Tim Jackson
Tim Jackson
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As the prices go up, people start looking for the smaller vehicles. That's what they're doing now.
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People are looking for that lifestyle. They're tired of driving a long way to work, and they want something to do at night. That market demand is there.
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On the mathematical side, you could in principle build a society in which people were fulfilling their needs and flourishing as human beings in a higher way than in a consumer society, provided you had the right investments in the opportunity to flourish in less materialistic ways.
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There is a real fear around shifting from our existing economic system because people believe it gives us social organisation, a sense of freedom, and the ability to be nice to each other. Growth is seen as a social lubricant that allows us to be socially responsible.
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An elections official who is directly accountable to the people will make the changes desired by the people and the public.
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[We are] persuaded to spend money we don't have on things we don't need to create impressions that won't last on people we don't care about.
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This was a way for us to raise our profile in the Salinas area, because we've been doing really good work for many years, ... But we haven't presented any high profile events. It's all been educational events.
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I have heard of this deal in other states, but this is the first I've heard of it in Colorado.
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Basically you're talking about business method patents and whether they're allowable. This whole area of what is suitable for monopoly protection is a fraught one. There's a lot of stuff that shouldn't be protected.
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Now the overhead for running dealerships has grown so much, it costs a lot more to operate all those franchises. If you're lucky, you're making a 1.5 percent to 3 percent profit.
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Just considering where this program was a few years ago, they've made so much progress in so little time.
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I think you put the combination of those three elements together and you've got a real premiere festival,
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We have a very committed, loyal audience that wants to be both entertained and challenged. They want to see the big-name jazz stars, but they also want to see what's new and different out there. They have this 'show me' attitude. They want guidance to new and creative things.
Status-driven, conspicuous consumption thrives from the language of novelty.