tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716768851867657552.post4880723842695690263..comments2023-11-17T04:46:28.043-08:00Comments on Cybereconomics: Arbitraging the Obama inaugurationDessert Survivorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616064444288249273noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716768851867657552.post-21597955996965425362008-11-11T03:07:00.000-08:002008-11-11T03:07:00.000-08:00Are the people buying the tickets also ones who ar...Are the people buying the tickets also ones who are most likely to benefit from Obama's presidency? If he is the president for the middle class and disadvantaged - as his campaign rhetoric suggests - then I wonder if these people will find his help worth a $1,000 ticket.<BR/><BR/>Or take just automobile workers, whom we might presume he intends to help out in a big way. How many of them can anticipate that his help is valuable enough to warrant a grand for a ticket?<BR/><BR/>Of course, it is also possible the people spending so much money for these tickets benefit in non-economic ways and that these benefits are actually way greater than any one individual might benefit from changing policies. Better to think of the ticket price to see a president inaugurated more like getting good seats for a limited run Streisand concert in Vegas. She's also all about helping people who can't afford her.Michael J Oakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984708160139931500noreply@blogger.com