POTUS 46: What do you want/expect/hope for/fear?

OccultHawk · 01-27-2021, 01:14 PM

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If you're willing to subsidize all that through the federal govt that could work in the short term

Like the military and public schools?

~~jwb~~ · 01-27-2021, 06:09 PM

What is your point, that govt jobs exist? My point is your entire economy can't just be building infrastructure and parks and ****. You need some form of industry for that to be sustainable long term. Otherwise who's buying the houses? Who's driving on the roads and where are they going? Infrastructure is a valuable investment insofar as it allows for commerce to take place. But without any industry there, that infrastructure project just becomes a money sink.

I'm not even saying it's a bad idea. There could be something to it but it would have to serve some sort of purpose. Build a foundation for some sort of industry that can sustainably provide jobs into the future. I don't think farming is a good fit. I could be wrong but I don't think it's the best land for farming. Too mountainous. Maybe Christmas tree farms but that's all I can think of. Or indoor weed farms.

Tbh, thinking about it, the only thing I can think of is to make it some sort of tourist destination. The mountains themselves aren't quite enough for that. Maybe they could legalize gambling prostitution and weed and make it into a redneck Las Vegas in the mountains with skiing and all that. Dunno.

OccultHawk · 01-27-2021, 06:31 PM

Entire local economies run off military bases that contribute nothing to the community except the members are given checks from the government to spend. Long term. College towns exist because of public universities. Long term. You just give people jobs fixing **** up like I already said. The economy around it will grow. If it’ll work for completely pointless military bases it’ll work for anything. It might as well be environmental restoration. Even if by some amazing sequence of events the environment heals just keep paying people to do nothing like the military does.

**** it. Anything is better than coal. Christ the coal mines abandoned their workers in the 1970’s.

~~jwb~~ · 01-28-2021, 02:53 AM

Maybe gimme an example of a place where literally the only source of industry is a military base or a college.

I'm thinking it will be somewhat difficult to just turn WV into a college town. There are no really prestigious colleges associated with the state of West Virginia and I don't expect that to change anytime soon.

OccultHawk · 01-28-2021, 03:15 AM

Morgantown

The Batlord · 01-28-2021, 06:17 AM

Lol I flunked out of high school and still got accepted by a WV school.

Ararita · 01-28-2021, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Moments ago Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the USA, despite desperate, violent attempts by his now-predecessor to stop this happening. Trump will unlikely fade away; he'll be plotting away, seething in the cauldron of Mar-a-Lago, scheming to wreak his revenge.

But **** him. He's yesterday's news, something that will anger him more than anything else, and a fitting end.

Looking ahead, what do you hope to see for the new administration, or, conversely, what fears have you for the future?

More war and corruption, even more than the last guy, more like Obama but instead of a charismatic smile it's just a senile guy this time.

I'm not an American but I just see him screwing over the hopes that the left had in the US.

01-27-2021, 06:31 PM	#103 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Entire local economies run off military bases that contribute nothing to the community except the members are given checks from the government to spend. Long term. College towns exist because of public universities. Long term. You just give people jobs fixing ** up like I already said. The economy around it will grow. If it’ll work for completely pointless military bases it’ll work for anything. It might as well be environmental restoration. Even if by some amazing sequence of events the environment heals just keep paying people to do nothing like the military does. ** it. Anything is better than coal. Christ the coal mines abandoned their workers in the 1970’s. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

01-28-2021, 03:15 AM	#105 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Morgantown __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

01-27-2021, 06:09 PM	#102 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	What is your point, that govt jobs exist? My point is your entire economy can't just be building infrastructure and parks and ****. You need some form of industry for that to be sustainable long term. Otherwise who's buying the houses? Who's driving on the roads and where are they going? Infrastructure is a valuable investment insofar as it allows for commerce to take place. But without any industry there, that infrastructure project just becomes a money sink. I'm not even saying it's a bad idea. There could be something to it but it would have to serve some sort of purpose. Build a foundation for some sort of industry that can sustainably provide jobs into the future. I don't think farming is a good fit. I could be wrong but I don't think it's the best land for farming. Too mountainous. Maybe Christmas tree farms but that's all I can think of. Or indoor weed farms. Tbh, thinking about it, the only thing I can think of is to make it some sort of tourist destination. The mountains themselves aren't quite enough for that. Maybe they could legalize gambling prostitution and weed and make it into a redneck Las Vegas in the mountains with skiing and all that. Dunno.

01-28-2021, 02:53 AM	#104 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Maybe gimme an example of a place where literally the only source of industry is a military base or a college. I'm thinking it will be somewhat difficult to just turn WV into a college town. There are no really prestigious colleges associated with the state of West Virginia and I don't expect that to change anytime soon.