JediWing

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by JediWing 6y ago
Their purpose is multifaceted, but without a (mostly) unified front on matters they wish to bargain around, their ability to best serve their members during bargaining is compromised. Threats of withholding union protection for making an in
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by JediWing 6y ago
Is the union preventing teachers from going into the school? Is it not OK for the union to have a position on the matter and communicate it to their members? Why is it ok for the administration to say "we prefer but don't require
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by JediWing 6y ago
This isn't a power trip by union leadership/ "the organization of the union itself" though? It's a real concern about the safety and working conditions, and how a lack of a unified front can lead to fissures when n
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by JediWing 6y ago
The rubber room story that is trotted out all the time is the exception, not the rule. The very existence of teachers unions has probably kept tens or even hundreds of thousands of people from being out of work without healthcare during a g
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by JediWing 6y ago
Not an epidemiologist, but from my laymen's understanding: No, because vaccines will be available to the whole/most vulnerable population, so if you spread you have a fairly high degree of confidence others are immune with zero ha
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by JediWing 6y ago
Masks are primarily to protect others, so the concern is not the mask-wearer catching it, but rather the mask-wearer spreading it. There are two concerns related to post-immunity spread: First, the accuracy of tests, and second, the ability
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by JediWing 6y ago
It sends a signal that you don't want to risk asymptomatic transmission to others, even if the likelihood is low, because the cost to you in infinitesimally small.
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by JediWing 6y ago
Virtue signaling? Honestly? People should just shut up and wear a mask. (And social distance. And wash their hands. And refrain from touching their face. And, and, and) If there's even a 0.000001% chance that you could prevent the spre
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by JediWing 6y ago
Google Play Music worked perfectly well for me, and I used it as a Spotify alternative, not even for the music library features. The switch to YouTube Music has been terrible. Dead simple things don't work: my son would listen to a spe
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by JediWing 6y ago
Wouldn't this be the first mRNA vaccine approved for the public? I know very little about the pharmaceutical underpinnings of mRNA vaccines and how theoretically likely adverse long-term results are, but I do think caution by laymen is
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by JediWing 6y ago
Your link seems to me to clearly define this as double taxation > Double taxation is a tax principle referring to income taxes paid twice on the same source of income. and later > Double taxation also occurs in international trade or
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by JediWing 6y ago
Variable from person-to-person based upon the quality of housing they choose to live in, not variable month-to-month. Should someone living in a luxury penthouse suite at 15K+ a month get to deduct his rent at 100%, as well as closet-sized
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by JediWing 6y ago
> But you can move to avoid state and local government taxes to stop paying them. You overestimate how difficult this would be for the vast majority of people. > imagine 49 states introduce a 100% income tax... So your solution is to
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by JediWing 6y ago
Again, the issue of fairness comes down to what the base is, not what the rate is. What if my rate is 51% + 51% = 102%? (Unrealistic, yes, but gets to the heart of the "fairness" argument) How am I suppposed to pay 102% of my inco
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by JediWing 6y ago
It's a lot easier to move state-to-state than to move out of the country and renounce American citizenship. High federal brackets make sense.
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by JediWing 6y ago
To my mind, how much (rate) the federal government taxes your income is orthogonal to what (taxable income) the federal government is taxing. (Though obviously good policy need to consider how they interact) Overall I believe the wealthy ar
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by JediWing 6y ago
All of these are also highly variable, and it's impossible to say how much is "needed" as a deduction. That gets into the government having to make value judgements on individual spending. With a deduction for state tax, it&#
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by JediWing 6y ago
I'm arguing that having the same income taxed twice due to a quirk in the structure of the US government is unfair, that is all. Edit: it's not really on the income taxed, it's on the money already spent to pay a seperate inc
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by JediWing 6y ago
What other service providers throw you in jail if you don't pay?
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by JediWing 6y ago
SALT deductions (at least on Income Tax) are essentially meant to prevent double-taxation. Why can the federal government tax money that can only possibly be in my pocket if I've committed tax fraud against my state? If I make 100K and
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by JediWing 6y ago
Depression, Anxiety, Panic Disorders Can Fend Off Perseverance Toward Life Goals
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by JediWing 6y ago
It's worth noting that in medical culture, knowingly implementing a process that does not aim to eliminate all type #1 errors as much as possible would violate the spirit of the Hippocratic oath, whereas #2 would not.
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by JediWing 6y ago
I mean, there's also the option to directly bribe the representatives, who could view their selection as an opportunity to cash in, if they lack scruples and/or are in need. Probably a lot easier to regulate than election spending
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by JediWing 6y ago
Perhaps to some extent, but I think the larger demand is for remote-education platforms, rather than educational content. The shortcomings of platforms such as Google Classroom, SeeSaw, etc. are being laid bare both from the side of the edu
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by JediWing 7y ago
It is textbook slippery slope. Because grandparent said they would sacrifice a realistic tax increase to save lives in the COVID-19 outbreak, the parent asked about a confiscatory 99% tax rate and asset seizure, which would be wholly unnece
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by JediWing 7y ago
Slippery slope fallacy. We are nowhere near that point.
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by JediWing 7y ago
But we are nowhere near that point. Issue some Fiat money to businesses most heavily impacted. Reduce the spread of the virus. Save lives. Worry about the money later.
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by JediWing 7y ago
Is that why now two countries have had mass quarantines? It's a balancing act between lowering infections/death and economic impact.
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by JediWing 7y ago
> The reality is probably closer to the fact that there isn't anything governments can do about it. They can proactively close schools, government jobs. They can roll out bailout programs to encourage business closings that would ot
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by JediWing 7y ago
I get that this is how it works in the real world, but the argument that transaction fees are necessary for the credit company to cover the risk of the cardholder not paying is a bit feeble, because to my non-banker mind: that's what t

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