Short Rant

[MacGyver]

She gave out $55 million in bonuses to the crew that worked her tour - including $100k checks to each of her truck drivers.  She didn’t go out and talk about it.  Of course she knew that the recipients would.  They talked about it like it was life changing in some instances.

Good on her for supporting the people it takes to put that whole thing on.

https://www.ajc.com/life/taylor-swift-gives-over-55-million-in-bonuses-to-crew-of-her-eras-tour/ZRDGDMJQVRDCFCHB4XX37AVXPM/

[Garufa]

3 minutes ago, MacGyver said:

She gave out $55 million in bonuses to the crew that worked her tour - including $100k checks to each of her truck drivers.  She didn’t go out and talk about it.  Of course she knew that the recipients would.  They talked about it like it was life changing in some instances.

Good on her for supporting the people it takes to put that whole thing on.

https://www.ajc.com/life/taylor-swift-gives-over-55-million-in-bonuses-to-crew-of-her-eras-tour/ZRDGDMJQVRDCFCHB4XX37AVXPM/

Where do I sign up?  

Can one be a roadie without being a swiftie?

Edited December 12, 2023 by Garufa

[MacGyver]

2 minutes ago, Garufa said:

That was from March 2020 for those that didn’t read it, not the recent tornados.

Seems like she repeated it again this week:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/12/11/taylor-swift-donates-1-million-tennessee-tornado-fund/71882903007/

So much of the text is identical though - seems like the crew at Gannett just did a copy and paste.

Support local journalism…

[Luckyforward]

4 minutes ago, Garufa said:

That was from March 2020 for those that didn’t read it, not the recent tornados.

Garufa - thank you for correcting my post.  This is the one I meant to post from USA Today and was posted today:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/12/11/taylor-swift-donates-1-million-tennessee-tornado-fund/71882903007/

[MacGyver]

Just now, Garufa said:

Where to I sign up?  

Can one be a roadie without being a swiftie?

I expect it’s contagious. 

[DWARREN123]

Who cares, not my back yard!

[leroy]

Just change channels Brother... HEHEHE 

non watching leroy, the " Old Crumudgeon "

[gregintenn]

I really don’t think much either way of her. I’m just sick of seeing her on the tv every time it’s on. Not really her fault though. I feel the same way about British royalty.

[peejman]

On 12/11/2023 at 5:07 PM, MacGyver said:

Her tour this summer was significant enough to be measured on a national economic scale.  It was literally quoted in the Beige book as being a differentiator for regions that hosted shows.

There seems to be a group of people looking to get folks stirred up against her.  I think they’ve likely picked a poor target.

I’d bet on her. 

True, but I also wonder how much additional credit card debit was accrued as a result.  Short term economic gain, long term economic loss.  Big live shows have gotten really expensive in the last few years.

[MacGyver]

1 hour ago, peejman said:

True, but I also wonder how much additional credit card debit was accrued as a result.  Short term economic gain, long term economic loss.  Big live shows have gotten really expensive in the last few years.

That’s very true - and there are some legit questions about how long consumer spending will last.

70% of GDP is consumer spending.  So, to be clear - the American consumer is propping up the whole economy.  It’s not awesome - but it is how it has been for a long time.

Mind you, all of us *should* be pulling for Taylor.  It matters.  Some of y’all might have noticed that the Fed - with their dual mandate - did 15 consecutive interest rate hikes to try to get inflation down.  They’ve gotten it from better that 9.5 to a little over 3%.  All the while, they’ve kept unemployment low - including some historic lows for some historically underemployed groups.  If you want a proverbial “soft landing” - that is monetary tightening without causing a significant recession - most economists would quietly admit right now that this is about as good as it gets.  They don’t want to jinx it.

For better or worse - consumers spending on stuff like the Eras tour plays a significant factor in this