Comment on A perfect visualisation of a wasteful system
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year agoShowroom beds are usually not the beds that are actually sold. The beds that get sold sit in storage.
Comment on A perfect visualisation of a wasteful system
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year agoShowroom beds are usually not the beds that are actually sold. The beds that get sold sit in storage.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The chances that person has bedbugs is non-zero. The chances they haven’t showered are also not exactly low. Putting them in a showroom bed could ruin it.
I really want a solution to house people because it’s an untenable situation, but ‘let them sleep in a bed showroom’ is not a good solution.
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Why are you gargling capitalist balls?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes. There’s nothing more capitalist than wanting to house the unhoused.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 year ago
100% property taxes on all properties that have sat empty for more than X% of the time the property has existed
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The problem there is that sometimes ownership of a property is either lost or unclear. The woman across the street from us died. Her house has sat empty for years. No one seems to have claimed ownership of it. I doubt anyone is paying property taxes on it because whoever does own it doesn’t seem to be aware of it.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh I realize that proposal is unreasonable and unrealistic. I’m just sick and tired of the people who are trying to make things better for others being the only ones that are supposed to compromise and “be reasonable.” The opposition has chosen violence and intransigency.