This is not new. It is sometimes called “quantitative easing” or “printing money.” Wealth is created with a minimum of work, and it is nice. Until the economy tanks like in the Weimar Republic, or Zimbabwe, or more mildly in Biden’s America. It did the job for the Weimar Republic, in which inflation dramatically reduced the value of the WWI (War to End All Wars) reparations that Germany had to pay. The reparations went from an unplayable amount to a value of around $1.95 American (year 2010 dollars), which Germany has finished paying off.
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Max,
You wrote: “An employer must make the job offer more appealing.”

Yes, The employer tells the prospective employee, “You get to play with the latest hot new toys.”

No, wait. I have that wrong. He says, “You get to build the latest hot new toys.” That is what sells the engineer to live in a swamp. (Ironically, a swamp that the government doesn’t want you to get wet.)

Well, a lot of great engineers moved to the Nevada desert, which on the whole, appears less attractive than southern Texas. Starbase does have the benefit of water, and fishing in the Gulf. Also hurricanes, which, admittedly, are less of a problem in the desert.

Sir, you’re a great engineer… how would you like to work for SpaceX?, to sell your house and move your family to a swamp in southern Texas?

An employer must make the job offer more appealing.

Next, expect a boat launch with fishing excursions and a man-made harbor or island for the yachts that’ll soon be parked there. Ocean front property is the best resource. Protecting the beach is a great start.

That must be sarcasm.

Its a good one.

Oh, I don’t think for a second that this regional HOA is going to stand in the way of the Trump Space Force’s launching of Falcon Heavies from the West Coast. It just seems to me to be yet another example of petty (in both senses of the word) bureaucrats letting their little bit of power go to their head. Such is the nature of bureaucrats, I guess.

But it will be nice for launch tourists who will be able to get a beach day in while they’re in town.

mkent: The commission had its meeting today to address the Space Force/SpaceX proposal. I expect we shall see reports by tomorrow, which I am definitely planning to post and comment on. All evidence suggests the commission was going to reject the proposal, though it has no power to impose its will.

More to come tomorrow.

What SpaceX is doing in Boca Chica is a perfect example of how our traditional system works to the benefit of everyone, even if nobody in California, Washington State, or New York City has a glimmer. Instead, they seem to believe that “free stuff” like beach access improvements (or low cost housing and groceries) just happens, and there need be nothing in the way of creating the real wealth of actual goods and services to generate a surplus that can then be used in such a fashion. “Wealth without productive work.” Wouldn’t it be nice.

I haven’t been able to confirm this from official sources, so perhaps this is premature, but it sounds like it could be the basis of another article on Behind the Black. :-)