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barnaby33ParticipantHaving just driven back through SG last Sunday I’m a bit perplexed. Leaving aside the water issues, why the growth there? Between it and Bryce are some really lovely areas that are much greener and then there is the whole area around Escalante which is stunning. If moving to Southern Utah for beauty I’d think that’d be the place to go.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantScaredy did you stop taking your meds?
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantI can’t decide whether, “testify, or, “bless yer heart,” is the appropriate response.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantSellers digging in deeper and staying put locally
Wake me when we get to capitulation!
barnaby33ParticipantSo when’s the house warming party? SDRealtor can bring wine!
JoshSeptember 13, 2022 at 10:04 AM in reply to: East County SD v St George for gzz’s budget McMansion lifestyle #826683barnaby33ParticipantMormons love dental school. Dentists earn good money and have lots of time for big families.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantIf it’s an investment I’d optimize for predictable profitability. If it’s a home to live in, options 3 all day every day.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantIt wasn’t the first Costco however, it was a Price Club that is older than any other existing Costco.
Price Club bought Costco, but retained the name Costco. The store on Morena is the original Price Club!
JoshAugust 6, 2022 at 2:46 PM in reply to: East County SD v St George for gzz’s budget McMansion lifestyle #826499barnaby33ParticipantIt depends, 1% of what?
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantMy god you have too much free time.
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantYesterdays river bed is tomorrows flood plain!
Joshbarnaby33ParticipantAny real water shortage would result in residential users who are a large majority of the population outbidding agricultural users. But we actually won’t have any water shortages, this is just Chicken Little propaganda by major water users eager for even more state subsidies.
In a free market for water, Western state residential water bills would decrease substantially. The “cost” would be, e.g., on Chinese consumers who wouldn’t get our almond exports quite so cheaply, and the ultrarich owners of farms that get water subsidies.
We have a real water shortage. California grows 50% of Americas fruit and veg. So what you are really stating is that in a free market, we’d all have plenty of residential water (more expensive than now but not horribly so) at the expense of fresh fruits and veg a lot of the year. That’s cutting off your nose to spite your face. Yes the Chinese should pay more for almonds, and agricultural water should be more expensive with the explicit social goal of moving us towards perma culture, but be careful what you wish for.
JoshJune 11, 2022 at 5:29 PM in reply to: Yes, the Fed matters a lot; nobody disagrees with that. #826058barnaby33ParticipantThe Fed matters because it can control the supply of the worlds reserve currency, full stop. It has several tools, not just interest rates but: bond purchases, repos, etc.
The Fed is the village by the river. It can take water out of the river or put it in, but it doesn’t control downstream use of the river. It’s goal would seem to be a stable flow, though it doesn’t always accomplish that. Whether it is reactive, or proscriptive it is very powerful in its actions.
One could make the argument that without the Fed Congress couldn’t function. People love services, but hate taxes.
Josh
May 24, 2022 at 8:47 AM in reply to: Megadrought Threatens California Power Blackouts This Summer #825729barnaby33Participant…
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