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Sounds like the pastor has been following the Pope's preaching
Piggy backing off our discussion and your comments about people becoming restless and possibly wanting change (revolting) I read this today. (The article is about some employers having challenges bringing employees from out of state into CA because of costs)
Surveys have found some evidence that employers are taking cost of living into account when negotiating hiring packages to lure top-level workers to California. But lower-wage workers are not getting as much help to offset rising rents. If these trends continue, the future could hold more inequality and stagnant growth, said USC professor Gary Painter.
“The kind of economy that California might grow into is one where there’s a few people earning a lot, and then a bunch of lower wage workers,” said Painter. “And that has never been a recipe for long-term quality of life and economic growth in the United States.”
https://calmatters.org/articles/is-c...f-job-seekers/
ThatOwlWoman (05-24-2018)
Fewer people should come to California. I'm tired of hearing arguments that we don't have enough housing, housing is too expensive
and that if we don't make housing more affordable, it will hurt growth. You know what is never said?
"I don't want any more people here, cheap housing at all or more growth." I want less of all three. What's wrong with that?
Go away. How about that? Go to Kansas.
Cancel 2018.1 (05-24-2018)
I have to admit I don't relate to the uber wealthy as I don't know many.
Hell I was raised on a Hog and Corn farm in rural Ohio till I was 13....and moved to rural Iowa where I lived till I was 18. In my life time I've gone from dirt farmer poor, to working class poor to lower middle and middle class and finally arriving at upper middle class status in my mid 40's. Given my early background the odds of me making middle class let alone upper middle class weren't good....but I did make it that far and I'm kind of proud of that.
Having said that I just have never been around that kind of money where I can relate to spending $200K annually for kids private school cause they might be marginally better. I can relate to the Tiger Mom mentality of mom's in wealthy families. Many of whom would have no problem machine gunning every child in the county if that's what is neccessary to assure her kids get a competitive education.
You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!
My wife has quite a few friends and shirt tail relatives who live in Southern Cali and when you tell them what kind of home you can get for $250,000 or that in cost less than $6,500 to send your kind to a private school and that your income earning potential are not that much different than Southern Cali the freak. Particularly here in the Columbus metro area. It's not a company or mill town and it has a large tech presence, R&D, Education and a booming economy. Depending on your skill you can in certain cases make more money here in Cowtown and your CoL is far lower.
They don't want to give up that sunshine though. LOL
You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!
I'm guessing my buddy makes between $1-$2m a year. Clearly that's a lot of money but he's not in the Uber wealthy category. What struck me though was how much stress you could tell he's under/still feels. It's not like he's kicking back with his feet on the desk on cruise control. He's thinking I have four kids the wife wants to put through private school all the way (and this isn't even talking college) so I have to keep producing at a high level.
I don't state that in any way like we should feel sorry for the guy because we shouldn't. But when you put yourself in the heart of the rat race it can bring a lot of stress along with it. Hence my belief, and experience from living here, that those who make a lot of money aren't always happy. (trust me I'd rather have more money than less if I wasn't to be happy but just saying)
No doubt many of us with enough years in here could live in the mayor's house at many other perfectly fine places. It is what it is though, you lose that nice vibe with every next well educated
kid who can't get a decent job and is spending 50 percent of what he makes for rented housing. I have strategize my commute. Spread the word "get the fuck out!" lol
Maybe I'll move to aiken Georgia and buy a MAGA hat.
A priori though, why always the emphasis on growth? Can't we just have a pie and share it better? I DONT want more people here. There are too many already.
Why attract more people? Let's attract kids to Columbus and Detroit and Lamar and Jarrat and Billings. SF SD and LA need more people like it needs more Starbucks.
Cancel 2018.1 (05-24-2018)
You should be proud. Tiger mom. Funny.
There are cheaper ways to flim flam into better school districts than 200 K. If I had a million to spend on my kid's high school education I'd just open him an etrade account
and let him trade on the daily volatility of midcap and take $50 grand and buy him a fake Harvard diploma on the dark web, pat him on the head and that's that.
Before you know it he'd be Trump.
Mott the Hoople (05-25-2018)
In theory we could take that same attitude about immigrants saying we have enough people in the country already so let no more in. It's doable but I don't think it's the path we should take. Likewise, California can stop growth but I don't think that's the path we should take either. Leaving aside it's the ultimate "Fvck you, I've got mine attitude" ultimately we would become less competitive business wise and less value for property owners.
Now if your goal is get people to leave the state that might actually be enticing. But it's not the route I'd like to see the state take
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