Laura Chavez93 said:It’s happening again 🙂 First, yesterday my personal banker—who I never actually requested nor even particularly need 🙄—calls me up to insist I come in and sign some questionnaire... I told her straight out that I was just there back in December and provided everything they needed, and since nothing has changed, there’s really no reason for me to trek down there just to sign more papers... Then today, they call regarding the business account, threatening to shut it down entirely unless I show up to fill out more forms and jump through their hoops... Has anyone actually had an account closed just for refusing to comply with this nonsense? 🤷 If not, let me know, so I can be certain about sending them straight to hell next time
The last time some lady from the bank called me, I told her flat out that the idea of coming into a branch just to answer a bunch of questions wasn't even on my radar. If my address and phone number aren't enough for them, they can go ahead and close the account. Stop harrassing me.
I’ve already had two separate notices sent my way telling me I need to drop by a local branch just to update some personal info. And honestly, the thought of actually stepping foot in there doesn't even cross my mind...
We’re watching a slow-motion cultural genocide unfold right before our eyes, and it isn't stopping anytime soon... You can hear this absolute trash playing right in the heart of Washington, D.C. It seems like people around here have the memory of a goldfish.
Is Ford moving to America really a golden goose for the economy? I wouldn't go that far. Nobody seems to be talking about what the government actually hands over to a corporation like that—we’re looking at a ten-year corporate tax holiday plus incentives ranging from $3,000 to $18,000 for every single job created.
I don't know exactly what kind of profits Ford is pulling in, but it's clearly massive, which means those lost corporate taxes are a huge deal. When you multiply that tax revenue by ten years, you end up with a staggering amount of money that we’re essentially waving goodbye to right out of the gate. They're talking about thousands of jobs here; if they hire just 1,000 workers and we factor in the minimum incentive of $3,000 per person, that’s $3,000,000 gone instantly.
With that kind of cash on the table, we could have probably funded a few homegrown companies instead...
All that hype and nothing to show for it... just a whole lot of nothing.
I can't help but wonder if anyone else remembers back in '87 during the Universiade in Washington, D.C. The official vehicle sponsor was Mitsubishi, and those Japanese executives arrived with actual intentions of setting up an assembly plant somewhere in America. Instead, they spent weeks being dragged from one fancy dinner to the next, being shuffled through endless meetings and social obligations, until they finally realized we weren't serious about any of it and just walked away. From 1987 to this very moment, we haven't changed one bit. Actually, if anything, we've gotten worse...
If people in this city elect Bloomberg as mayor one more time, he might just decide to build a pyramid during his next term. If he thinks he can pull off a monument like Khufu, then Miles certainly thinks he’s got what it takes...
If I had just cleared out back in '91... anywhere, really. I’m pretty sure I would’ve ended up in a much better spot than this, having gone off to war instead...