A national rent control plan has been proposed by Bernie Sanders to address housing shortages across the country. But much like many of the Democratic presidential candidate's other proposals, it ignores sound economics. Image: Scott Eisen / Getty ImagesThis city has been conducting a three-decade experiment in what happens when society stops enforcing bourgeois norms of behavior.
It has done so in the name of compassion for the homeless. The result: Street squalor and misery have increased, while government expenditures have ballooned. Yet the principles guiding city policy remain inviolate: Homelessness is a housing problem, it is involuntary, and it persists because of inadequate public spending. These propositions are readily disproved by talking to people...
coolgrey opinion HMDatMI 'encourage drug use'? Moronic. I'll read something from a rational adult and skip this.
opinion HMDatMI Simple equation... Open dealing/use drives addiction and attracts addicts Addicts justify homelessindustry funding homelessindustry lines pockets and builds campaign war chests followthemoney
opinion HMDatMI That’s what happens when liberalism goes rampant , Democratic run cities cause this, and it’s happening in LA. Keep on voting for the likes of Garcette.
opinion HMDatMI What did they think would happen when they trashed societal norms
opinion HMDatMI I want my time back from reading this garbage
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opinion HMDatMI Is vagrancy about viagra?
opinion HMDatMI whatever they did - it didn't work
opinion HMDatMI You have to understand a problem to solve it. I don't think there's a real attempt here to understand the multiple and complex problems of homelessness or addiction. Does the WSJ know how much it costs to treat a person with HIV from shared needles (blood tests & meds for life)?
opinion HMDatMI Right it's got nothing to do with vulture capitalism...❌
opinion HMDatMI F.U.C.K. Y.O.U. W.S.J. !
opinion HMDatMI Mayor Addled of Austin is working hard to catch up with SF. However he's not been able to get as much excrement and used needles onto the public sidewalks yet.
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opinion HMDatMI Drug use is to be legalized to be regulated, opinion HMDatMI !
opinion HMDatMI Are you listening Seattle?
opinion HMDatMI What a disaster!
opinion HMDatMI As a resident of SFO for the last 2 1/2 years all I can say is thank you for writing this op-ed. If I had known the situation was as bad as it is, would never have moved here - can't wait to get out. LondonBreed
opinion HMDatMI What a dump
opinion HMDatMI Make a problem, create solutions for the problem, longevity careers.
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opinion HMDatMI Worse for whom?
opinion HMDatMI No way!
opinion HMDatMI This headline is brutally asinine. One doesn’t need to read the article (likely just as stupid) to discern it’s warped point of view. SF most certainly did not ‘encourage drug’ use, and while not an ideal solution, criminalizing homelessness only exacerbates the problem.
opinion HMDatMI Skanktuary city.
opinion HMDatMI c'mon, have a heart, these folks need homes to take drugs in
opinion HMDatMI You wouldn't believe how shocked I am
opinion HMDatMI Hahahahaaa. Shut up
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opinion HMDatMI Is it possible that the editorial pages of the WSJ are actually Trump's trained parrot? We'd all be better off if he got a dog -- except for the dog, of course.
opinion HMDatMI No straws, but you can get needles & then drop a turd on the street. They certainly have their priorities straight
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