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@s0nicfan posted...

Eat More Beef posted...

I find this rather funmy because those against her (most anyway) had no problem with Donnie's pure bullshit policies. He never once said anything of substance as to how he wished to achieve the platforms he set out, yet it was good, great, grand enough then. Now, someone makes baseless promises and it's all "How will you do it? That's my real concern."

Note: I don't know your political leanings @s0nicfan, so I'm not attacking you, just the viewpoint of those I mentioned above.

That's a fair assessment. Republicans are often the party of "how are we going to pay for it" until they have their own policies. That being said, I appreciate someone at least asking the question, so I don't think they should be dinged for that explicitly. I think the difference between Trump's policies and hers is that most of his were one-off projects like the wall, or taking away things that cost money in the first place. Social Security and state pensions in the era of aging baby boomers has shown that policies designed to give everyone (present AND future) something without a firm method of payment can only result in disasters long-term when the money runs out, so you need a bit more planning to justify them because once you add them, it's basically impossible to remove them.

I too appreciate those that ask that question. It is of the utmost importance.

How would you propose these things happen that she's asking for?

I'd suggest it comes down to one thing that will snowball. Hear me out though.

Raise taxes to pay for free public transportation. It's a small thing to start with (maybe an extra $10 to $20 for those that live in the municipality that has these things). Those that use it save money on their monthly passes, while those that don't use it may be persuaded to use it since they're paying for it. Use it as a try-out. If it works well, try rolling the program out on a larger level. It has to be taxes on everyone, otherwise you won't get enough money to upgrade the existing service. Think what the metros/busses could do with an influx of hundreds of millions of dollars.

The reason I chose that as my starting point is because, during the 80s, to clean up crime in NYC, the mayor didn't "go big or go home." He simply began a crack down on those that jumped the metro turnstiles. Once implemented, they saw a drastic drop in crime not only in the subways, but across the board. It's rather funny that one small thing could impact such a larger area.

My source is I read it in a book. I think it was Malcolm Gladwell, but don't quote me on it. I'm sure you could find the cause/statistics if you looked. I'm currently too lazy to do so, heh.
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