Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak
Posted on 02/27/2021 2:08:18 AM PST by Rennes Templar
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's governor on Friday unveiled a proposal that would allow technology companies to establish jurisdictions with powers similar to those of county governments, arguing the state needed to be bold to diversify its economy and pushing back against those who have likened the idea to company towns.
“This proposal is an exciting, unprecedented concept that has a potential to position Nevada as a global center of advanced technology and innovation, while helping to create immediate positive economic impact and shape the economy of the future,” Gov. Steve Sisolak said of his Innovation Zones idea. “As we’ve learned in the past, an emergency requires us to throw out the tried-and-true, discard the ‘How We’ve Always Done It’ manual and move on.”
Under the proposal, companies developing cutting-edge technologies that have at least 50,000 acres (200 sq. kilometers) of land and promise to invest $1.25 billion could establish “Innovation Zones." The zones would be governed by a board responsible for overseeing zoning, taxation, law enforcement and other government functions on their land. It would override local county regulations.
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Insanity does indeed reign supreme.
They already control the flow of information, which controls peoples’ thoughts, which influence outcomes in elections. So what would change?
Government has already farmed out to big tech the job of eliminating freedom of thought, while hiding behind the Constitution saying “I didn’t do it!”
Google/facebook/twitter/ have already changed the direction of this country by suppressing truth and promoting fake news. So nothing would change.
By the way... this pretty much happens anyway... with the largest companies pretty much owning local government.
Now that American principles of representation have been educated OUT of the people, bringing oligarchy out into the open is the next logical step.
What has happened to this country?? Have we totally gone stupid!!???!! Now we want to allow non elected people and groups to determine how we are to live, think, eat, drink and s&%#!!! America is no longer the land of the free. We simply have become a gulag nation, ruled by tyrants, the very tyrants we fought so many times to remain free. The only thing is, this time, THEY are inside our borders, not in a foreign country. I am so damned glad that my life is near the end of its cycle. I don’t think I could live in this nation and survive to be my current age. I am so glad that I retired from the military nearly 30 years ago. I would never make it today, I’d end up courts-martialed. Our nation is stinking to the core. I fear for the very young. My grand children and the coming great grandchildren. They are going to have to live in this nation of thugs. There are simply more of them than there are of us. I pray to GOD that they can hang in and take the nation back.
I hear ya. I don’t have any grandchildren yet but all of my brothers are sisters are liberal with lots of kids. Whatever I say falls on deaf ears. They chant in unison, we are a much more open and loving country now. They’re all going to have a rude awakening.
“Nevada governor proposes giving tech firms power to govern”
I hate to tell him this but they already have that power because they effectively elected Biden to the Presidency.
What has happened to this country?? Have we totally gone stupid!!???!!Self government is hard. Peasantry is easy.
Nowadays most people would rather follow instructions than solve problems.
The perfect formula for tyrants.
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak
I did a quick scan of the article on msn and found no mention of the Gov’s political leaning. Suffice it to say he is NOT a conservative.
Bit Tech version of Rollerball.
Big Tech, not Bit Tech.
Mined 16 tons and whatta you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
And lets turn over control of the power grid to China while we’re at it...
What could go wrong? 🙄
Howe, what’s going on?
Lazy politicians want to be paid & not work???
50,000 acres is over 78 SQUARE MILES......
50,000 acres is 78 ++ SQUARE MILES.
Anything that large here in Nevada would be under FEDERAL control. They already control over 87% of the entire state land mass.
Anthropomorphize it. Robots! With Asimov’s three prime directives.
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