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0 pointssandworm10110y ago0 comments

Or the solution may be to accept that the city owes a duty to everyone in it's boarders and cannot deport human beings based on circumstance. The city could tax the rich heavily, to the point that a balance is struck that both shelters the poor and dissuades further gentrification.

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knowaveragejoe10y ago

I hate that gentrification has become this bogeyman. It is the effects of gentrification that can sometimes be negative.

m1sta_10y ago

What makes you think this duty exists? Can any person on earth move to SF and expect this to be fulfilled?

foldr10y ago

No, because of international borders. But within the USA there is freedom of movement.

packetized10y ago

What do we do when some of the poor simply do not want to be sheltered?

15charlimit10y ago

>owes a duty to everyone in its borders No. A local government owes a duty to tax-paying citizens who legally inhabit it.

>tax the rich heavily Yes, drive out the people who are capable of starting and maintaining businesses, investing in area improvements, and spending money. That's a good idea. /s

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