Seattle Socialists Strangle Golden Goose

[Okeefenokee]

I gotta hand it to DBtrek, he knows where the reply button is, and he uses it. Whether he actually addressed a single argument, ever, is a question more suited to a self-hating archivalist/philosopher, but in terms of knowing how to fill a thread with as much of himself as possible, one has to stand in awe.

It's easy for the observer to become confused and assume that there must be multiple posters with that name and avatar, because nobody could have that much free time.

But he does. More impressive is the way he keeps the quality of the posts consistently inverse in proportion to their frequency.

Go home JohnDonne. You drunk on tofu marsala.

Nah, I don't drunk-post, a regretful post is worse than a hangover, I stay clean and sober, a sharpened blade restless in its sheath.

[Fife]

It ain't the potential buyers who value the fire services. It is the other people in the area who need to be concerned about an out of control conflagration that threatens their property.

The tragedy of the commons is something a market has a hard time solving. Even if you privatize the entire commons. Fire doesn't respect property boundaries.

Nobody offers fire insurance for full reimbursement value in California at a market price?

I had no idea Californians were so exposed to loss. Sounds like a shitty place to live if that's the case.

Maybe environmental hazards should be a consideration for people spending their money on deciding on where to live.

Funny thing is, people value their homes and possessions higher than the market value.

And, environmental hazards have been considered, and it has been considered that anyone contributing to the potential hazard should contribute to the mitigation.
Not for nothing, but what is that old adage about the value of prevention versus the value of cures?

As I figure it, the question is whether free riders are worse than rent seekers. The answer determines the rest of one's economic ideas.

I've been thinking about the way you put this. When you say that people value their property higher than market value, what do you mean by "market value?" I'm not sure what you mean. Are you talking about some tie-in to available insurance limits, or what?

And on free riders vs. rent seekers, are we still talking about fire prevention / remediation, or something more general.

I'd like to address what you are getting at, but I don't want to go off on some crazy tangent.

[Okeefenokee]

We're getting rid of Prime.

Amazon to increase price of Prime membership by 20%

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazo ... 2018-04-26

[DBTrek]

We're getting rid of Prime.

Amazon to increase price of Prime membership by 20%

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazo ... 2018-04-26

Someone gots to pay for less than 5% of Seattle’s “affordable housing”.
Cough it up, G.
We’re all progressives now.
Lulz

[Okeefenokee]

We're getting rid of Prime.

Amazon to increase price of Prime membership by 20%

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazo ... 2018-04-26

Someone gots to pay for less than 5% of Seattle’s “affordable housing”.
Cough it up, G.
We’re all progressives now.
Lulz

Our amazon purchases have dropped off probably 95% anyway. Bye Felicia.

[JohnDonne]

Go home JohnDonne. You drunk on tofu marsala.

Nah, I don't drunk-post, a regretful post is worse than a hangover, I stay clean and sober, a sharpened blade restless in its sheath.

^
His post count, the irony

[Kath]

Someone gots to pay for less than 5% of Seattle’s “affordable housing”.
Cough it up, G.
We’re all progressives now.
Lulz

Well, it may be time to quit Prime. There's other options these days. Will miss some of the television programming, but not a bunch. I'm not interested in helping Bezos bend over and take it from Seattle.

[DBTrek]

Progressive tactic #2 - when your argument is annihilates, try discrediting the source.

Tactic #3 is accusing of some form of bigotry, and that’s about all the progressive playbook has. There’s a step #4 riot option, but it has come into play less since conservative groups have started engaging AntiFa in the streets.

[Speaker to Animals]

[Kath]

Someone gots to pay for less than 5% of Seattle’s “affordable housing”.
Cough it up, G.
We’re all progressives now.
Lulz

AZs annual bill for the head tax is =341000 * 250 = $85,250,000.

That's going to help how many people? 600? That's $141,000 per homeless person. I'm moving to Seattle to get me a city job.