Eliminating means testing didn’t help the poor, it HELPS THE RICHER DO THE PAPERWORK. Suburban college grads grab rent-stabilized apartments in nyc. Rich parents grab free childcare. Who gets left out? Families working three jobs who can’t fill out a single form. Stop pretending “universal” is fair when the wealthy hoard everything
Why is the New York Times allowed to own copyright? We need means-testing for "newspaper" copyright, where if you have been a newspaper since 1851 and own a mobile game business, you don't need any more government handouts, so all of your copyright immediately enters the public domain.
The NYT refused to publish my opinion in an op ed, which shows they are cowards who are afraid to debate me in the free marketplace of ideas.
god i hate the nyt so much they are nearly pointless or straight up complicit now. are their people going to the correspondents dinner with *wow* pocket squares that say Free Speech? how BRAVE.
The NYT has been doing this forever. Here's my rant about the same concept back in 2012 when the poor little rich kids found it appalling that they might not be able to afford private schools: https://www.dalelyles.com/2012/02/29/a-liberal-rant-2/
Also, it is actually socially desirable for poor and rich kids to interact, play, and learn together. Success is in large part a matter of who you know, and having played with Richy McRichface would actually give you a way to get investment in your excellent business idea, or to get you in touch with suppliers for the widgets you need to build your gadgets. Plus, it's just plain nice to have friends.
Wait, we were assured that Mamdani's Bolshevik crackdown would make all the rich people fuck off to Florida or the Caymans so i guess they can all look for their free daycare down there.
The same people who fake outrage that their social class "gets" something for "free" are the same who would be whining about having to pay for "handouts" to the poor.
If you can occasionally splurge on a somewhat overpriced burger (certainly not all burgers on the UES cost $34), that doesn't mean you have hundreds of bucks extra in your monthly budget for child care.
This is the kind of shit you would expect from someone like Bari Weiss. But it’s okay. The more the establishment squeals the more we know Mamdanis is winning people over.
That penultimate paragraph is such a succinct summary of the situation, I am saving it for my own future arguments. (I will cite you!) I do admire the whole post. I can’t write, myself, but know excellent writing when I see it.
Eliminating means testing didn’t help the poor, it HELPS THE RICHER DO THE PAPERWORK. Suburban college grads grab rent-stabilized apartments in nyc. Rich parents grab free childcare. Who gets left out? Families working three jobs who can’t fill out a single form. Stop pretending “universal” is fair when the wealthy hoard everything
#dreamhoarders
Why is the New York Times allowed to own copyright? We need means-testing for "newspaper" copyright, where if you have been a newspaper since 1851 and own a mobile game business, you don't need any more government handouts, so all of your copyright immediately enters the public domain.
The NYT refused to publish my opinion in an op ed, which shows they are cowards who are afraid to debate me in the free marketplace of ideas.
god i hate the nyt so much they are nearly pointless or straight up complicit now. are their people going to the correspondents dinner with *wow* pocket squares that say Free Speech? how BRAVE.
Should the city pick up the rich people's garbage?
Discuss.
Fuck the NYT.
The NYT has been doing this forever. Here's my rant about the same concept back in 2012 when the poor little rich kids found it appalling that they might not be able to afford private schools: https://www.dalelyles.com/2012/02/29/a-liberal-rant-2/
Programs like free lunches in schools, universal childcare, public schools, etc. are much more nuanced than will fit on a bumper sticker.
Also, it is actually socially desirable for poor and rich kids to interact, play, and learn together. Success is in large part a matter of who you know, and having played with Richy McRichface would actually give you a way to get investment in your excellent business idea, or to get you in touch with suppliers for the widgets you need to build your gadgets. Plus, it's just plain nice to have friends.
Wait, we were assured that Mamdani's Bolshevik crackdown would make all the rich people fuck off to Florida or the Caymans so i guess they can all look for their free daycare down there.
The same people who fake outrage that their social class "gets" something for "free" are the same who would be whining about having to pay for "handouts" to the poor.
Sounds like another NY Times story for my “Why I Call It the ‘So-Called Liberal Media’” file.
If you can occasionally splurge on a somewhat overpriced burger (certainly not all burgers on the UES cost $34), that doesn't mean you have hundreds of bucks extra in your monthly budget for child care.
NYT bends over backwards to appear not liberal.
The NYT is all over the Epstein files. Subscription cancelled after 30 yrs. Who cares what they say?
This is the kind of shit you would expect from someone like Bari Weiss. But it’s okay. The more the establishment squeals the more we know Mamdanis is winning people over.
NYT hates Mamdani so much!
I read that "article". Pretty stupid, even for the NYT.
That penultimate paragraph is such a succinct summary of the situation, I am saving it for my own future arguments. (I will cite you!) I do admire the whole post. I can’t write, myself, but know excellent writing when I see it.