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Housing  ›  Affordable Housing

Should the government incentivize the construction of affordable housing?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes and also ban corporate and foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate

Housing  ›  Rent Control

Should the government implement rent control policies to limit the amount landlords can charge for rent?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, housing is a basic right that should be affordable to anyone

Housing  ›  Homeless Encampments

Should homeless individuals, that have refused available shelter or housing, be allowed to sleep or encamp on public property?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, and create more social programs to provide free food, clothing, and medicine

Housing  ›  Squatter's Rights

Should police be allowed to immediately remove squatters from a residence without a court order?

NB>NB  ChatGPTNo, this empowers abusive landlords to wrongfully evict legitimate tenants without proof

Housing  ›  First-time Homebuyer Subsidies

Should the government provide subsidies for first-time homebuyers?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, but only for low income homebuyers

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Housing  ›  Abolishing Federal Income Tax

Should the federal government abolish the income tax and replace it with a national sales tax?

NB>NB  ChatGPTNo, a national sales tax is deeply regressive and shifts the tax burden from elites to the middle class

Housing  ›  Ban Rent-Setting Algorithms

Should landlords be banned from using software to coordinate rent prices?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes

Housing  ›  ADU Regulation

Should homeowners be allowed to build small backyard cottages (ADUs) without a government permit?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, it’s a fast way to ease the housing crisis for seniors and renters

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A Moment of Darkness': Washington Post's No-Endorsement Decision Ignites Media Firestorm

Even though the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is neck and neck, The Washington Post has decided not to make a presidential endorsement for the first time in 36 years, the publisher and CEO announced Friday."We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates," Will Lewis wrote in an opinion piece published on the paper's website. He referenced the paper's policy in the decades prior to 1976, when, following the Watergate scandal that the Post broke, it endorsed Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter. The last time the Post did not endorse a presidential candidate in the general election was 1988, according to a search of its archives.Colleagues learned the news from the editorial page editor, David Shipley, at a tense meeting shortly before Lewis' announcement. The meeting was characterized by someone with direct knowledge of discussions on condition of anonymity to speak about internal matters.Shipley said that he told other editorial board leaders Thursday by management that there would be no endorsement, though he has known for weeks. He added that he "owns" this decision. The reason he cited was to create "independent space" where the newspaper does not tell people for whom to vote.Colleagues were said to be "shocked" and uniformly negative. Post corporate spokespeople have not responded to multiple messages left by NPR on the subject.Former Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron, who led the newsroom to acclaim during Trump's presidency, denounced the decision starkly."This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty," Baron said in a statement to NPR. "Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos (and other media owners). History will mark a disturbing chapter of spinelessness at an institution famed for courage."A similar decision by Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong led this week to the resignations of the paper's editorials editor and two editorial board members. Soon-Shiong said that he had asked the editorial board to draft a "factual analysis" of Trump and Harris' policies and plans. In her resignation letter, editorials editor Mariel Garza said the decision made the paper look “craven and hypocritical,” given its past reporting and editorials on Trump.

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