Democratic Socialist Demands Free Housing

[countryboy]

Basic needs like food, clothing, shelter, education and healthcare ARE human rights...and in a country as wealthy as ours, should be guaranteed for EVERY individual.

Since when do you have a right to someone else's labor? There's a name for that you know.

 

[Hume]

The current war isn't "illegal." You might vehemently disagree with it, but it isn't illegal. The money being used for it, beyond normal operating costs of the military is really trivial compared to say what's paid out already a year in Medicaid / Medicare benefits for example. So, you are starting with a drop in a 5-gallon bucket of needed funding.

Only Congress can declare war.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Only Congress can declare war.

Congress gave the President authority to conduct short wars, or even start them under the War Powers Act.

Aside from that, as we know from LBJ's time in office, a President can blatantly lie to a friendly Congress and get a resolution for war passed (the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution) after using the War Powers act.

 

[Hume]

Congress gave the President authority to conduct short wars, or even start them under the War Powers Act.

They did not.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

They did not.

With the War Powers Resolution's passing, both the deployment of troops to conflict and the stationing of troops past 60 days would now need prior congressional approval. The president would now need to routinely consult with Congress for the duration of the conflict. The resolution is considered to be a critically important bill in reestablishing congressional capabilities. As of March 2026 the War Powers Resolution Reporting Project lists 132 times presidents have submitted "48 hour reports."

War Powers Resolution - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Hume]

With the War Powers Resolution's passing, both the deployment of troops to conflict and the stationing of troops past 60 days would now need prior congressional approval. The president would now need to routinely consult with Congress for the duration of the conflict. The resolution is considered to be a critically important bill in reestablishing congressional capabilities. As of March 2026 the War Powers Resolution Reporting Project lists 132 times presidents have submitted "48 hour reports."

War Powers Resolution - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

War Powers Act is a violation of the US Constitution

 

[IBDaMann]

It must be torture to be you.

Quite the compliment from the guy who lies every single time.

 

[Nordberg]

Define "respectable."

Great time for the tiny houses.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Great time for the tiny houses.

Except they're heavily regulated to the point where they are virtually impossible to build in California.

California's Tiny Home Rules and Regulations

This post will provide insights into California's tiny home rules and regulations. Read on to discover everything there is to know about tiny living in California.

www.tinyhouse.com

They are generally classified as ADU's (Auxiliary Dwelling Units) sometimes called "Mother-in-law" houses or "She sheds." Most homeowners aren't going to put one on their property with an existing home because as a rental it devalues the property to most buyers.

 

[IBDaMann]

At some point, we must all acknowledge that some day soon...there will be so few jobs humans can do productively enough to pay them a "living wage" for doing it, that...that the notion "one must earn one's living" HAS TO BE DISCARDED.

This is a stupid statement. Sure, at some point, but you describe a point that will not occur before the universe dies a heat death.