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[pittsflyer]

Originally Posted by stiffnecked

The intellectual dishonesty is all in your head. The job market is HOT. You just lack the drive, determination, motivation and ambition to take advantage of it. Get real, be honest.

If you are trying to say the AK job market is hot and flush with 6 figure jobs then you are simply a liar, its not even intellectually dishonest it is patently false.

If you are saying that parts of the lower 48 are hot, that's probably true and I am working hard to look for opportunities. Also you probably want to reserve judgement when you don't know me or my resume, i have earned the right to be a little upset about my situation. Me being upset is not going to suddenly get me a new real job but if Alaskans dont rise up and stop voting against their own best interests this fall its going to get worse. Lots of hype for Dunleavy and yet no real plan and it feels like he is in bed with oil companies. How is he going to create more jobs, govel and beg? Industry does not create jobs without the jack boot in Alaska, never has and never will (with the exception of initial construction).

I dont know if you have kids that want to stay in AK but if Alaskans screw the pooch this fall the implications are going to have reaching effects that effect peoples kids ability to stay here.

[CaliRestoration]

Originally Posted by pittsflyer

If you are trying to say the AK job market is hot and flush with 6 figure jobs then you are simply a liar, its not even intellectually dishonest it is patently false.

If you are saying that parts of the lower 48 are hot, that's probably true and I am working hard to look for opportunities. Also you probably want to reserve judgement when you don't know me or my resume, i have earned the right to be a little upset about my situation. Me being upset is not going to suddenly get me a new real job but if Alaskans dont rise up and stop voting against their own best interests this fall its going to get worse. Lots of hype for Dunleavy and yet no real plan and it feels like he is in bed with oil companies. How is he going to create more jobs, govel and beg? Industry does not create jobs without the jack boot in Alaska, never has and never will (with the exception of initial construction).

I dont know if you have kids that want to stay in AK but if Alaskans screw the pooch this fall the implications are going to have reaching effects that effect peoples kids ability to stay here.

No jobs are coming to Alaska if you elect a high tax, high regulation leftist. I can guarantee you that.

[AlaskaErik]

Originally Posted by CaliRestoration

No jobs are coming to Alaska if you elect a high tax, high regulation leftist. I can guarantee you that.

You mean that snollygoster Mark Begich?

[CaliRestoration]

Originally Posted by AlaskaErik

You mean that snollygoster Mark Begich?

I'll be honest, Begich is more moderate than some might believe. That being said Begich was in favor of removing the payroll tax cap (has the effect of making Alaska a less attractive destination for high wage workers, makes it harder for high wage industries, such as tech, to establish a foot hold).

He also supported removing FICA tax caps on income.

So he's not the type of guy who is great for creating an environment of capital investment, and attracting "brain" talent to an area.

If Alaska is going to jump start its economy, it needs a governor that is not going to strangle the private sector with taxes. The oil economy, tourism, and fishing is not enough for Alaska, it needs to develop a more diverse private sector.

[AlaskaErik]

Originally Posted by CaliRestoration

I'll be honest, Begich is more moderate than some might believe. That being said Begich was in favor of removing the payroll tax cap (has the effect of making Alaska a less attractive destination for high wage workers, makes it harder for high wage industries, such as tech, to establish a foot hold).

He also supported removing FICA tax caps on income.

So he's not the type of guy who is great for creating an environment of capital investment, and attracting "brain" talent to an area.

If Alaska is going to jump start its economy, it needs a governor that is not going to strangle the private sector with taxes. The oil economy, tourism, and fishing is not enough for Alaska, it needs to develop a more diverse private sector.

In other words, we don't need Mark Begich.

[pittsflyer]

Originally Posted by CaliRestoration

No jobs are coming to Alaska if you elect a high tax, high regulation leftist. I can guarantee you that.

The entire idea hinges on the minimum flow requirement, if you FORCE oil companies to maintain a minimum flow rate to keep the lease and increase taxes then grants can be issued to create jobs.

I thought I wrote that .....

[pittsflyer]

Originally Posted by CaliRestoration

I'll be honest, Begich is more moderate than some might believe. That being said Begich was in favor of removing the payroll tax cap (has the effect of making Alaska a less attractive destination for high wage workers, makes it harder for high wage industries, such as tech, to establish a foot hold).

He also supported removing FICA tax caps on income.

So he's not the type of guy who is great for creating an environment of capital investment, and attracting "brain" talent to an area.

If Alaska is going to jump start its economy, it needs a governor that is not going to strangle the private sector with taxes. The oil economy, tourism, and fishing is not enough for Alaska, it needs to develop a more diverse private sector.

Tech has never come up here and never will organically, if we as Alaskans want a diverse economy we are going to have to brute force it. Alaska can attract the talent just not the vulture capitalists. Lots of smart people would want to live here if the state had more of a command and control of the economy and could put a stop to the effects of arbitrary oil lay offs that always devastate this state at the whims of oligarchs.

[stiffnecked]

Originally Posted by pittsflyer

Tech has never come up here and never will organically, if we as Alaskans want a diverse economy we are going to have to brute force it. Alaska can attract the talent just not the vulture capitalists. Lots of smart people would want to live here if the state had more of a command and control of the economy and could put a stop to the effects of arbitrary oil lay offs that always devastate this state at the whims of oligarchs.

Plain and simple you want a socialist economy, like Venezuela, where the governments owns or outright controls all private business. Even then there is no guarantee you'll get that six figure job you think your entitled to.

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by pittsflyer

The entire idea hinges on the minimum flow requirement, if you FORCE oil companies to maintain a minimum flow rate to keep the lease and increase taxes then grants can be issued to create jobs.

I thought I wrote that .....

This sort of thing reminds me of the people sitting around in states like WV thinking coal is going to bring the jobs back someday. it's not happening. Time to find a real basis for an economy. States that rely so heavily on mineral resource extraction always end up in the same place eventually. No jobs, the wealth from the extracted resources exported to other states, and a damaged and polluted environment left behind that tends to keep better employers and the educated away.

I don't disagree with you about the job market in general right now though. Many have noticed that wages seem to not be growing and are stagnant. It's because employers are being given the upper hand over workers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/o...ic-growth.html

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by stiffnecked

Plain and simple you want a socialist economy, like Venezuela, where the governments owns or outright controls all private business. Even then there is no guarantee you'll get that six figure job you think your entitled to.

False dichotomy. There's a wide range of options between the extremes of full capitalism and Venezuela. For some reason Europe is full of countries with strong economies and people doing well with all that mandated vacation time, universal healthcare, strong worker protections, etc.

Socialism is government ownership of the means of production, by the way. The state of Alaska owns all mineral resources. Tell me that's not socialism (which I don't say in a bad way here, if it weren't for this fact Alaska would have even less to show for decades of exploitation by big oil).