Market Watch

[two_bit_score]

Show Me… sorry couldn’t resist.

On the way home there was a radio discussion that basically said of the thousands of counties nationwide only about a dozen control election outcome…

True for all elections. And in those counties a small number of precincts control those county results. O’B*i*d*e*n is trying to shore up the D stranglehold in blue areas and dilute strength of red areas with his border policy.

 

[rScotty]

^^^^^
Just take a look at the US electoral map for each national election…it’s pretty shocking. The major population areas/cities/counties control the outcome in most states.

Mike

Yep. More people = more votes. In HS civics class we studied the different requirements for voting that the Founding Fathers considered as they wrote the Constitution. They considered age, education, property ownership and so on. What they came up is simply more people = more votes. And cities then and now have more of what they considered to be people.

 

[two_bit_score]

And cities have most of the people. Then and now.

And city people depend on government services more than rural folks.

 

[rScotty]

And city people depend on government services more than rural folks.

Maybe, maybe not. That's just speculation.

 

[jyoutz]

Maybe, maybe not. That's just speculation.

Lots of government money and services in rural areas. I have lived in rural areas over 50 years. Especially farm and ranch payments from USDA programs. And a lot of rural residents on subsidized health insurance programs. I’m not saying this is good or bad, but let’s be honest.

 

[two_bit_score]

I’m not saying this is good or bad, but let’s be honest.

Honestly, you’ll have to admit that urban counties and “sanctuary cities” contain many more ‘undocumented (illegal) aliens’ which pressure social services, health services, law enforcement, etc, etc. which is mostly not a factor in rural areas.

 

[jyoutz]

Honestly, you’ll have to admit that urban counties and “sanctuary cities” contain many more ‘undocumented (illegal) aliens’ which pressure social services, health services, law enforcement, etc, etc. which is mostly not a factor in rural areas.

There are different types of government assistance in rural vs urban areas for sure. The amounts of assistance of one vs the other is another story. Working for USDA I know that the rural programs amount to hundreds of thousands per family sometimes. I doubt that the snap and other assistance to urban families are a fraction of that. But of course there are more people in urban areas receiving assistance. The statistics on a per capita basis does amount to a lot more in rural vs urban counties.

 

[Hay Dude]

Honestly, you’ll have to admit that urban counties and “sanctuary cities” contain many more ‘undocumented (illegal) aliens’ which pressure social services, health services, law enforcement, etc, etc. which is mostly not a factor in rural areas.

You are correct, but also beating your head against a wall.….

 

[MoKelly]

^^^^^
Just take a look at the US electoral map for each national election…it’s pretty shocking. The major population areas/cities/counties control the outcome in most states.

Mike

This! But at least in Missouri STL and KC don’t determine outcomes. Yet.

 

[MoKelly]

You are correct, but also beating your head against a wall.….

Talk about beating your head against a wall —- I go into Wally World yesterday to get cat food.

Can’t find it in the massive store crammed with everything.

Ask employee #1 — nice lady but “no Ingles”.

Employee #2 —- older gentleman —- “no ingles”.

Employee #3 —- helpful. Gives me her pen and a box lid and mimes writing it down. I write “gato” and mime eating.

She takes me to the cat food.

Great.

Now I can’t even begin to describe the process of checking out!

 

[Hay Dude]

deleted

 

[rScotty]

Honestly, you’ll have to admit that urban counties and “sanctuary cities” contain many more ‘undocumented (illegal) aliens’ which pressure social services, health services, law enforcement, etc, etc. which is mostly not a factor in rural areas.

In urban areas that pressure is on municipal and county services - not federal programs. Those are local issues and need to be solved locally. Good solutions influence voters.

The rural areas remain mostly Republican and the federal programs that benefit them also reflect that. The Republican programs have been very good to rural voters.

 

[Hay Dude]

In urban areas that pressure is on municipal and county services - not federal programs. Those are local issues and need to be solved locally. Good solutions influence voters.

The rural areas remain mostly Republican and the federal programs that benefit them also reflect that. The Republican programs have been very good to rural voters.

Oh Heavens no. Large municipalities receive billions in state & federal aid.

 

[Citydude]

In urban areas that pressure is on municipal and county services - not federal programs. Those are local issues and need to be solved locally. Good solutions influence voters.

The rural areas remain mostly Republican and the federal programs that benefit them also reflect that. The Republican programs have been very good to rural voters.

You just explained urban blight by their good solutions. And rural success by government understanding farm to table.

 

[D&D]

Maybe, maybe not. That's just speculation.

Police, fire, sewer, water, trash removal, animal control, sidewalks, streetlights, traffic control
A pretty big list compared to my hood.

 

[D&D]

Honestly, you’ll have to admit that urban counties and “sanctuary cities” contain many more ‘undocumented (illegal) aliens’ which pressure social services, health services, law enforcement, etc, etc. which is mostly not a factor in rural areas.

Coming soon to A neighborhood near you. Might be surprised to learn where the busses are headed to from the “sanctuary cities”.

 

[D&D]

In urban areas that pressure is on municipal and county services - not federal programs. Those are local issues and need to be solved locally. Good solutions influence voters.

The rural areas remain mostly Republican and the federal programs that benefit them also reflect that. The Republican programs have been very good to rural voters.

Trickle down, we give to the fed and state, they portion it out to municipalities and counties.
The government has more “colors” of money than a Sherwin Williams paint store.

Besides, Co is supposed to be floating off marijuana sales. According to the hype, you should be tax free by now.

 

[jyoutz]

You just explained urban blight by their good solutions. And rural success by government understanding farm to table.

If you are a qualified SBA logger, you can receive a $350K USDA grant to buy a log skidder, forwarder, or loader. Many loggers cannot fund their equipment needs without these grants.

 

[rScotty]

Trickle down, we give to the fed and state, they portion it out to municipalities and counties.
The government has more “colors” of money than a Sherwin Williams paint store.

Besides, Co is supposed to be floating off marijuana sales. According to the hype, you should be tax free by now.

That's a good example of what I mean. There is a distinction between the various types of governments, their concerns, and their funding. A lot of the folks discussing this seem to lump them all together. That's just the result of not paying attention

I only know first hand about the area where I live. I simply do not believe the storie that news broadcasters make up about the area where you live. Newcasters have their own agenda... which seems mostly based around selling advertising.

The town closest to us doesn't need or take any federal funding. They are funded locally by bonds for town projects which are sold to residents, and by a share of property taxes. It's a typical blue collar working community. BTW, Colorado marijuana isales are allowed by the state laws. That doesn't cut it with all areas. Whether to accept marijuana sales in a community is up to the town ordinances. Some do, some don't. Ours doesn't allow any sales of any kind, but doesn't criminalize users. Seems reasonable...

rScotty

 

[ultrarunner]

deleted

English still number 1 per hospital census but Spanish, Tagalog and Chinese make for a very large percentage.

We have dozens of languages via Language Line and staff second languages but every week we run into languages not available through translation services which is a problem and a big problem if we are notified in advance due to mandated services providers are to provide.

I took German in High School and my co-worker took French and not once in 30+ years has either of our second languages been needed at work.

Spanish would have been most useful and valuable as Tagalog is well covered by nursing staff and Chinese and other Asian generally have English speaking family member with them.