I'm stuck on the enormity of the enterprise. Moving tens of thousands of people a month, at thousands of dollars per person, is a real industry. It will not go away without massive change within and across national borders. What does that even look like?
I'm also hung up on the whole economic boom messaging, which does not seem to resonate across the spectrum of likely voters, irrespective of its veracity. The people of the soil care not that the hellhole that is NYC (or SF) is actually awash in cash. It seems their care is only for their half-acre of sovereignty and their heavily-armed children, allies and wannabe insurrectionistas. The fact that they've just bought a second (or third) F-250 MondoGlorioso does not have anything to do with 'the economy' – it's just cashing in on their deal with Jesus. The obvious exception being those de-populating portions of the Heartland that get it about money aggregating around people, and figuring just maybe a few of those hard-working border crossers might punch up the tax base.
All to say, no sense 'reasoning' with (most of) them – hardball politics gotta be first last and in between for the rest of the game.
The industry is a bad deal for the customers, who are always getting raped, overcharged, left to die in the desert, and other unpleasantness. Flying, as they get to do under the Biden proposal, is a lot cheaper, and you get to choose where you want to go instead of Abbott deciding for you. For the drug cartels, I think the high overhead and manpower requirements are a problem
Biden's rewriting the losing boom message as one of recovery from unmitigated disaster, hard work and we all did it together, with no help from Trump. And it's about time, in my opinion. Sorry if I wasn't clear.
Some of the children are heavily armed, but they're mostly abandoning their old parents and heading out for New York City if they're really lucky, and even Austin is lots better than where they are. They're not interested in selling hog feed. That's why the towns are dying. Every time there's an infusion of Hmong or Somali migrants, local people change their minds, this has been going on for a while. As I said that's why Lankford signed on.
With my inner ear constantly attuned to my own misfailings, I have little brain mass left for funnin' others, unless they deserve it (ie not your case).
The customers are only of interest to the industry up to the moment the money's been paid. those customers are/were headed north, full stop. Where they land is on them (the fact that a few get far enough to send happy messages to their kin/friends left behind is advertising enough).
I s'pose BidenAir shows a workaround.
When we were in Omaha (a boomtown in several ways) we learned about all the refugees who had transited thru there to smaller midwest communities. Yeah, some stayed in/around the city also. There's genuine human compassion going on in some of the faith-ish Omaha orgs that brings together support for the resettled. Was kinda inspiring.
You're on a commendable mission!
I'm stuck on the enormity of the enterprise. Moving tens of thousands of people a month, at thousands of dollars per person, is a real industry. It will not go away without massive change within and across national borders. What does that even look like?
I'm also hung up on the whole economic boom messaging, which does not seem to resonate across the spectrum of likely voters, irrespective of its veracity. The people of the soil care not that the hellhole that is NYC (or SF) is actually awash in cash. It seems their care is only for their half-acre of sovereignty and their heavily-armed children, allies and wannabe insurrectionistas. The fact that they've just bought a second (or third) F-250 MondoGlorioso does not have anything to do with 'the economy' – it's just cashing in on their deal with Jesus. The obvious exception being those de-populating portions of the Heartland that get it about money aggregating around people, and figuring just maybe a few of those hard-working border crossers might punch up the tax base.
All to say, no sense 'reasoning' with (most of) them – hardball politics gotta be first last and in between for the rest of the game.
Are you making fun of me?
The industry is a bad deal for the customers, who are always getting raped, overcharged, left to die in the desert, and other unpleasantness. Flying, as they get to do under the Biden proposal, is a lot cheaper, and you get to choose where you want to go instead of Abbott deciding for you. For the drug cartels, I think the high overhead and manpower requirements are a problem
Biden's rewriting the losing boom message as one of recovery from unmitigated disaster, hard work and we all did it together, with no help from Trump. And it's about time, in my opinion. Sorry if I wasn't clear.
Some of the children are heavily armed, but they're mostly abandoning their old parents and heading out for New York City if they're really lucky, and even Austin is lots better than where they are. They're not interested in selling hog feed. That's why the towns are dying. Every time there's an infusion of Hmong or Somali migrants, local people change their minds, this has been going on for a while. As I said that's why Lankford signed on.
With my inner ear constantly attuned to my own misfailings, I have little brain mass left for funnin' others, unless they deserve it (ie not your case).
The customers are only of interest to the industry up to the moment the money's been paid. those customers are/were headed north, full stop. Where they land is on them (the fact that a few get far enough to send happy messages to their kin/friends left behind is advertising enough).
I s'pose BidenAir shows a workaround.
When we were in Omaha (a boomtown in several ways) we learned about all the refugees who had transited thru there to smaller midwest communities. Yeah, some stayed in/around the city also. There's genuine human compassion going on in some of the faith-ish Omaha orgs that brings together support for the resettled. Was kinda inspiring.