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Originally Posted by the urban politician
My offer extends to you as well:
Take a 50% paycut at your job, with that money going to a low income family to work alongside you. In return, I will drop my rents in 1 building by 50%.
You, Via, Notyrview—PM me if you want to meet up and make a deal. Let’s see how strongly you feel about this when it affects your bottom line, not somebody else’s.
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I'm not sure what you're referring to. I'm not advocating for more mandated affordable housing in Chicago. Chicago outside of a handful of neighborhoods is safe and affordable to people of all incomes. Those who claim Chicago as a whole is unaffordable are no different than those who say Chicago as a whole is a dangerous, gang-infested wasteland. I'm just saying it's unfair to say that people are poor because they are either stupid, lazy, or a combination of the two. The United States has a history of exclusion, discrimination, and oppression and that has very much contributed to many of the problems we see today with generational poverty and unfulfilled potential.