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minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoPeter Thiel may have been successful in business but he’s no economist. For a government official like the governor, there’s way more wealth to be gained by encouraging competition than suppressing it.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours ago there’s way more wealth to be gained by encouraging competition But governors aren’t in it for simple numerical wealth. They’re in it for power.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoThe governor of California is way more powerful than the governor of Wyoming.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoCongressman Dick Cheney had significantly more clout than anyone in the California delegation. There’s a reason Harris doesn’t the last weeks of her campaign with Liz Cheney rather than Christine Pelosi.
Peter Thiel may have been successful in business but he’s no economist. For a government official like the governor, there’s way more wealth to be gained by encouraging competition than suppressing it.
But governors aren’t in it for simple numerical wealth. They’re in it for power.
The governor of California is way more powerful than the governor of Wyoming.
Congressman Dick Cheney had significantly more clout than anyone in the California delegation.
There’s a reason Harris doesn’t the last weeks of her campaign with Liz Cheney rather than Christine Pelosi.