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BlueTigerLion
08/02/21 9:16:05 AM
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/01/anger-mounts-as-biden-congress-allow-eviction-ban-to-expire.html

Anger and frustration mounted in Congress over the weekend as a nationwide eviction moratorium expired during a surge in the Covid-19 pandemic. One Democratic lawmaker even camped outside the Capitol in protest as millions of Americans faced being forced from their homes. Lawmakers said they were blindsided by President Joe Bidens inaction as the midnight Saturday deadline neared, some furious that he called on Congress to provide a last-minute solution to protect renters. The rare division between the president and his party carried potential lasting political ramifications. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday that Democrats have to call a spade a spade after the deadline expired. We cannot in good faith blame the Republican Party when House Democrats have a majority, the progressive congresswoman said on CNNs State of the Union. Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats joined Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., on Saturday evening and overnight Sunday as Bush camped outside the Capitol. I dont plan to leave before some type of change happens, Bush said, though the House had already left for its August recess.

More than 3.6 million Americans are at risk of eviction, some in a matter of days. The moratorium was put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the Covid-19 crisis when jobs shifted and many workers lost income. Democrats piled on in frustration. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the chair of the Financial Services Committee, said Saturday on CNN: We thought that the White House was in charge. We are only hours away from a fully preventable housing crisis, said Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., during a floor speech in a rare Saturday session as senators labored over an infrastructure package. We have the tools, and we have the funding, Warren said. What we need is the time. Biden set off the scramble by announcing Thursday he would allow the eviction ban to expire instead of challenging a recent Supreme Court ruling signaling this would be the last deadline. The White House has been clear that Biden would have liked to extend the federal eviction moratorium because of the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus. But there were also concerns that challenging the court could lead to a ruling restricting the administrations ability to respond to future public health crises.

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UnfairRepresent
08/02/21 9:19:41 AM
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Sleepy Joe needed naps

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Guide
08/02/21 9:21:16 AM
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I get that it had to happen sooner or later, but is it worth the cost?

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RchHomieQuanChi
08/02/21 9:22:52 AM
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Typical Democrats

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Cheater87
08/02/21 9:43:19 AM
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It'll be like the great depression, millions of people homeless.

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TwoBit_Samurai
08/02/21 9:44:36 AM
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Republicans vs Democrats - Whoever wins, we lose

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SauI_Goodman
08/02/21 9:46:56 AM
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Grest now if we can just get the unemployment to end so people stop mooching and avoiding job interviews alls will be well.

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ExtremeLuchador
08/02/21 9:49:39 AM
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People got around it by selling their rental properties. Sometimes to relatives.

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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 9:53:13 AM
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Hopefully I never get to that point because there's no way in hell I'm letting anyone evict me if I have nowhere to go.

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Jagr_68
08/02/21 9:53:20 AM
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Congress isn't for American's interests?

NO WAY THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE

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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 9:54:09 AM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
Grest now if we can just get the unemployment to end so people stop mooching and avoiding job interviews alls will be well.
I can't tell if you're being serious.

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PoundGarden
08/02/21 9:55:06 AM
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So....exactly how long are we supposed to let people live rent free?

Clown country

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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 9:55:54 AM
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PoundGarden posted...
So....exactly how long are we supposed to let people live rent free?

Clown country
Cut the military budget back to a reasonable amount and we have enough excess funding.

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SauI_Goodman
08/02/21 9:55:57 AM
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newhorrorguy posted...
I can't tell if you're being serious.
We are shorthanded and people apply for jobs but have no intention of coming in for an interview. Weve had 20 interviews and 20 no shows. The problem is the unemployment office doesnt verify that you are going to these interviews. These moochers need to get off their lazy ass and work.

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RchHomieQuanChi
08/02/21 9:56:23 AM
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PoundGarden posted...
So....exactly how long are we supposed to let people live rent free?

Clown country

It's a clown country, but not for the reason you just said.

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RchHomieQuanChi
08/02/21 9:56:48 AM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
We are shorthanded

Maybe y'all should pay more

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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 9:56:48 AM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
We are shorthanded and people apply for jobs but have no intention of coming in for an interview. Weve had 20 interviews and 20 no shows. The problem is the unemployment office doesnt verify that you are going to these interviews. These moochers need to get off their lazy ass and work.
Your job needs to up its benefits. People have stopped going for jobs that don't treat them as they deserve.

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SauI_Goodman
08/02/21 9:57:33 AM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
Maybe y'all should pay more
We get paid fine. The issue is people dont want to work.

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SauI_Goodman
08/02/21 9:57:50 AM
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newhorrorguy posted...
Your job needs to up its benefits. People have stopped going for jobs that don't treat them as they deserve.
Benefits are among the best in the state.

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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 9:57:59 AM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
We get paid fine. The issue is people dont want to work.
If you paid enough people would be interested.

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Guide
08/02/21 9:58:17 AM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
We get paid fine. The issue is people dont want to work.

armchair economist over here

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SauI_Goodman
08/02/21 9:58:53 AM
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Guys. The issue is people dont want to work. I cant wait for unemployment to end and all theae people stsrt calling back. " hi. Is that job still available?" And im gonna love it when i say "it is! But not for you." Click
Cause im keeping track.

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SauI_Goodman
08/02/21 9:59:19 AM
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Guide posted...
armchair economist over here
Whatever helps you sleep at night.

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PoundGarden
08/02/21 10:00:05 AM
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newhorrorguy posted...
Cut the military budget back to a reasonable amount and we have enough excess funding.

While I agree cutting and redistributing the military budget would solve a LOT of our problems, I'll never get behind free housing.

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darkprince45
08/02/21 10:00:40 AM
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im surprised they havent extended it or extended the unemployment benefits

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RchHomieQuanChi
08/02/21 10:01:43 AM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
Guys. The issue is people dont want to work.

People devote time and effort into whatever tasks they feel is meaningful and rewarding every day.

The problem isn't that they don't want to work. They just don't want to work for you.

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Northlane
08/02/21 10:02:18 AM
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Start paying rent you moochers

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voldothegr8
08/02/21 10:03:16 AM
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The free ride has come to an end after ample warning. Not the landlords or banks fault if people didn't get their shit together.
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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 10:04:08 AM
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PoundGarden posted...
While I agree cutting and redistributing the military budget would solve a LOT of our problems, I'll never get behind free housing.
Nobody cares what your backwards thinking leads you to.

RchHomieQuanChi posted...
People devote time and effort into whatever tasks they feel is meaningful and rewarding every day.

The problem isn't that they don't want to work. They just don't want to work for you.
They want to be respected, not abused.

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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 10:04:31 AM
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voldothegr8 posted...
The free ride has come to an end after ample warning. Not the landlords or banks fault if people didn't get their shit together.
Not their fault either in the vast majority of cases.

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PoundGarden
08/02/21 10:04:52 AM
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newhorrorguy posted...
Nobody cares what your backwards thinking leads you to.

"WAAAAAH I want free shit WAAAAAHHHHH!"

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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 10:06:24 AM
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PoundGarden posted...
"WAAAAAH I want free shit WAAAAAHHHHH!"
Like I said, nobody cares. Your blind obsession with looking down on others is the old joke that people stopped laughing at a decade ago.

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bluezero
08/02/21 10:06:30 AM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
Guys. The issue is people dont want to work. I cant wait for unemployment to end and all theae people stsrt calling back. " hi. Is that job still available?" And im gonna love it when i say "it is! But not for you." Click
Cause im keeping track.
Correct. The transportation industry is crippled right now.

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Unclover028
08/02/21 10:08:27 AM
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PoundGarden posted...
"WAAAAAH I want free shit WAAAAAHHHHH!"
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KTG2
08/02/21 10:08:31 AM
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Really disheartening to see people being so smug about 3.6 million people getting tossed out of their homes. When did people completely lose empathy for others?

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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 10:09:22 AM
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KTG2 posted...
Really disheartening to see people being so smug about 3.6 million people getting tossed out of their homes. When did people completely lose empathy for others?
Some people never had it

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RchHomieQuanChi
08/02/21 10:13:10 AM
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KTG2 posted...
Really disheartening to see people being so smug about 3.6 million people getting tossed out of their homes. When did people completely lose empathy for others?

Many of them are trolls who have spent so long wearing the mask that they became it

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PoundGarden
08/02/21 10:14:28 AM
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KTG2 posted...
Really disheartening to see people being so smug about 3.6 million people getting tossed out of their homes. When did people completely lose empathy for others?

About the time they were getting thousands of dollars a month for over a year and chose not to pay their bills. No tears for self inflicted wounds

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KTG2
08/02/21 10:17:48 AM
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newhorrorguy posted...
Some people never had it

I just don't get it. You can disagree with the moratorium, I don't think that's entirely unreasonable. But to seem so hyped about this much potential human suffering is just really fucked up.

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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 10:18:46 AM
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KTG2 posted...
I just don't get it. You can disagree with the moratorium, I don't think that's entirely unreasonable. But to seem so hyped about this much potential human suffering is just really fucked up.
They're people that get a hardon being able to look down on others, not realizing the world views them as a bottom tier human being.

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PoundGarden
08/02/21 10:21:20 AM
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newhorrorguy posted...
They're people that get a hardon being able to look down on others, not realizing the world views them as a bottom tier human being.

Oh dear, someone who thought not paying their bills for over a year was a stellar life plan thinks I'm a bad person!

*cries in my 3k sqft paid off house that I worked my ass off to get, between my 3 current jobs*

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thronedfire2
08/02/21 10:22:25 AM
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Well hopefully this makes rent prices go down for those of us who can actually pay rent

its been long enough

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KTG2
08/02/21 10:22:42 AM
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PoundGarden posted...
About the time they were getting thousands of dollars a month for over a year and chose not to pay their bills. No tears for self inflicted wounds

What impact did this have on you personally that filled you with this much hate?

Zero impact, right?

You're choosing to feel this way and it's pretty gross. You know it's not this simple, and that there are tons of grey areas and weird situations here for tons of people that put it into context. But if you make it black and white, where every person was obviously just a leech scamming the government, it makes it easier for you to put these people in boxes and write them off. And that's just kind of pathetic. You were seemingly blessed with a functioning brain and you're not using it on purpose.

Of course, the odds that you're just some stupid teenager vaguely shitposting your parents opinions while pretending to be someone else on the internet are...pretty high, so I don't know why I'm bothering. But I do feel the need to stick up for my fellow man today.

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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 10:24:12 AM
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PoundGarden posted...
Oh dear, someone who thought not paying their bills for over a year was a stellar life plan thinks I'm a bad person!

*cries in my 3k sqft paid off house that I worked my ass off to get, between my 3 current jobs*
Weird, I haven't missed a single bill despite tons of hardships, other than being two weeks late to pay rent one month, with approval from the landlord.

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PoundGarden
08/02/21 10:24:50 AM
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KTG2 posted...
What impact did this have on you personally that filled you with this much hate?

I mean, I DO pay taxes for one. Didn't realize I was paying into UI so people could buy toys instead of paying their bills becuse "fUcK LaNdLoRdS LoL". Not so funny anymore is it?

For two its pretty disgusting to see an entire generation think they don't have to pay their debts, especially when they've been handed free money for over a year to do so.

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PoundGarden
08/02/21 10:25:19 AM
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newhorrorguy posted...
Weird, I haven't missed a single bill despite tons of hardships, other than being two weeks late to pay rent one month, with approval from the landlord.

Fascinating. And the point of sharing that was?

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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 10:25:45 AM
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The reason you're a bottom tier human being is your reaction to all that struggling is to laugh at people that had it worse rather than desire to make it better for them.

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KTG2
08/02/21 10:25:55 AM
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newhorrorguy posted...
Weird, I haven't missed a single bill despite tons of hardships, other than being two weeks late to pay rent one month, with approval from the landlord.

I've not missed a single bill during this entire situation. In fact, I got a better job and moved into a nicer place since it started. Somehow I didn't shuck off my humanity like that guy, either. Crazy. Guy could just admit he's a jerk and be done with it.

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newhorrorguy
08/02/21 10:26:13 AM
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PoundGarden posted...
Fascinating. And the point of sharing that was?
Clearly evident to any decent poster.

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RchHomieQuanChi
08/02/21 10:26:47 AM
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I'd say PoundGarden is firmly in the "Do Not Take Seriously" category

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