What are some policies you think attack the poor outright?

[UberEatsDriver]

i saw 8 boots on 8 cars today in Brownsville.

So imma go with that one.

 

[JUSTIN HERBERT]

your what doggy?

 

[UberEatsDriver]

your what doggy?

Everytime I edit my titles this stupid new website format submits my title lol

 

[UberEatsDriver]

i saw 8 boots on 8 cars today in Brownsville.

So imma go with that one.

I can’t really believe the city is that naive to expect many of the low income people in that community to pay all their tickets and boot fees in one call.

 

[Pool_Shark]

I think all fines in general should be on a case by case bases. Otherwise you literally are just punishing someone for being poor. That’s the crime they actually committed.

A rich person will just pay it off no problem. That fine can set a poor person back months. Then he doesn’t pay now his license gets suspended. And the troubles just snowball.

 

[SunnyD]

I can’t really believe the city is that naive to expect many of the low income people in that community to pay all their tickets and boot fees in one call.

*stares in confusion * are you meaning to have a convo with yourself ? With that being said .. agreed.

 

[SunnyD]

Credit card interest rates. Ridiculous.

 

[StackorStarve]

The healthcare system in general

 

[east]

hostile architecture, where something's intentionally made less useful for everyone so the poors can't sit or lie down somewhere

‘Hostile Architecture’: How Public Spaces Keep the Public Out (Published 2019)

Hostile design has flourished in New York as a way to maintain order and ensure public safety. But critics say it is inhumane and targets the homeless.

www.nytimes.com

(no paywall) ‘Hostile Architecture’: How Public Spaces Keep the Public Out

 

[Heafcliffe]

1. "Food deserts"

2. The idea of fresh food as a constant. Growing up everything was fast & unhealthy within a block radius.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

I think all fines in general should be on a case by case bases. Otherwise you literally are just punishing someone for being poor. That’s the crime they actually committed.

A rich person will just pay it off no problem. That fine can set a poor person back months. Then he doesn’t pay now his license gets suspended. And the troubles just snowball.

Facts I just looked up the boot fees for nyc and I’m like damn that’s weeks of a families groceries right there in a poor area. But I see they do have payment plans so I guess that’s what they end up doing

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Credit card interest rates. Ridiculous.

Interest rates are a good one. Actually thought how criminal some of them are last night.

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

Student debt not being discharged with bankruptcy

Street sweeping tickets. Those zones aren't in rich areas

Cash bail for nonviolent crimes.

Capital gains tax vs income tax

 

[UberEatsDriver]

1. "Food deserts"

2. The idea of fresh food as a constant. Growing up everything was fast & unhealthy within a block radius.

I remember when I did outreach a few years back. Harlem around 155th street by Rucker park. Huge food deserrt. Was out there for a week and I was already getting diabetes (sarcasm)

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Student debt not being discharged with bankruptcy

Street sweeping tickets. Those zones aren't in rich areas

Cash bail for nonviolent crimes.

Capital gains tax vs income tax

I imagine everyone would literally do this and no student loan debt would be paid back lol