Anytime government gets involved there is a high potential for problems. Not sure rent control is the answer. Other than rent control what is your suggestion? On 2022-03-17 16:46, Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I know how bad the homelessness is getting. Lots of young people that > can work or bettering themselves won't look for work or better > themselves because they think they can bum more money from drivers at > intersection that what you can make at a job. Lots of those young > people are becoming destructive towards other people property like > it's a big thrill to them and at most bus stops it's getting dangerous > just trying to go past a bus stop when in a wheelchair. I'm in a > wheelchair and have to go past those stops just to go to the store..I > also see elderly people living on the streets because their rents were > jacked up to force them out so Landlords can fix them up to have high > paying tenants. Phoenix doesn't have rent control and there is a big > shortage in fire and police officers too. > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2022, at 16:01, greg zegan via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> On top of that in case you haven't noticed the homeless population has >> exploded in the Phoenix area. >> Try ridding the bus-public transportation, with these people who sadly >> in some cases haven't had a bath >> or shower in some time. >> >> Its really sad that the American culture has been broken so badly that >> one has to help others see what >> is in plain sight. We live adjacent to a state with arguably the >> worst >> homeless population in the country. >> >> Have you ever stopped to ask yourself or others what is the cause of >> all this??????? >> >> High gas prices. >> unaffordable housing. >> many households living paycheck to paycheck. >> explosion in crime. >> explosion in homelessness. >> recreational drug use on the rise for a civilization like ours and you >> think this is normal? >> >> $14 Billion in aid to Ukraine while all this is happening? >> Where is that money going? >> How about a hired mercenary army to fight Russia per the refuges from >> the Middle East. >> Why do you think they pushed for EU to take in refuges from the middle >> East? >> By the way, EU doesn't have children like the previous generations did >> and thee now >> know it takes at least 2.0 children per couple to keep an empire alive >> so these people >> from Africa and others are nothing but blood and treasure to these >> neo-cons. >> >> Tech people are usually some of the smartest in a civilization >> historically speaking. >> As per Thucydides the country that rules in technology rules the >> world. >> >> Surely the breadth and width of your understanding goes further than >> these few talking points. >> >> How about this. >> There is a real effort to turn us all in the West into a Socialistic >> civilization based on Plato's Republic. >> Democracy? >> Try a empire ruled by a Philosopher king as he stated in his book. >> The >> problem is there is no person >> on this earth that is perfect and never will be. We have a Republic, >> not a Democracy in the USA. >> >> Dig a little deeper and try a little harder to understand your world. >> If you don't find the truth there are >> many out there looking for the naïve to take advantage of. >> >> Plato's Republic. >> Plato's Meno. >> Plato's Timaeus. >> Plato's Protagoras. >> St. Augustine's City of God. >> Aristotle's Ethics. >> Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The Social Contract. >> Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Discourse on Inequality. >> >> >> On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 03:35:25 PM MST, JD Austin >> wrote: >> >> >> It hasn't been near $2 a gallon for 1.5 years. >> https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=AZ >> https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts >> >> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 3:31 PM greg zegan wrote: >>> Are you kidding? >>> just over a year ago it was under $2 a gallon. >>> furthermore, who is going to commute to work in Phoenix in the coming >>> months? >>> >>> On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 03:22:12 PM MST, JD Austin via >>> PLUG-discuss wrote: >>> >>> >>> I just paid $4.49 at Costco which was only .07/gallon less than >>> surrounding gas stations :( >>> I can only hope our national politicians pull their heads from their >>> rectum and open domestic oil production again soon. >>> They're blaming Ukraine, but it was already approaching $4 before >>> Russian invaded. >>> If anyone had doubts that overreliance on foreign supply chains could >>> be problematic, the last several years should have made it clear. >>> I feel really sorry for poor people... how are they coping with these >>> price increases everywhere? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:47 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss >>> wrote: >>>> What is gas going for in arizona? It is around 4 a gallon in >>>> florida. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > Harold Hartley > 17632 N. 5th place > Phoenix, AZ 85022 > wheelie207@ownmail.net > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss