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Same could be said for conservative candidates. You’re making the assumption the userbase of HN is politically homogenous, when it is not.

toomuchtodo 8y ago
It’s pretty clear conservative policies are a train wreck and are slowly eating the country alive (tax cuts for businesses solely for shareholder gain, erosion of social services, infrastructure neglect, an illogical trade war with everyone, etc). Forget social agenda, I’m just asking for some sane fiscal policy at this point. Stop wasting scarce resources. Stop corruption. Stop passing the buck to my kids to clean up. That’s my desire and my goal. So yeah, give me 100 tech workers for 100 days and I’ll show you phenomenal return on investment through public policy surrogates who support policy that’ll improve quality of life drastically while saving the country tens of billions of dollars.
- rustler 8y ago
  Many argue the leftist policies of San Francisco's government have been a train wreck too.
  - toomuchtodo 8y ago
    I don’t live in SF, so I can’t speak to their public policy effectiveness (or their public policy in general, to be honest). Would you have citations you could link to where I could familiarize myself with its failings and how it relates to “leftist”/progressive policies? I’d rather not get too much into it here for fear of attracting a thread detachment.
    - rustler 8y ago
      https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/san-francisco-blue-model/ https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/san-francisco-... > high taxes, inane regulations, petty nanny-state authoritarianism, tolerance for rising lawlessness and disorder on its streets in the name of "compassion"
seiferteric 8y ago
He's doing no such thing. The question was what YOU would do with 100 people, and he answered straightforwardly.
- doctorless 8y ago
  Making the assumption in the sense that this opinion would be viewed universally favorably on HN and not a flamepost provocation.
  - toomuchtodo 8y ago
    I wasn’t aware that my suggestion had to agree with the hive mind to be posted. I don’t post to provoke, ever; life is too short, and moderator time is a scarce resource.

toomuchtodo 8y ago

It’s pretty clear conservative policies are a train wreck and are slowly eating the country alive (tax cuts for businesses solely for shareholder gain, erosion of social services, infrastructure neglect, an illogical trade war with everyone, etc). Forget social agenda, I’m just asking for some sane fiscal policy at this point. Stop wasting scarce resources. Stop corruption. Stop passing the buck to my kids to clean up. That’s my desire and my goal. So yeah, give me 100 tech workers for 100 days and I’ll show you phenomenal return on investment through public policy surrogates who support policy that’ll improve quality of life drastically while saving the country tens of billions of dollars.

rustler 8y ago
Many argue the leftist policies of San Francisco's government have been a train wreck too.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  I don’t live in SF, so I can’t speak to their public policy effectiveness (or their public policy in general, to be honest). Would you have citations you could link to where I could familiarize myself with its failings and how it relates to “leftist”/progressive policies? I’d rather not get too much into it here for fear of attracting a thread detachment.
  - rustler 8y ago
    https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/san-francisco-blue-model/ https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/san-francisco-... > high taxes, inane regulations, petty nanny-state authoritarianism, tolerance for rising lawlessness and disorder on its streets in the name of "compassion"

seiferteric 8y ago

He's doing no such thing. The question was what YOU would do with 100 people, and he answered straightforwardly.

doctorless 8y ago
Making the assumption in the sense that this opinion would be viewed universally favorably on HN and not a flamepost provocation.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  I wasn’t aware that my suggestion had to agree with the hive mind to be posted. I don’t post to provoke, ever; life is too short, and moderator time is a scarce resource.