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Originally Posted by Chisouthside

Ironically despite being lambasted by the right, California is firing on all cylinders on the one marker Conservatives typically worship the most (economic growth/capitalism!).

It's precisely because of their epic hypocrisy that we need not let them have it both ways going forward. Either a booming economy is to be acknowledged by all as an objectively good thing, indicative of the "goodness" of a state's economic conditions and policies, or it is not.

And if a booming economy is not to be acknowledged by all as an objectively good thing, indicative of the "goodness" of a state's economic conditions and policies, then why should we care what anti-California trolls think about our economic conditions and policies when a slowdown eventually comes, since it's all subjective and cherry-picked to only make the state look bad? No, those who constantly move the goalposts in order to relentlessly paint California in a negative light are operating in bad faith, and trolls operating in bad faith should be treated accordingly.

Originally Posted by homebucket

“Tales of this expansion’s demise are highly exaggerated."

"We don’t see any end to it,” Thornberg said.

I'm taking that with a grain of salt, as I do all predictions, because our economy has always been cyclical and is likely to slow down regularly between booms. That said, I intentionally included that quote because--all rational skepticism aside--this guy is an expert on the topic of San Francisco's economy in a way none of this forum's right-wing kulturkampf trolls will ever be.