I thought about posting this as well. I don’t know enough about US political history to know what an “old fashioned Truman Democrat” is, but if I hadn’t read that, I’d have labelled him as a tree-hugger bashing Republican. Whatever the reasons for the exodus which seem well documented, and are probably to do with the tax climate and business environment, his explanations seem like a personal hankering for the past, which boils down to a shift in values that he hasn’t got to grips with. I think a lot of what he says is probably true, but how do you marry an increasingly left wing political agenda with an environment that tolerates the super wealthy. That seems contradictory to me, and I wonder if he is confusing left wing politics with environmental issues and bureaucracy. The fact they often cohabit the same space doesn’t make them the same. I do agree with his comments on housing and prices, but he left out important references to the bubble and bail outs, so again it seems like he’s forging tenuous partnerships in waging a war with a personal agenda. I like him!
