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Originally Posted by spence
Two important points:
1) Cost of living is insanely high up there. 34 grand a year isn't going to go far unless you've got a lot of roommates
2) Your example is an anomaly and not an example of long-term free market grown wealth.
North Dakota will be like Qatar trying to figure out how to turn the quick money into a long-term economy.
-spence
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" Cost of living is insanely high up there. 34 grand a year isn't going to go far unless you've got a lot of roommates"
Here's another point. $34 grand is more than what Walmart workers would be earning had the market been denied the opportunity to exploit the natural resource. Nothing is perfect, Spence. This is a case where the free market will result in Walmart workers earning far more than they would have otherwise earned. I view that as a good thing. You can't, because of politics.
Oh, and here's one study ranking cost of living by state, ND is lower than many states (including CT, RI, and MA, where Walmart workers earn nowhere near $17/hr). So stop inventing stuff in a desperate attempt to refute the irrefutable. It's pathetic, and it is glaringly obvious.
http://www.top50states.com/cost-of-living-by-state.html
"Crime and other bad elements are increasing"
Oh. Violent crime is a major problem in ND now?
"Your example is an anomaly"
Everytihng that makes conservatives look right is an anomoly. Everything that makes liberals look bad is a mis-statement of what really happened, yeah yeah, I get it.
Susan Rice didn't really MEAN that he served with honor and distinction. What she MEANT was that it was honorable to enlist. Michelle Obama didn't really MEAN that she wasn't proud of her country until Barack got the nomination. Hilary didn't MEAN that she got shot at by a sniper (when she stated with great ambiguity, "I got shot at by a sniper", that is subject to many different interpretations, right?).
We get it Spence, we get it.