How the Mormons Make Money

[NAOS]

@NAOS one reason the political power in SLC is Mormon dominated is that Mormons historically vote at a higher rate than non Mormons. Take that fact in SLC the "heart" of Mormonism and you have you answer. SLC is (last I heard) roughyl 50% Mormon. You could make that 35% Mormon and the power structure would still be Mormon dominated.

I haven't followed SLC politics for a while now, but I think your percentages and voting patterns are off.

There is no question that the State is heavily Mormon (as is any area outside of SLC proper). And, there is no question that State authority will be wielded when certain interests in the city need them to come to the rescue.

 

[Scat]

Oh, and go look at sugarhouse now.

I'll give you this one. Sugarhouse used to be a great place to walk around and look at all the unique shops (retail shops by the way, albeit privately owned). Developer swoops in, tears down all the cool shops, economy goes belly up and now you have nothing but a big field.

 

[Archie Moses]

https://www.city-data.com/city/Salt-Lake-City-Utah.html

 

[NAOS]

(retail shops by the way, albeit privately owned)

Again, dickwad, I didn't come out against ALL RETAIL FOREVER AMEN, okay? And, since we are talking about sugarhouse, you should measure that against the likes of City Creek.... you'll see some important differences.

 

[Beantown]

Here is a good quote about the Chruch's finances.

"One day those that are in the tent wont be complaining about how strong it is"


So I guess its good that the church is totally financially independent. Could be much worse if it was the other way around.

 

[NAOS]

https://www.city-data.com/city/Salt-Lake-City-Utah.html

how's this for those statistics:

I'm officially counted as a member of the church because I was born to a single mother who was once baptized.... despite the fact that I've never gone to church. Over 80% of my friends in college are also falsely counted.

 

[franklin]

You know I respect your opinions, but you are pushing the HOPE button pretty hard. I think some of the gloss you give to China, S. America, India, and Africa is very debatable. And, it's possible that these environmental corrections will be remembered as somebody sweeping while the floodwaters were on their way.

Can you explain what worries you the most on the environmental front and how it relates to your issues with endless growth? The way I see it is the closer we get to scarcity the more we will do something about it, and you should theoretically be in favor of that.

 

[Scat]

Again, dickwad, I didn't come out against ALL RETAIL FOREVER AMEN, okay? And, since we are talking about sugarhouse, you should measure that against the likes of City Creek.... you'll see some important differences.

Tsk, tsk. That's hardly complementary, Highness.

 

[One Brow]

Yet global poverty declined in real terms for the first time in 2010. ... How hard will political capital be to come by when farmers in the republican center have thirsty crops?

If I weren't such a cynical misanthrope, I might hope we could avoid killing ourselves off in the next 500 years.

 

[Stoked]

I haven't followed SLC politics for a while now, but I think your percentages and voting patterns are off.

There is no question that the State is heavily Mormon (as is any area outside of SLC proper). And, there is no question that State authority will be wielded when certain interests in the city need them to come to the rescue.

https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytim...on-voters-raise-romneys-advantage-in-arizona/

A article talking about the Mormon voting history in Las Vegas. The %s I used were completely made up to emphasize my point. Mormons as far as any article I have seen seem to vote in larger numbers than non members. Given the high percentage of Mormons in Utah (especially in southern Utah) it is no wonder that a large portion of the state legislature is Mormon.

 

[NAOS]

Can you explain what worries you the most on the environmental front and how it relates to your issues with endless growth? The way I see it is the closer we get to scarcity the more we will do something about it, and you should theoretically be in favor of that.

Unfortunately, I don't have time for the exegesis right now. But, there are plenty of things to read related to how we may have already crossed certain thresholds (carbon emissions, species diversity, etc.), and that the pretty pruning we are doing (like fuel efficiency in cars... but also increasing the number of them globally by astronomical numbers) is essentially playing violin on the Titanic.

 

[NAOS]

https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytim...on-voters-raise-romneys-advantage-in-arizona/

A article talking about the Mormon voting history in Las Vegas. The %s I used were completely made up to emphasize my point. Mormons as far as any article I have seen seem to vote in larger numbers than non members. Given the high percentage of Mormons in Utah (especially in southern Utah) it is no wonder that a large portion of the state legislature is Mormon.

to your point, there is plenty of political apathy amongst non-Mormons in SLC. I can't say I blame them. Can you?