[TriLUG] OT - tech jobs on the rise in RTP?

[Ryan Leathers]

Sorry for so much OT spam here.  

Its all very interesting seeing the opinions and well written arguments
of fellow TriLUGers, but had I foreseen the political and economic
debate elicited by starting this thread I would have refrained from that
fateful post.

I have scolded others here for straying into OT territories of politics
and religion.  I feel hypocritical to have been the originator of this
now geriatric thread.  With no malice to the intervening posters I
humbly apologize to anyone else who wishes this thread would quietly die
starting... right... now.

Ryan 

On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 13:19, Jon Carnes wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 12:21, James Manning wrote:
> > > So I say: Pull that money back from those fat cats and put it back into
> > > play!  
> > 
> > fat cats don't have their money in play?  Here I thought they were
> > investing it.  Heck, even if they just keep it in a checking account
> > it gets invested, just by the bank instead of them directly.
> > 
> > Maybe I'm missing something - is $100 spent on food at a grocery store
> > more valid than $100 that got invested in the grocery store itself?
> 
> Investing a $100 in a grocery store is right on!  Much better than a fat
> cat sitting on it in his wallet.
> 
> If that $100 is invested to help open a rural community grocery store,
> it will have a huge impact on that community, and on the communities
> ability to create more resources. If it is invested in a grocery chain
> valued at Billions of dollars already then its probably a safe
> investment, but that money isn't going to have as big an impact - still
> it's money in motion and it helps create new resources. 
> > 
> > Is investment not a valid form of cash flow?  Maybe it's been too long
> > since my econ 101.
> 
> RIF.
> 
> Keeping money in the bank is to investing as Aerial photos are to
> flying. Money in the bank allows someone else to invest your money, and
> it is only a tiny bit like having that money in motion (just like
> looking at an Aerial photo is only a tiny bit like flying!).
> 
> Besides the object of putting the money in motion is not to make *you*
> richer; it's to make your community richer, by enabling them to create
> more resources. Your return on the investment is contingent on the
> creation of more resources (more wealth).
> 
> As some folks pointed out, that community is now global... Unfortunately
> for our local community, it is much easier to create resources outside
> of America
> 
> Jon Carnes
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Ryan Leathers <ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com>
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