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Dont forget that the state and local governments loving love handing out property tax abatements as part of "business incentives" which keeps shifting the tax burden to home owners.
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I watched this a while ago. Thoughts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZPZksI7eUM
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hi yall there is a Dem Socialistd of America NTX meeting on sunday, lmk if anyone wants details
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eonwe posted:hi yall there is a Dem Socialistd of America NTX meeting on sunday, lmk if anyone wants details 
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https://twitter.com/AP/status/953992398841044994 nooooo
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That was always going to be a strong possibility. Honestly I'd have been surprised if it hadn't made the cut.
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Dallas is still in the list of 20 as well, I wonder if they're seriously considering taking over Valley View or if they'd just go somewhere in Plano like everyone else.
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If amazon actually cares about public transit there’s no way they’re going to pick Austin because our public transit system is so garbage.
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M. Night Skymall posted:Dallas is still in the list of 20 as well, I wonder if they're seriously considering taking over Valley View or if they'd just go somewhere in Plano like everyone else. I really hope it comes to Dallas, that way my stupid house flipping boomer parents and step-parents can keep asking me why I don't own a house yet.
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Badger of Basra posted:If amazon actually cares about public transit there’s no way they’re going to pick Austin because our public transit system is so garbage. The sad thing is they don't give two shits if poor people get hurt by the terrible public transit. But if Jeff Bezos tells them he needs more buses to ship in his indentured servants, they'd start running more routes tomorrow.
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PostNouveau posted:The sad thing is they don't give two shits if poor people get hurt by the terrible public transit. But if Jeff Bezos tells them he needs more buses to ship in his indentured servants, they'd start running more routes tomorrow. As a homeowner, why should I have to pay for poor people to use the bus that I don’t even use but also please widen I-35 because traffic
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Dallas rail is OK (at least compared to Austin), but it's terrible for getting to valley view, and there's no way we're going to get a rail line there since property along the DNT is outrageously expensive. I read some articles saying that Amazon picked 20 cities to make the remaining number too large for the cities to easily make an agreement where none of them would offer Amazon incentives. I doubt they're coming to Texas, we're just in here to drive up the incentives package they get from wherever they want to go because we're so "business friendly."
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I still strongly suspect East Coast. Funny that there are three short-listed locations in the immediate DC metro: "Northern Virginia", Montgomery County, and DC itself. If they are aiming for DC metro and their goal is to get tax concessions playing those three regions off each other is a smart move.
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https://twitter.com/angusparvo/status/954037702365761536 Yes the famously business averse Austin City Council
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 Yes, it's the mean ol' cities shaking down Amazon in this process. Amazon certainly didn't get promises from 350 cities that they would tear down all the poor parts of town to build a golden highway to Bezos' 8th summer home.
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/angusparvo/status/954037702365761536 Dull brain: taxation is theft. Level 2 brain: taxation is necessary for civil society Galaxy brain: taxation is protection money
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Badger of Basra posted:She's in a similar vein to Leslie Pool and Kathie Tovo in that she thinks the only people who matter in Austin are homeowners and everyone else can get hosed. All three of them talk a big game about affordable housing but they don't put up much money for it, and at the same time they make it harder to build anything besides single family homes. I read the Statesman article about her, and yeeeesh. I didn't vote for Adler in either the general or the run-off, but at least his policies aren't DIRECTLY against my interests.
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Badger of Basra posted:As a homeowner, why should I have to pay for poor people to use the bus that I don’t even use but also please widen I-35 because traffic gulag kulak edit: But really, does Amazon run shuttle services to its compounds? I know that happens on the big corporate compounds over in the Bay area. Cyberpunkey Monkey fucked around with this message at 00:04 on Jan 19, 2018 |
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I'm endorsing the SA goon candidate running in statehouse district 63:quote:Richard Wolf of Flower Mound is a 23-year-old college dropout who lives at home with his parents and says he's never held a job for more than a few months and "never paid taxes." Nevertheless, he's quick to outline which taxes (paid by others) he'd increase to pay for his favorite programs. We suspect residents in this district would prefer somebody with a bit of life experience who can complete a questionnaire without resorting to profanities or boasts that he "will be the best legislator of all time."
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Speaking of Denton County, I don't know why the Denton Record Chronicle seems to entertain these Amazon HQ fantasies. Yeah, sure. Well anyways if it does happen (haha it's not going to happen) I can only imagine it like a scene from Independence Day (1996) where the Bezos machine hovers over the courthouse on the square and blows it up with a giant laser.
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:Speaking of Denton County, I don't know why the Denton Record Chronicle seems to entertain these Amazon HQ fantasies. Yeah, sure. Well anyways if it does happen (haha it's not going to happen) I can only imagine it like a scene from Independence Day (1996) where the Bezos machine hovers over the courthouse on the square and blows it up with a giant laser. pretty sure you are now in violation of an Amazon Planning Committee NDA
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GreyjoyBastard posted:pretty sure you are now in violation of an Amazon Planning Committee NDA *opens door to see man-sized Amazon shipping box* *box pops open to reveal three balaclava-wearing Amazon henchmen in crouched positions stacked on top of each other* Oh no! *i get clubbed over the head* 
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:I'm endorsing the SA goon candidate running in statehouse district 63: That's my district! Tan Parker reminds me of Kenneth from 30 Rock.
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Tea Party organizing still going strong https://twitter.com/amanbatheja/status/954482014945775616
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I forgot I posted here earlier, so it may not help anyone but!!!!!!!!! tomorrow is the Socialist Feminists at the Women's March in Dallas. Starts at 8:30-ish https://www.facebook.com/events/170527577036403/ the day after is the monthly DSA meeting https://www.facebook.com/events/1983663701956510/
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Badger of Basra posted:Tea Party organizing still going strong "State Rep. Dan Huberty's only primary challenger was on Friday declared ineligible to run to represent House District 127. Reginald C. Grant's name will remain on the ballot...Should he win the March 6 primary, district precinct chairs will vote on a replacement candidate. " https://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/19/texas-rep-dan-hubertys-primary-challenger-declared-ineligible-run/
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Please let Huberty win... he's one of the only republicans who gives a rats rear end about public education.
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Some election lawyer on my flight from Dallas to Austin today was loudly talking abbot a 5th court of appeals stay of a TRO keeping someone's name off the ballot. Maybe Stacy? It was weird.
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TropicalCoke posted:Please let Huberty win... he's one of the only republicans who gives a rats rear end about public education. Don't most elected official seats go unchallenged? At least that's what I heard the general consensus of US election seats go. I'm pretty ignorant of my own state politics so be gentle I bruise easy 
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So are all the major editorial boards in Texas full of morons, or is it just Dallas and Austin? https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/954736268394496000
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Badger of Basra posted:So are all the major editorial boards in Texas full of morons, or is it just Dallas and Austin? All editorial boards are horrible, without exception.
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"professional opinion-haver" is one of those jobs you can only have when you don't really need to have a job.
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Nah, it's one of those jobs that predictable political handpuppets get.
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Horseshoe theory posted:All editorial boards are horrible, without exception. Houston Chronicle editorial board is solid. They have currently declared a fatwa against any and all politicians who do not directly support funding for Harvey rebuilding and resilience for future storms.
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Eh gently caress it
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So socialists in Texas just shitpost on the twitter or what?
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JUST MAKING CHILI posted:So socialists in Texas just shitpost on the twitter or what? It kind of seems like that’s socialists everywhere in the US tbh
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https://twitter.com/andreazelinski/status/955467976857325568Badger of Basra posted:It kind of seems like that’s socialists everywhere in the US tbh There's a lot of...interpersonal drama involved with the DSA it seems.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...9393_story.html "Trump voting commission bought Texas election data flagging Hispanic voters" this is A Bad Thing
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