ARandumGuy

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   by ARandumGuy 6y ago

   Because paying off a loan early means that loan has had less time to generate interest, which means the bank gets less money. On an extreme example, imagine taking out a loan, then you pay it all back the next day. The loan has earned no in
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   by ARandumGuy 6y ago

   I feel like you have it backwards here. Consumers aren't the ones deciding how much plastic is in what. For example, I didn't decide that my new pair of scissors should come in large, impossible to open blister packaging. I didn&#
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   by ARandumGuy 6y ago

   I'm not sure what companies you've worked for, but salary is almost never based on a 'meritocracy,' it's based on the minimum amount an employer thinks they can get away with. That value has nothing to do with an em
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   by ARandumGuy 6y ago

   Part of the issue is that the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports six unemployment numbers, all with different standards for what constitutes 'unemployment.' All of these numbers are useful, but often people throw around different