Does Mississippi need an AOC? (Jackson, Biloxi: fit in, living in, to move)

[brickpatio2018]

Mississippi's state government is not particularly conservative on fiscal matters. The ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) ranks all the states on economic policy, and Mississippi's overall tax rates are in the middle of the pack compared to other states. Mississippi also has a large number of public employees. Where Mississippi fares well is being a right to work state.

I'm curious about how the state can incentivize wealthy households (doctors etc) to ban together in individual communities and invest their personal savings into some kind of mutual fund/ venture capital fund for companies that are based in or expanding in Mississippi (rather than investing their savings in the New York stock market and thus loaning their savings to companies around the world, instead of in Mississippi).

I know you have to be careful with these things to avoid politicians to stick their fingers into these kinds of incentives. But for individual communities (e.g. Natchez, Vicksburg, Meridian), their best bet for growing won't be from attracting outside companies but rather from starting new companies or expanding the companies already in those communities.

Someone smarter than I would need to figure out these details, but it's not exactly a new concept. This is how city-states around the world prospered historically, by having the wealthy ban together, invest in business concepts, and trade around the world. It's just a question of how to balance risk and reward, because investing in local companies would bring greater risk. So how can the state subsidize those locally-based investment funds without any room for politicians trying to demand a cut of the money? Maybe someone will read this and figure all this out; it sound doable to me.

[Mississippi Alabama Line]

Originally Posted by GABESTA535

What Mississippi desperately needs is ay alternative to conservatism in state governance. Mississippi is last in almost everything. If anything, Mississippi is an experiment to show that American conservatism is a failure. I don't know why the state doesn't try to change things up. Insanity is trying to do the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Yet Mississippi refuse to try anything over than extreme conservatism. It's like no one cares about the educational or health care systems in the state....

This is not true at all. Conservatism is not the problem in Mississippi. If this were true, why does conservatism work in Texas, Tennessee and Florida?

Bottom line is, Mississippi is a rural state and is behind in promoting itself and doing the things that make it attractive to outsiders.

Who knows what the future brings post-COVID? With prevalent internet (Starlink, etc.), and many people wanting land, and being able to work from home, Mississippi may see an influx of people in the next decade.

But the last thing we need is a bunch of liberalism, although I would welcome SOME other ideas. There's a place for everyone.

[GSPNative]

Originally Posted by Mouldy Old Schmo

Does Mississippi need someone like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to rise up and save us benighted reactionaries from ourselves?

NO place needs an uninformed ideologue. Not New York, not Mississippi.

[Mtthw97]

This is like asking whether my left testicle needs a malignant tumor.

The answer is no, in fact to have such a thing would be actively harmful.

[UsAll]

Originally Posted by Mtthw97

This is like asking whether my left testicle needs a malignant tumor.

The answer is no, in fact to have such a thing would be actively harmful.

Yeah, he had alot of balls to even suggest such a thing!

(Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun!)

[sammyreynolds1977]

Heck no. I have no idea how she even got elected in the first place.

[ben young]

Originally Posted by sammyreynolds1977

Heck no. I have no idea how she even got elected in the first place.

Uninformed voters voted for someone uninformed like themselves . Happens everywhere.

[Dd714]

Originally Posted by sammyreynolds1977

Heck no. I have no idea how she even got elected in the first place.

She represents a congressional district in Bronx/Queens, one of 430 or so in the US. This district is heavily Latino, young, and poor (compared to the rest of the metropolitan area). Many households are subsidized by welfare programs.
So of course she represents the desires of her constituents, the people that elect her, a relatively small segment of the population overall compared to the country or even the state.

[irishcopper]

Ocasio-Cortez was recruited, coached and funded by the Justice Democrats. In spite of earning a B.A. in economics from Boston University she is all but clueless about how free enterprise capitalism functions in a free society. Like the Democrat Socialists of Amerika the Justice Democrats want neither justice or democracy. They are Stalinists masquerading as Democrats. Their goal is to transform the Congress in a politburo one congressional district election at a time. A candidate with a radical political ideology similar to Ocasio-Cortez would do absolutely nothing to improve the lives of the people in Mississippi. This video provides a lot of good background on how she came to become a member of Congress.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h5iv6sECGU

[Suesbal]

Originally Posted by Dd714

She represents a congressional district in Bronx/Queens, one of 430 or so in the US. This district is heavily Latino, young, and poor (compared to the rest of the metropolitan area). Many households are subsidized by welfare programs.
So of course she represents the desires of her constituents, the people that elect her, a relatively small segment of the population overall compared to the country or even the state.

Actually, hipster gentrifiers put her over the top. It was a well-played operation that caught the complacent incumbent off-guard. The overall turnout was low.