impartialobserver

You brought it up... do you not remember? If you did not write this.. then who did? "Today, that homo state is a pure socialist model. NO MIDDLE CLASS. Just the super rich and the homeless."

I hate to tell you but there are middle class in CA. You are focusing on San Francisco proper, Marin County, and and Los Angeles. The housing in these areas is horribly expensive because of high paying technology jobs. Those who work in the technology sector in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley can easily afford $4000 to rent a 2 bed room apt. Average salary for a programmer at Google.. $195K per year. No, no one is exempt from the state income taxes but there are plenty of average, middle class people in CA.. if not then feel free to explain how places like Susanville, Weed, Alturas, Quincy, and Yreka can exist and be so average.

I read recently that the president of Rwanda or Burundi made a speech and he said ( I am paraphrasing), "Yes, they did terrible things. They came to our land and conquered us. However, that is the past. We need to move towards a time where we have no foreign aid, no foreign investors, and are sustaining ourselves." I would wholly agree with this. You can't go forward if you are always looking in the rearview mirror.

If that is so.. then how do you explain places like Susanville, Weed, Alturas, Fort Bidwell that have no homeless and are not super rich by any means. The northern half of the state is mostly Conservative and not all that different from what you find in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, or Utah.

Of course, he will refuse. the next response will be "I should not have to move in order to get what I want".. the entire world revolves around this one person. I then ask.. how did you and I not get the memo.

Have read something like this at least 1,000 times and yet nothing has ever actually happened. Hmmm... I think that certain types can not delineate perception and reality.

As long as someone does it legally.. i do not care who emigrates to the US. Also, I do not believe that they are any more likely to be criminals than the average American. Growing up, I would help out Grandma's friends who were potato farmers. Extremely Conservative area (Idaho Falls, Rigby, Rexburg) and yet they openly would tell me about how they intentionally sought illegals. The illegals that I worked next to were not there by accident. Another observation that has resonated since that time (early 90's).... none of them cared one iota about American politics. What did we talk about.. girls, mexico, soccer, beer, sex, food... not a single syllable about politics (mexican or American) but they come here solely to vote.

If you are ever so masochistic.. go over to liberalforum.net and check out the user that goes by the name, "FOS". He is convinced that every problem in the history of the world is tied to Jews. Interestingly enough, he is frequently unemployed and lives in Atlanta, GA yet Jews are to blame for that as well.

Well then feel free to message him and recommend that he move to Russia.

I do not think it it is complete fiction that some professors are openly liberal. In my experience, it depends on the major. Economics, math, finance, physics, IT, Computer Science.. very little political nonsense. Social work, education, sociology.. probably a bit more.

and yet you respond again... hmm...says a lot about you.

How do you think I know how the nuts and bolts of how they do it?

thanks for earning me some money.. I knew that you could not resist. Such a lack of impulse control.

as long as they immigrate to a nation legally.. I do not care if someone is a software engineer or a janitor. As long as they are law abiding and have/seek employment, the context to me is irrelevant. I come from a poor background and so know that even if you are once poor, you can rise above that.

I will bet you money that you will respond.. your insecurity and obsession prevent you from doing so. You cherry pick one example of many... Harvard is not the only school that offers a masters or phd in economics.. If you were less passion and more rational.. you would know this. Can I let you in on a little secret.. when I talk about x and you chime in about topic y... I lose respect for you. Its not bullying.. not even close. You show your true character by always going off into the woods and not staying on topic. I did not go to Harvard.. where I attended grad school, we focused on math/statistics not sustainability, marx, socialism.. none of that. Each one below relied on models, math, statistics, statistical theory. The exams were not essays... they were doing mathematical proofs My courses were Game Theory Time Series Analysis (Stats 705) advanced microeconomics I and II advanced macroeconomics I and II Econometrics Economics of Gambling Public Finance (probably the most complex math of all these) Psychology behind Economics (a lot of statistical theory) Math Modeling Environmental Economics Math in Economics

Trump was just the victim of bad luck. If the pandemic hits in Jan 2021 and not 2020.. the economic metrics for his time would be mostly very positive. However, I am not one that ties my personal or local economic fortunes to that of the President. If my life is not good during president X.. the reason for that not-so-great life is 100% me.

any society where there are public goods such police, fire dept, public parks, public fireworks displays, national parks, etc.. could be construed as socialist.

Translated.. you are obsessed and need to get a life but somehow can't find one. I bet that you will respond to this one.. you can't help it.

Translated.. You are obsessed and need to grow up but the anonymity of an internet forum allows this juvenile behavior. Another keyboard warrior... and nothing else .

I am curious as to why you can't keep scrolling.. there has to be a reason.

Hmmm... keep telling yourself this.. Do you know what gives you away? The inclusion of the word, "you" or my username. So why can't you keep scrolling and move on? A bit obsessive.. I might say

It is implied by your continually responding to me.. most of which is initiated solely by you. Why can't you just keep scrolling?

Well, that is not playing out in these small towns in the Eastern part of the state. My grandparents generation has died off.. my parents generation is not moving to take their place. And then as a result.. my generation is not moving from the mid-size city to Challis, ID for example. It is interesting how the locals both love and hate the population decline. Yes, they get left alone but as the population declines further.. the businesses/services go away also.

If you want to see the actual data about GDP by state https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-state. From here, click on full release and tables

It is just an observation. Does it get me worked up? not in the least. When I go back home to Idaho and hit the small towns and here sentiments like this... I just tune it out and move on. Most of these small towns are in decay.. losing population, losing jobs, and losing income. The older folks pass away, the kids move away, and these places are forgotten.