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Rob Wiblin#1130
Rob Wiblin#1130
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
馃幎 If I had a billion dollars
https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-origins-of-horseshoe-politics
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David 馃馃ゥ馃尨@DedicatedROW
@mattyglesias Not the premise but is there an argument for using the $1b to create a for profit MR housing developer and the altruistic angle is that they build projects in HCOL cities that don't quite pencil and wouldn't otherwise happen? Might be self sustaining
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The Breeze@pgavigan77
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Corey Glenn@RangerCoreyAG
@mattyglesias Well do I have some great news for you!
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Joe@smi8546_smith
@mattyglesias Firstly I would structure my giving in such a way that I could claim a large salary for managing the foundation for the rest of my life.
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