JC Denton wrote on Jun 29
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aquascoot wrote on Jun 28
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Frank wrote on Jun 28
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aquascoot wrote on Jun 28
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gavin newsome is polishing his shoes and selecting a tie
If he wins he will screw the US like he screwed California.
gavin is a very good orator and he has total self belief.
he is the lefts version of trump.
he is, however, from california and most other states HATE what that state stands for and think he is a failure and cali is a failed state.
i'd like to see newsom v de santis
trumpy is a great stand up comedian and a great troll and a polarising figure
but ron is a proven effective operator , a great orator and a uniting figure
trump is patton
ron is eisenhower
I know, right? Hollywood, Silicon Valley, agriculture, the EV and space industries, a total failed state.
Just think, they're competing with states like Idaho and Nebraska. Who does Gavin New-Scum think he's fooling?
Not Mr Trump, that's for sure. Scum by name, scum by nature, no?
california is two speed
has all those glitzy world leading industries (or investment capital traps depending on how cynical you are) you listed but for everyone not involved or attendant to them its increasingly a complete fooking dump
basically has a lot of the issues australia does except without the social safety net
not very good
Sure, but we've never heard you advocating the state taking over the means of production, dear.
California has better services than most think. Nice place too. I'd live there.
have you seen how many homeless people are there now? it's a nice place if you're rich
somehow i think advocating for a centrally planned economy to fix that issue would be a bit of an overreaction (or create more problems than it would solve), hence why i haven't done that
I have.
Homelessness is a sign of a booming economy. High demand in a state's housing market leads to surplus homelessness. It shows that more people are moving to California than leaving. This is a hard economic fact in a market-driven superstructure.
I would, however, not advocate a policy of nationalizing Californian real estate. Instead, I would advocate a role for the state to provide public housing and rent controls.
This highlights the respective difference between two competing political-economic models: state capitalist socialism and social democracy.
The latter model has had success in US states such as New York, not to mention the post- war welfare states of the UK and a number of northern European countries.
California could indeed invest in more public housing and cap rent increases in cities with a need for essential services and workers to provide them. Along with New York, California has the highest number of billionaires per capita. California receives more investment and houses more wealth than other US states. Its wealthier citizhens have also expressed their desire to pay more tax.
Homelessness is not an intractable problem - unlike, for example, global warming. It has its causes - high interest rates, lack of affordable housing and the pull factor of the Californian weather, economy and lifestyle. It also has solutions.
I'm not sure about you, dear, but one presidential candidate has advocated locking the homeless up as vagrants. This is a high-cost solution, requiring the state to pay the $80,000-plus per annum prisons charge to feed, accommodate and secure each individual prisoner. It would cost less than a quarter of this fee to merely pay their rent, so this is hardly a sustainable solution to what appears to be a transitory problem, but do you know?
Nor is playing Culture Wars with the state of California, the second largest economy in America with more wealth and economic output than many European nations. California, with its research and investment climate, is likely to have an influence on our own lives, as we transition towards a sustainable energy future. Californian developments in solar and battery technology, not to mention its developments in Hi-Tech, IT and AI, etc, will have an impact upon us all, above and beyond its current housing shortage.
I think it's a smart move. You?
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