1/ The more I think about the failure to extend the eviction moratorium, the more I think there were powerful forces working against it. Too many people are saying “Hey it wasn’t us, “It wasn’t us, “It wasn’t us.”

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2/ They didn’t *want* to extend the moratorium. And why? Because the very people most at risk of eviction are the people they want to go back to work at the low paying jobs that are available now.
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3/ Lifting the moratorium is a way of saying “OK, you had your break, now get back to work.” Extending the moratorium would have given people more of a chance to consider other options, to be part of a collective challenge to the chronic reality of survival wages.
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4/ They didn’t expect too big a reaction to this & as usual they failed to consider long-term consequences. But the reaction is real; it’s important to keep it up. I hope someone will wake up & make this right for the sake of those effected & for the sake of our political future.
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This is Capitalism fully on display, it isn't about helping others, it is always about profit.
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The jobs are plentiful nowadays. As a drivers for Ubereats, you can earn $28/hr minimum in Bay Area. What is the logic for moratorium? The economy is short of labors, and people need to their living.
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Yes, failure to extend the eviction moratorium was a sign of pure selfishness. As what happened in 2008, the banks & big money will profit off of the homes & property they take while families go homeless.
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Remember all the money they pass for the poor can be later reapportioned to donor contracts in the form of infrastructure spending as payfors in the form of "savings".
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Who has economic advisors positioned in this admin? Blackrock. Who has been buying up all the real estate? Blackrock. Who has a vested interest in the eviction moratorium expiring? Blackrock.
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There are powerful Corporations that own millions of square feet of apartments that want this to end ... and they are making this known ... too many Democrats and Independents are still relying on Corporate Donations to fund their Campaigns!
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So our elected officials work for powerful forces and not us. Has this not been utterly apparent for years?
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Against the eviction moratorium Against extending unemployment benefits Against increasing unemployment benefits Against minimum wage increases Against increasing child care subsidies Against Affordable Health Care What does that spell?
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Read Let This Radicalize You @JoshuaPHilll
30 Jul 2021
LA has just made it illegal to be homeless. Which means that if you fall deep enough into poverty you'll be locked up, not helped out. What a sick society this is.
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Time for a #GeneralStrike. Time to take back our country.
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