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02-14-2019, 05:22 PM
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They have got to be including Bezo’s salary for this to be true —> 25,000 jobs, with an average annual salary of $150,000
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02-14-2019, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by fishsmith
They have got to be including Bezo’s salary for this to be true —> 25,000 jobs, with an average annual salary of $150,000
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nope.
25,000 jobs, average salary of 150k. that’s what Cortez was opposed to. Brilliant.
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02-14-2019, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
nope.
25,000 jobs, average salary of 150k. that’s what Cortez was opposed to. Brilliant.
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Perhaps NYC could have been as great as San Francisco
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02-14-2019, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Pete F.
Perhaps NYC could have been as great as San Francisco
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your point is what? it’s bad when technology companies reside in a town? the insane liberal
policies enabling homelessness, drug use, and public defacatiom, have nothing to do with it? it’s all silicon valleys fault?
how many places put bids in for this office? you know better than the people
who run all those places? wow!!! why aren’t you doing urban planning in distressed areas? think of the benefit your acumen could
provide!!!
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02-14-2019, 09:01 PM
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Kevin...
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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02-15-2019, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
your point is what? it’s bad when technology companies reside in a town? the insane liberal
policies enabling homelessness, drug use, and public defacatiom, have nothing to do with it? it’s all silicon valleys fault?
how many places put bids in for this office? you know better than the people
who run all those places? wow!!! why aren’t you doing urban planning in distressed areas? think of the benefit your acumen could
provide!!!
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Go rent a place to live in Manhattan, park slope, Cambridge and see what gentrification has done. Just what do you think the problem in SF is, oh I know it’s liberals. The place should be like Oklahoma or someplace controlled by the right, no issues in those places they buy them tickets to SF
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02-15-2019, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Pete F.
Go rent a place to live in Manhattan, park slope, Cambridge and see what gentrification and liberalism has done. Just what do you think the problem in SF is, oh I know it’s liberals. The place should be like Oklahoma or someplace controlled by the right, no issues in those places they buy them tickets to SF
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Fixed it for you.
"Just what do you think the problem in SF is, oh I know it’s liberals."
That's part of it, is it not? Gentrification can also go too far. That doesn't mean that poor communities would benefit from laws that prohibit rich people from moving in.
Most of life is about balance. KS went too far with consevative tax cuts, it failed. CT has been a 40 year experiment in pure liberalism, it has also failed. What are the places that are booming, where upper middle class people are flocking to in huge numbers? There's Boston, which is big and liberal but still a great, well-run city. Most other booming places seem to lean right - TX, TN, Carolinas, FL. Many cities in NH can't build $500,000 houses fast enough. CT, which SHOULD BE a place that people are competing to get into, is shrinking. There is a reason for that.
"The place should be like Oklahoma ".
Once again, responding to something no one ever said. But there ARE places out there, thriving suburbs (which need a nearby job center) where families are flocking to in huge numbers. The 2 that are probably the most hot lately right now, are the suburbs of Nashville and the suburbs of Charlotte. There are plenty of crappy places near those cities. But there are some well-run places near those cities, with very low taxes, and a very high quality of life. It can be done. I have first hand experience with Franklin TN and Fort Mill SC.
Pete, how many liberal places are there, which have a very high quality of life, and a very low cost of living? Are there any? The suburbs of Nashville and Charlotte are right-leaning. CT has exactly zero places to live, which are (1) beautiful family places, and (2) cheap. None. Zip. Zilch. How come? |
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02-15-2019, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
about balance. KS went too far with consevative tax cuts, it failed. CT has been a 40 year experiment in pure liberalism, it has also failed.
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We just had 8 years of a Dem. gov. (Malloy) and 8 years prior of Rep gov (Roland - who went to jail and Rell). During which period did spending go up the biggest %? Did the Rep. gov. leave a bigger rainy day fund or did the Dem?
Edit - You're big on complaining about pensions. What did the Rep gov. do about the benefits (pension/health care, etc) vs Malloy?
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02-15-2019, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
Fixed it for you.
"Just what do you think the problem in SF is, oh I know it’s liberals."
That's part of it, is it not? Gentrification can also go too far. That doesn't mean that poor communities would benefit from laws that prohibit rich people from moving in.
"Most of life is about balance. KS went too far with consevative tax cuts, it failed. CT has been a 40 year experiment in pure liberalism, it has also failed. What are the places that are booming, where upper middle class people are flocking to in huge numbers? There's Boston, which is big and liberal but still a great, well-run city. Most other booming places seem to lean right - TX, TN, Carolinas, FL. Many cities in NH can't build $500,000 houses fast enough. CT, which SHOULD BE a place that people are competing to get into, is shrinking. There is a reason for that."
"The place should be like Oklahoma ".
Once again, responding to something no one ever said. But there ARE places out there, thriving suburbs (which need a nearby job center) where families are flocking to in huge numbers. The 2 that are probably the most hot lately right now, are the suburbs of Nashville and the suburbs of Charlotte. There are plenty of crappy places near those cities. But there are some well-run places near those cities, with very low taxes, and a very high quality of life. It can be done. I have first hand experience with Franklin TN and Fort Mill SC.
Pete, how many liberal places are there, which have a very high quality of life, and a very low cost of living? Are there any? The suburbs of Nashville and Charlotte are right-leaning. CT has exactly zero places to live, which are (1) beautiful family places, and (2) cheap. None. Zip. Zilch. How come?
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As usual anything that is bad is liberal.
I think what drives regional economies is not just left or right and to say so is simplistic, just look at your examples of Boston and Nashville.
What makes suburbs beautiful in your eyes is beyond me and I do know something about suburbs and growth. I grew up in the fastest growing place in the US in the 50s and 60s. Suburbia is not the greatest place in my eyes. I could blindfold you and take you to most any suburb in the US and you would feel right at home with Applybees, Olive Garden, the chain drugstore, supermarket, Walmart and Home Depot, the same crap in people's yards and they better be up to your standards of neatness. If that is your idea of utopia, it's pretty sad.
But all of life is simple in your eyes, just pass a law that says you can't: #^&#^&#^&#^& in the street, do drugs, be homeless, not make enough money and when they don't comply just lock them up and get them out of sight. Welcome to the Middle class dream of the 60s, that got us to where we are today. |
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02-14-2019, 10:32 PM
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DDG-51
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
nope.
25,000 jobs, average salary of 150k. that’s what Cortez was opposed to. Brilliant.
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I’m not buying 25K jobs averaging $150K. That falls into the if it sounds too good to be true pile.
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02-14-2019, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by fishsmith
I’m not buying 25K jobs averaging $150K. That falls into the if it sounds too good to be true pile.
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that’s what amazon was promising. the governor of NY believed them.
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02-15-2019, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
that’s what amazon was promising. the governor of NY believed them.
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Just like Mahty Walsh believed the BS GE promised for Fort Point in Boston.
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02-15-2019, 07:47 AM
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Just like Mahty Walsh believed the BS GE promised for Fort Point in Boston.
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Yeah... that has been interesting this week.
This was not a great look for AOC. There may be reasons to be against the Amazon expansion but it was not a win-win to be celebrated.
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