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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Replying to @marwilliamson
When the entire US economy is financialized, the majority of jobs are survival wage jobs. America needs a renaissance in manufacturing, agriculture, science, and technology for high-paying jobs. Chinese children dream of becoming astronauts, not YouTubers. cnbc.com/2019/07/19/more-chi…
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Replying to @marwilliamson
If the freeloaders didn't learn after a year and a half of free money, they were never going to learn. Time to kick the baby birds out of the nest and introduce them to the real world.
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girl, those powerful forces call themselves the democratic party. time for a civilian led revolution. representation fucked around...
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The fed govt is not a charity
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It is sad. And I bet the Dems let the extended unemployment benefits expire for the same reasons. Meanwhile Billionaires made $1.2 Trillion dollars during the pandemic.
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It's more like, "We don't care if you die or not, we've decided there's an acceptable amount of collateral damage and it's you, now get back to work. We need our lattes."
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Replying to @marwilliamson
An indefinite moratorium is unfair to property owners. No one it's suggesting a real solution. Forcing landlords to house people for free is not a solution. It's effectively unlawful seizure of property with no due process.
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And as you say ... if the government had been giving people $2K per month all along ... these people could have been paying their rent ... and the apartment building owners would all be happy as well!
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But lifting the moratorium certainly doesn't bode well for the Democratic Party, it makes them look spineless, heartless, which ofc they are.
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