I'm not proposing anything. This is a casual conversation on a web forum, not drafting a party platform.
> a massive tax[1] increase
I'm definitely not proposing anything massive.
> on urban workers who live with urban compromises (traffic, high prices, crime, etc) to be near work so that other workers in the suburbs can enjoy big lawns and beautiful single-family homes?
I live in the suburbs and I have to deal with all of those things. Remember: my exact gripe is I have to commute into the city to be employed. While I'm there, I'm subjected to the same traffic, high prices, crime, etc. as all other city dwellers are. And I get even more traffic coming and going.
And I don't see anything wrong with people who want to own a lawn or a single-family home being able to own one.
> Well, that's been our strategy with these red state rust belts for decades
No it hasn't.
You know what? Nevermind. I don't want to get into any more political discussion right now. Just relax a bit. It's just a casual conversation on a web form, I don't run the RNC or anything and I wasn't drafting a law and I don't need to be yelled at for how wrong I am.