re: WSJ: &#39;The South’s Economy Is Falling Behind: ‘All of a Sudden the Money Stops Flowing’&#39;

Posted by ExtraGravy

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Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:05 pm to JPinLondon

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Posted by JPinLondon

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Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:06 pm to wadewilson

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In order for my Harahan-based, 1955-founded company to sell our rescue device to Los Angeles Fire Dept., I had to spend a day and a half filling out documents proving we never OWNED SLAVES!!

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No way.

WAY!!!

The idea probably started as a 'motion' at a city council meeting, put forth by some minority woman who never had a real job but got elected to represent the shithole that is the neighborhood south of USC.

Probably passed almost unanimously. She probably won some award for it too, from Al Sharpton's Shakedown Shack.

Posted by wadewilson

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Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:09 pm to JPinLondon

Did you at least charge them a PITA fee?

Posted by JPinLondon

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Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:10 pm to ExtraGravy

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2- how could it take you a day and a half to fill out documents proving you never owned slaves.

In order to fill out documents that big cities force you to fill out, you have to apply for the code to their online system, and then dig up founding documents archived in an attic we have, and then go get them notarized, scanned, e-mailed, and way, way more.

That was a few of a hundred steps I undertook. Why is that hard to fathom?

Posted by RollTide4Ever

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 12:21 am to JPinLondon

I wonder what would happen if states controlled their own destinies? What if they ran welfare,education, trade policies, etc? South would do better, IMO.

Mises has written extensively on how central banking has favored urban areas over rural areas. Jim Rogers is optimistic about the South's future, esp. When it comes to agriculture.

Posted by BurningHeart

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 5:58 am to Pelican fan99

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we could be number 1 and we still would have god awful schools. Sometimes money isn’t the problem

Bad parenting > kids that don't care > have kids > bad parenting... the cycle continues

Posted by saint tiger225

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 6:06 am to ExtraGravy

Demographics hurt certain areas. It's not rocket science.

Posted by Oilfieldbiology

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 6:18 am to Brosef Stalin

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North and Central Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas will always be poor. Texas and Alabama are booming right now.

FIFY

Posted by GRTiger

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 6:18 am to BhamDore

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draconian conservative policies

What is an example of a draconian conservative policy that you would say is one of the causes of poor economics in the south?

Posted by TH03

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 6:20 am to simonizer

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Richard Florida, an urbanization expert at the University of Toronto.

stopped right there

Yeah! Got damn northerners can't tell us how shitty our state is!!

Posted by slackster

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 6:22 am to RollTide4Ever

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wonder what would happen if states controlled their own destinies? What if they ran welfare,education, trade policies, etc? South would do better, IMO.

I've seen shite Louisiana tries to run - it would go very poorly.

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Posted by Oilfieldbiology

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 6:22 am to BhamDore

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Lack of commitment to education

People keep parroting this yet we spend more money on schools per capita than a lot of places. It’s almost like the lack of accountability for job performance leads to poor job performance and results.

Also the policies that incentivize being poor pushed down on us from Washington and self loathing progressives continue to destroy the family unit, and in turn respect for authority. This leads to shite schools even more so than borderline mentally handicapped students trying to learn calculus.

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Posted by TH03

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 6:25 am to slackster

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What if they ran welfare,

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I've seen shite Louisiana tries to run - it would go very poorly

Posted by Oilfieldbiology

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 6:27 am to TH03

fricking crook

Posted by Martini

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 6:38 am to WeeWee

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I went to school with some people from Canada and one of my best friends is Canadian. They are good people, but they know nothing about America especially the American south. Taking advice on America from a Canadian is like asking a penguin for advice to survive in the Sahara.

Only one flaw in your logic. He’s from New Jersey and went to Rutgers.

Posted by NIH

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 6:43 am to TH03

We obviously need more programs

Posted by soccerfüt

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 6:46 am to ExtraGravy

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Richard Florida

This had to have been a practical joke, his surname is America’s penis.

To a cartographer he’s “Dick US Dick”.

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 6/11/19 at 6:53 am to ExtraGravy

i'm going to imagine this is what the OP comes down to

1. the coastal, urban areas have had an explosion in salaries (primarily due to tech on the west coast and finance on the east)

2. the story ignores the insane COL that has out-paced wages for the non-elite on both coasts