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PatrickforO

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1. Gosh, maybe instead of a forever war, subsidies to big oil and other

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 07:34 PM

Feb 2016

large industries that DON'T need them, a futile war on drugs that costs billions and other corporate strategies to siphon off our tax monies, maybe we should spend them to actually help other Americans.

Novel idea, eh Justin?

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San Francisco tech worker: 'I don't want to see homeless riff-raff' [View all] Eugene Feb 2016 OP

Gosh, maybe instead of a forever war, subsidies to big oil and other PatrickforO Feb 2016 #1

Well rich fuckface can always move...or heaven forbid...try and help the homeless. Rex Feb 2016 #2

Raise his taxes to build a shelter and provide mental health/addiction treatment. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #3

That very solution occurred to me as well gratuitous Feb 2016 #23

Tick tick tick...fucking INFURIATING randys1 Feb 2016 #4

I wonder how he proposes to fix the problem? Maybe raise the local taxes to pay for housing for the LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #5

Used to be, the tried and true method was to stick 'um on a bus Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #11

what an asshole Angry Dragon Feb 2016 #6

my guess... he's not a Bernie Bro tk2kewl Feb 2016 #7

These guys make old men screaming "Get Off My Lawn" look enlightened. HuckleB Feb 2016 #8

We all do what we can - is it enough? Maybe not, but it's more than this guy, closeupready Feb 2016 #26

May his shit come to life hifiguy Feb 2016 #9

Tech bro and pharma bro DebbieCDC Feb 2016 #10

He's got his. Screw everyone else. MineralMan Feb 2016 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Odin2005 Feb 2016 #13

this "liberal" techie thanks you for not lumping all of us together 0rganism Feb 2016 #14

yeah... that was not cool tk2kewl Feb 2016 #17

You don't know much about techies, do you? BuddhaGirl Feb 2016 #22

Sorry, I overgeneralized on anger. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #31

Well, Justin, y'know who likes seeing "homeless riff-raff" even less than you? Lizzie Poppet Feb 2016 #15

While reading this I started to think . . . Depaysement Feb 2016 #16

What a horrible person! GreenPartyVoter Feb 2016 #18

These whiners better not be getting government subsidies for their muntrv Feb 2016 #19

Well then. Let's give them a home. Preferably yours. Oneironaut Feb 2016 #20

Youth and wealth-- so seldom a good combination for some reason. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2016 #21

sociopathic, entitled little prick... Raster Feb 2016 #29

Karma is comin' baby. . . Paula Sims Feb 2016 #24

Bet you a million dollars he doesn't volunteer in soup kitchens? closeupready Feb 2016 #25

And, of course, he doesn't want to be taxed for job or housing programs. merrily Feb 2016 #27

this guy needs to go work with the homeless for a while and get some fucking humility and compassion steve2470 Feb 2016 #28

No, guys like him are immune to humility and compassion... Raster Feb 2016 #30

SFGate story here with comments steve2470 Feb 2016 #32

He is clearly an asshole, but he's also partially right: things have grown much worse under Ed Lee arcane1 Feb 2016 #33