tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post1263296747785645392..comments2024-03-08T05:08:55.233-05:00Comments on EYE ON MIAMI: The costs of globalization in the American heartland ... by gimleteyeGeniusofdespairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-47716788042953942282016-11-12T17:10:13.731-05:002016-11-12T17:10:13.731-05:00I know the plight of those hurt by trade is a seri...I know the plight of those hurt by trade is a serious subject, but we just elected a weirdo to office. I'm sure our country will encounter the strangest possibilities - no one would have ever imagined without Trump, as imagined by Dan Howarth of dezeen:<br /><br />http://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/11/donald-trump-president-white-house-funny-renderings-partisans-architecture-us-election/<br /><br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-925391328500699292016-11-12T16:40:39.678-05:002016-11-12T16:40:39.678-05:00Article on Saudi conceptualized transportation &qu...Article on Saudi conceptualized transportation "pods". Wouldn't this transportation idea be ideal for cities like NY, Miami, LA? <br /><br />http://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/08/big-designs-dubai-abu-dhabi-hyperloop-one-new-video-technology-news/#more-1004304<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-56658122950103654852016-11-12T15:43:43.243-05:002016-11-12T15:43:43.243-05:00I'm not a Trump fan, but I'm hoping his pl...I'm not a Trump fan, but I'm hoping his plan to "sprout" infrastructure includes plans to build high-speed rail that moves people (energy) efficiently, even economically thru the congestion that clogs major cities such as Miami. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-11683467357549058792016-11-12T14:10:48.814-05:002016-11-12T14:10:48.814-05:00You got it right.....Middle and lower class Americ...You got it right.....Middle and lower class America (rural and urban) have been surviving on cheap imports but that game has lost its spunk as incomes have not risen....Food is cheap in the US as is housing in rural areas...<br /><br />The monkey on the backs of every family and business is the cost of health care....and the insurance industry which makes it more expensive with their legal 15% Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-61454568891846226662016-11-11T12:11:56.151-05:002016-11-11T12:11:56.151-05:00Those jobs won't come back unless they want to...Those jobs won't come back unless they want to work for 25 cents per hour. Coupled with that as you so duly noted, is the loss of jobs due to computerization. This transformation has already begun; BofA cut 8,000 jobs; Walmart Cut 7,000 jobs; even the IRS is cutting 7,000 jobs, and there are other less spectacular ones, and many more on the horizon. And the way we think about computers Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-86363473336257348002016-11-11T09:25:19.578-05:002016-11-11T09:25:19.578-05:00I second your sentiments,
Just finished a road tri...I second your sentiments,<br />Just finished a road trip trough Southern States and found the rural economy to be severely lacking. Small towns still had the divers business and stores, but the majority was shuttered and or in a pitiful state. Looking like forgotten movie back drops. Most towns lack food stores, but every two miles a church, announced by a road sign, in rural Louisiana.<br />No Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com