Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Outside the chalk
George Neumayr gets it. Trump's secret is simple: he plays outside the chalk lines. (Ahem, chalk!) Until Trump came along, our "debates" and "elections" were as precisely scripted as a TV "comedy" series. Every actor and every viewer knows every line in every episode. Before Trump, Jeb and Hillary already had their lines down. The only variable was residuals for the scriptwriters.
Trump, the master of semi-scripted reality shows, knows how the rigid structure is built. He decided to use plain old truth as a solvent to melt the structure.
Neumayr also hits a point that I hadn't properly thought about.
Trump, the master of semi-scripted reality shows, knows how the rigid structure is built. He decided to use plain old truth as a solvent to melt the structure.
Neumayr also hits a point that I hadn't properly thought about.
Casting about for an angle of attack against Trump, she told union workers the other day that Trump might “bankrupt” America like he “bankrupted” some of his companies. In a feeble quip, she said, “I mean ask yourself, how could anybody lose money running a casino? Really?” To ordinary Americans, who struggle to make money off entrepreneurial risks instead of six-figure speaking fees like her, such failures are very comprehensible. Less comprehensible to them is how an Alinskyite liberal who preaches the gospel of socialism can make more money in an hour than most people make in a year.Struggling to make money off entrepreneurial risks. I've been doing just that since 2002. I don't call myself an entrepreneur, but I fit the category. Doing intense software work every other year or so, and hoping for usable returns. Gig work. For three years (2006-2009) the returns were good enough to pack my savings account with ten years of income. I expected to get about $5000 a year in interest; but needless to say the Tribe gave us ZIRP at EXACTLY THE SAME MOMENT. So I still have the 10 years in the bank, but I'm not getting any interest from it. The most recent year of work was the most intense and the most highly skilled, but because the publisher is basically closing down to satisfy JPMorgan's LBO, the pay was small. (About $1.50 per hour.) Win some, lose some. Every time the Tribe is involved I lose. Trump's way of doing business is real capitalism. He rolls the dice and takes both the wins and the losses. When he wins, lots of workers win along with him. When he loses, the workers lose. It's a NATURAL PROCESS. Unlike the Tribe, he doesn't buy businesses solely to kill them.
Labels: Natural law = Sharia law
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