Streaming Veracity
engaged urbanism.
Jan 5 '10
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“A more nimble state is a decentralized one; letting people have their own local government gives them faith in the overall nation state.”
— Junaid Kamal Ahmad, World Bank sector manager for urban and water issues in its South Asia operations (Citiwire.net » The World Bank and Cities: Dawn of A New Era?)
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“When you look from today back to 1945, you are looking into a different cultural epoch, across a sort of narcissism line. Humility, the sense that nobody is that different from anybody else, was a large part of the culture then.”
Sep 16 '09
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Housing Industry Looks to More Tax Credits - NYTimes.com
Now the sponsor of the original Senate bill, Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia, is back with a new bill that would give a maximum $15,000 credit to any buyer who stays in a home for at least two years.
“The problem now is not first-time buyers, it’s the move-up market — the guy transferred from Chicago to Atlanta who can’t sell his house,” said Mr. Isakson, a former real estate agent.
Without a new and more generous credit, he warned, there would be a downward spiral of home sales and more foreclosures, provoking a second recession.
Sep 12 '09
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“Speech in a democratic society isn’t free when only the rich are heard.”
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