SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts
COHR 164.80+0.8%3:59 PM EST
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: TigerPaw who wrote (12326)10/28/2021 10:26:41 AM
From: Kirk ©  Read Replies (2) of 26668
 
Isn't that the problem?
The important things that groups get right are "will this make my life easier?" or "will this help my kids or friends" or " will this, whatever it is, make me money ".
People vote for whomever seems more likely to either:
  • Let them keep more of what THEY earn.
  • Give them more of what someone else earns.
Then you have lobbyists, especially at the local level here, who fund whomever will let them package and sell a high quality of life to attract highly paid workers even as this gentrifies their voters out of their affordable homes.

This is not new either...

From my reading of historical fiction from Alexander's time to the early 1,000s in England... it has always been more expensive to move to the cities and it pretty much requires taking or taxing the work of the farmers and people who would be just fine if government and invaders who want to pillage left them alone... That is they were screwed either by "the Danes" to the North or their own Kings who conscripted them to fight the Danes. (Danes are what they called the Vikings back then.)

Back in the 1,000s in what was to become the UK, the big sticks to get the masses to comply was "god" and punishment. Now they have sticks like fines, jail (but not for the wealthy in most cases), humiliation by being labeled a racist, misogynist, etc... just ask John Gruden who lost a $10M a year job for saying in an email what most players were saying in locker rooms at the time... he just got caught.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News