Cuda2020

WinkyTink Loc: Hill Country, TX

Interesting. Abject BS. Another promise of "Utopia." Just "buy my book."

I'm good with the way things are. Gridlock breeds predictability, which in turns allows market growth. Obviously, corruption is everywhere, it's just a cost of doing business. Altruism, like Utopia is a drug induced dream, for druggies.

The "streets" was always a favorite of mine.

Cuda2020

What's truly interesting is that you think two opposing parties can't come together for the good of the country, well FYI, it had been up until the recently with the new neo republican's got a hold of the party. It's some kind of Utopia it used to be how we functioned...with reason.

WinkyTink Loc: Hill Country, TX

Oh quite to the contrary. The parties are capable of coming together, especially to fire up the military industrial complex.

I just don’t want them to. Compromise is for the pocket lining of the participants.

Cuda2020

You seem confused considering your comments are contrary to each other. Any one happy with the way things are makes me think you are not an ally, but rather an antagonist. Compromise doesn't line the pockets, lobbyists do.

WinkyTink Loc: Hill Country, TX

I understand your confusion over my confusing statements.

Compromise rewards the participants first. Our elected officials get wealthy from back-scratching deals via corrupt practices. Certainly lobbyists also benefit heavily as do their military industrial complex sponsors.

I am an ally of myself and am concerned only with perpetuating my personal and family health and fortunes.

I favor gridlock as that provides the best long term scenario for predictable financial growth,

Cuda2020

I'm glad you can admit to your contrary and confusing statements, that's at least something. Ok you're only for yourself, I got that, that is predictable. You have repeated yourself but still haven't explained how gridlock perpetuates financial growth, gridlock by the way means nothing moves. I suppose I have difficulty in fully relating to that state of mind of ultimate selfishness.

All I can come away with here is that the status quo is serving you well and you don't want anything to change, as that may not be beneficial to you and yours, is that correct? I take it you are one benefiting from the Bush/Trump tax benefits. Well hopefully that will come to an end soon, and with more democratic governing more citizens will benefit from a reallocation of taxes. Maybe some of our debt from the past unpaid war will get paid.

WinkyTink Loc: Hill Country, TX

You might do a little reading on the historical impact of gridlock on capital markets.

You will find that making a decision to invest 500 million in a project today depends on being able to reliably estimate markets 10 years from now. Stability and predictability go hand and hand.

Gridlock prevents/minimizes volatile changes.

Superficially, you may view me as selfish but reality is you know nothing about me.

As for benefitting from Bush / Trump tax reductions, I benefitted a small amount. I retired from a paycheck job in 2014 and so derive a small part of my living from taxable income.

Cuda2020

I never stated you were selfish, but that I had difficulty in thinking in the terms you described, only yourself and loved ones, and I understand that, but I feel our attitudes and concerns must expand out further then ourselves, for all of us all to truly benefit for our best outcome. When our country benefits as a whole, then so do we, that is MHO. My apologies, you are correct I don't know you and you have been civil, so allow me to back up a bit, I as yourself, don't want pockets lined, nor the expansion of the military complex.

You may be correct at times of influx, it may be beneficial to be in a calm state, but that can be only temporary, as we are always in the state of competition, and laying back too long can give others an advantage over us.