What do you think about Chaz in Seattle?

[Waggs098]

Just curious what the users here think about how that situation is being handled in seattle? Of course I have an opinion but I'm curious to see what other people think before I send this into a certain direction.

[Pio1980]

Dunno, I don't live there, so, insufficient data to make a determination at this time.

[Waggs098]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Dunno, I don't live there, so, insufficient data to make a determination at this time.

Thanks for the response.

I have to ask though, watching all the news and seeing what's happening you have no opinion at all?

[bobabode]

Is there something 'historical' about this current event in Seattle?

[Waggs098]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Is there something 'historical' about this current event in Seattle?

No. Forgot to change areas before I posted it.

Have asked moderators to move to current events.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Waggs098

No. Forgot to change areas before I posted it.

Have asked moderators to move to current events.

OK. Done.

[nailer]

Chaz? Never heard of him.

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by Waggs098

Thanks for the response.

I have to ask though, watching all the news and seeing what's happening you have no opinion at all?

Not yet, but welcome to the discussions!

[TryToFindmid]

I feel bad for the businesses that are within their occupied area.

That is unless the occupants are generating equal or maybe even greater income than normal???

Never mind the owners / workers of the businesses having access to them.

It's no secret most of the regular posters here hate the Trump administration, the small business covid funds and where they went have been largely secretive. Which I also despise. All the more reason I feel so terrible for all the small businesses that the covid pandemic lockdown killed or made survival questionable at best. Then the protests and the other byproducts of riots and these occupation efforts added to their possible survival struggle.

Not sure if the broader picture of business tax revenue and its role in supporting far more than police is fully understood by the powers that be.

Theres been allot of articles written about the ever weakening of the us dollar in leu of the lack of us savings vs spending and the massive loaning that has been going on.

I really appreciated Don's recent notion about not burning the entire system down to replace it in the Hope's of perfect system. I agree there are no guarantees in doing things this way. I simply worry if major cities see a massive reduction in localized business's in general and the tax revenue they create due to covid and now the movements. Combined with government monopoly money.

I keep reading how Amazon keeps gaining leverage, aka no local spending.

All I can say is I've never been more certain I've no Fing clue what the future holds.

These times are nuts more than I've ever seen.

[Pio1980]

I share many of your concerns concerning the effects of dealing with the pandemic on commerce and local economics, but have less than zero confidence in the empathetic competence of the arrogant self-absorbed babbling nitwit in the WH and his hand-picked largely equally incompetent servile sycophants.
Selfless competent leadership would have been most welcome over a blustering bullshitting conman.