF is a ghost town since corporate America has left.
And the small "Mom & Pop" businesses and restaurants that cater to the lunch hour crowd have folded.

Liberals bash 'greedy' corporate America any chance they get. The ripple effect is huge. No breakfast or lunch crowd, nobody out for coffee, no need for bike messengers, flowers, catered lunches. BART usage way down.

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San Francisco eyes corporate tax relief to attract new companies downtown - Axios San Francisco


https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2023/02/22/san-francisco-business-tax-relief

"By the numbers: A tech company in San Francisco with 250 employees and $750 million in total revenue would pay roughly $10.4 million annually in local taxes…That same hypothetical company would pay just over $4 million in Oakland …,$2.7 million in Berkeley…In South San Francisco $50,000 annually, and in San Jose, $17,118."

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Bearister, the City of San Francisco is now looking at massive budget deficits over the next 5 years according to their own budget overview, given the loss of Corporate America. Meanwhile, the cost of City services continues to outpace revenue growth.

From Page #5 from the link provided below:

FIVE-YEAR OUTLOOK

Over the next five years, the plan projects the City will experience a slow-growth revenue outlook, due to anticipated structural changes in San Francisco's economy, and a loss in one-time sources in the first three years of the plan. The Five-Year Financial Plan shows that the cost of City services significantly outpaces revenue growth during the five-year period. If the City does not take corrective action, the gap between revenues and expenditures will reach approximately $1,224.1 million by Fiscal Year (FY) 2027-28

Total expenditures are projected to grow by approximately $1,430.4 million over the next five years, which represents an increase of 21.1% from FY 2022-23. During the five years of the plan, baselines grow by $209.9 million (15% of total expenditure growth), employee salary, pension, and fringe benefit costs grow by $490.7 million (34% of total expenditure growth), citywide operating costs grow by $514.9 million (36% of total expenditure growth), and departmental costs grow by $214.9 million (15% of total expenditure growth)

Five Year Financial Plan FY23-24 through FY 27-28 FINAL.pdf (sf.gov)

China has begun to revoke patents of American companies in important industries for Beijing, including technology, pharmaceuticals and the use of rare earth minerals.

Source: WSJ pic.twitter.com/w0mtNGdu8q

— Trollstoy (@Trollstoy88) February 22, 2023

It certainly seems like an insurmountable problem. Cities are expensive to run and provide a number of tangible and intangible benefits to their suburbs. Would any of the bedroom communities be what they are without the historical draw of the city for business, culture and other reasons? These communities are essentially free riders on SF's largesse.

I know that a lot of businesses are forcing employees back into the office but question remains as to how successful that will be. I tend to think that it will be very difficult to force large numbers of high performers back to the office when they prefer WFH.

I'm not sure there is any ready answer for the hollowing out of the financial district - this is really a nationwide commercial real estate crisis. WSJ has had a few articles just in the last 24 hours.

A growing number of big office landlords are defaulting on their loans, reflecting high interest rates and the popularity of remote and hybrid work policies https://t.co/2CbrE1q70I

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 21, 2023

Terraces for everyone. Living-room decor. Quiet zones. Architects and developers are designing new offices to appeal to hybrid workers. https://t.co/OPOFr9bpqc

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 22, 2023

The mystique is gone. Why go into The City, to walk up broken, urine-soaked escalators, past homeless defacating on the sidewalks, drug addicts shooting up on the streets? The business persons $10-12 lunch is now $25-30 with The City's higher minimum wage, health care tax, and now Biden invisible green policies and inflationary spending.

That same person can now save hours commuting, have sushi in Concord or Pho in Martinez, and skip all of the negative externalities. The City may become more of a museum than a financial and tech hub, many tech companies relocating to Austin and remote work.

This is an interesting article on the beefing Glendale malls.

“This was like when LeBron left Cleveland,” @americanamemes said. #teamgalleria https://t.co/hDX8sieqKZ

— Alison Herman (@aherman2006) February 22, 2023

JUST IN - Unsecured DoD sever was spilling terabytes of internal U.S. military emails to the open internet for the past two weeks.https://t.co/TdTrrKIvRo

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 21, 2023

Isn't green energy grand?

NEW - Second World War-style rationing of petrol, household energy, and meat could help to "fight climate change," British "scientists" now recommend.https://t.co/HtNwOHIGEH

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 20, 2023

Russia will send a mission to the Moon in July

"The launch of Luna-25 spacecraft, taking into account the astronomical 'window' in 2023, is scheduled for 13.07.2023," TASS writes, citing Roscosmos.

This is first launch of a Moon landing mission in the history of modern Russia. pic.twitter.com/911O0ZUkgG

— Trollstoy (@Trollstoy88) February 23, 2023

A woman drove her SUV into a Georgia Popeyes building after the manager said she became angry over a missing order of biscuits Saturday, according to an incident report filed by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. https://t.co/NvoF7qELSe

— WGN Morning News (@WGNMorningNews) February 24, 2023

I thought she saw ML walking in as she was walking out

RINO / UniParty RdS.

Ron DeSantis Co-Sponsored 2018 Bill to Make Puerto Rico a State via @nationalfile https://t.co/yA1o9i5z1b

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) February 25, 2023

movielover said:

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RINO / UniParty RdS.

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What is your objection to Puerto Rico becoming a state?

AunBear89 said:

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sycasey said:

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movielover said:

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RINO / UniParty RdS.

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What is your objection to Puerto Rico becoming a state?

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Two additional Democratic Senators.

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Yup, and PR is ambivalent about becoming a state.

If USA could fully take in Puerto Rico and lift up its standard of living, that could be a good model for rest of Latin America.

In 1986, the EU added Spain, Portugal and Greece and tons of development dollars flowed from the wealthy nations to these poorer ones. Huge successes!

United States of America.
Marshall Plan 2.
Why not?

Source. And we will need something from outside the far right Twitter bubble.

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Source. And we will need something from outside the far right Twitter bubble.

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In 2020, on the same day as the U.S. presidential election, Puerto Rico held a statehood referendum. It was the sixth time a vote on the island's status had been held, but this one differed from its predecessors by only including two optionsyes to statehood, or no. Statehood won by 52.5 percent to 47.5 percent.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/puerto-rico-statehood-us-politics-democrats.html

So, the majority are still in favor?



Yeah, that's pretty "ambivalent".