{"id":2281,"date":"2010-05-02T10:53:53","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T17:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/xsml\/archives\/2281"},"modified":"2010-05-02T10:53:53","modified_gmt":"2010-05-02T17:53:53","slug":"we-are-a-nation-of-risk-takers-lets-own-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/2010\/05\/02\/we-are-a-nation-of-risk-takers-lets-own-that\/","title":{"rendered":"We are a nation of risk takers. Let&#8217;s own that."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/aileenparsons\/527734453\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/527734453_9c720ea166.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"527734453_9c720ea166\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2316\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small>A Statue of Liberty and a roller coaster at the Paris, Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>Why shouldn&#8217;t immigrants think they can take a risk and win big by coming to America? It&#8217;s the signal we broadcast throughout the world and from coast to coast.  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the logic of Wall Street, where billions are made in ever riskier bets. A place where the losings are sometimes socialized and the winnings are taxed but always private. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the logic of our televised star searches where a dream and talent lead to fame and fortune. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the logic of our entrepreneurs in every major city, the nobodies whose last names didn&#8217;t open doors or checkbooks but whose great ideas and dedication made them millionaires, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the logic of Las Vegas, a mecca for millions of Americans based on the mirage of riches and a celebration of risk.<\/p>\n<p>We are a society built by risk takers, for risk takers. <\/p>\n<p>Why wouldn&#8217;t we be a magnet for immigrants, the most daring and adventurous risk takers in every society known to man?<\/p>\n<p>Are there risks involved? Of course there are. Because there are tremendous gains. <\/p>\n<p>Show me a proposal that recognizes those risks and rewards and socializes both the winnings and the losses. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Statue of Liberty and a roller coaster at the Paris, Las Vegas, Nevada. Why shouldn&#8217;t immigrants think they can take a risk and win big by coming to America? It&#8217;s the signal we broadcast throughout the world and from coast to coast. It&#8217;s the logic of Wall Street, where billions are made in ever&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}