I just saw where the mayors of Chicago and Minneapolis

are pleading with some of the larger companies not to leave after their businesses were vandalized during the riots.

I know if I was running a business that had units destroyed in the riots I would not rebuild under the circumstances. Why bother? It makes no sense. They are just going to end up being razed again.

From what I saw the mayors had basically told their police departments to stand down and let the businesses be destroyed. They made no effort to quell the arson and vandalism that took place there. If the merchants can't even get basic police protection then it makes no sense to do business there.

Businesses are not charities. They are designed to make money. If they can't make money they simply set up operations where they can make money. 

What would be interesting to see is how the mayors would react to the corporations offering to reopen if the city would guarantee that they would prosecute shoplifters and provide security and that any vandalism would be paid for by the city.

It would be interesting to see Walmart, Target and the rest tell the mayor "Your residents burn my store down and you pay for it 100% plus loss of business while we rebuild. Guarantee that and we'll rebuild."

You'd probably hear a lot of stammering and stuttering on the part of the mayor.

What I see now is a lot of wealth leaving some of the major cities and I can't say as I blame anyone for leaving. Why would anyone stay in a place that is not only unsafe but takes their money from them.

Needless to say, the people left behind will get hit harder with taxes and all who can afford to leave likely will leaving an impoverished rabble behind .

It's the graveyard spiral and some of our cities are on the path. 








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