NickC25

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by NickC25 9mo ago
I'm young-ish transitioning to middle age (36). The job market is AWFUL for my generation, and pretty much always has been since we entered the workforce. Unemployment might be low if you think that folks with advanced STEM degrees can
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by NickC25 9mo ago
>the US is terrible at protecting american jobs for americans. I recently finished Peter Zehan's The End of the World is Just the Beginning and in it, it explicitly says that the American economic order was created in such a way t
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and the effective tax rate today for the ultra wealthy is 0. Shit, a few years ago Jeff Bezos got a tax credit for his kids. Think of how absurd that is. Jeff Bezos, the founder of a multitrillion dollar corporation that already receives b
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by NickC25 9mo ago
this needs to be shouted from the rooftops. something drastic needs to happen or else we will be the harbinger of a large-scale societal collapse.
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>he should get to work on either eliminating ticks, or creating a cure for alphagal Or he should just lobby to make high quality, lean, grass-fed steaks cheaper so everyone who wants to consume them can consume them. It's not curre
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by NickC25 9mo ago
I own and run a CPG beverage company. This is a good start. A start. The folks at the top, including RFK Jr. are still captured by big industry. We need to get off of corn syrup, artificial ingredients, and harmful preservatives. That sai
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by NickC25 9mo ago
>Removed corporate income tax (the idea being corporate income tax hurts all equity owners, whereas we specifically want to target the very wealthy), I'd back this whole plan to a hilt but want to highlight this section. I'm on
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by NickC25 10mo ago
>we have just decided that the people working those jobs are not deserving of prosperity. We've also decided that labor needs to be taxed more heavily than capital, which is fucking stupid. Taxing the lower end of society who actual
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by NickC25 10mo ago
>Because if they let employees manage their own retirement accounts some of them would gamble all of it on crypto or options and lose it all. This part is true. >Then, because our society has become fundamentally incapable of saying &
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I've no problem with body positivity. Celebrating a skinny person gaining a few pounds of muscle after dedicating themselves to working out intensely or a fat person making notable progress on their weight loss journey is what we shou
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by NickC25 10mo ago
I did the math so you don't have to. Here's the facts. In the last 18 election cycles, here's what happened (source: Open Secrets) the Defense industry spent $242.54m on GOP candidates. They average $13.47m spent per electi
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Haliburton is a oil and gas company, not a laundry company. PLEASE stop ignoring the obvious here.
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>This is nonsense the defense industry contributes pretty much evenly to each party. Wow, that's the most cringe thing I've seen in this thread. The defense industry owns both parties but contributes significantly more to Repb
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by NickC25 10mo ago
Trump agents out in full force, I see. Counter any of them with real evidence, I dare you. 1. Trump is a pedophile. This is confirmed by the fact that he's been sued for his pedaristic actions, and "wished well" his former M
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by NickC25 10mo ago
It's also a threefold solution to Trump's current problems - 1. it takes the Epstien files completely out of media discourse, which is what Trump wants after it was pretty much confirmed that he's a pedophile. 2. it satisfies
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by NickC25 10mo ago
I currently run a PC based Ableton setup albeit one that is exclusively ITB and uses no external gear outside of a sound card and an Ableton Push gen 1. I've got no issues with it. deadmau5 is famously a PC guy as well, he seems to hav
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by NickC25 10mo ago
Thing is though, the more you play, the more expectations you have (or don't have depending on your seriousness). I used to play frequently, and would be constantly unhappy with my round because I put effort into the game. Due to cost
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by NickC25 10mo ago
Or Space Relations , a book by the father of the president's former lawyer and attorney general (who himself was a huge player in Epstein circles), which was about a society of "elites" who engage in sex trafficking of minor
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by NickC25 10mo ago
I was never particularly good at geometry. I've beaten over 2500 ELO in Crazyhouse on Lichess (2518 to be exact). Currently rated around 1900. Am I missing something?
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>Over the long term it harms them Yes, but not for the reasons you state. It harms them because we have an zero desire as a society to effectively combat inflation, which negates any benefits we can give people who receive the basic inc
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by NickC25 10mo ago
> and in my opinion that doesn't need justification. It doesn't, but why does that justify their aggression towards noncombatants? Does it justify the killing of women and children, who then will go on to be culturally reinfor
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in the grand scheme of things, Hezbollah is a gnat going up against a fortified nuclear power. Israel could eliminate them in a heartbeat but actively pursue the avenue that glorifies Hamas and hezbollah and keeps them active and new member
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> needs to have answers what to do with organizations that exist for the reason to destroy another country Organizations...like Irgun? Iran has existed for thousands of years....the Persian people's existence predates Judaism by hun
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In the case of vacant South Florida condos, sure, the LLC pays a small tax. Sure, they pay some insurance, but most of that if managed properly is absolved by the HOA (idea is that the building HOA if managed well basically mitigate a lot
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by NickC25 10mo ago
The idea is that tracking it is effectively impossible for a foreign government...and we've made that whole infrastructure incredibly easy via making it legal for LLCs to purchase homes. We don't prevent foreigners from forming L
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> institutional investors purchase only 3% of homes nationwide (but much higher in some cities). This is crucial. People are in cities - in the day and age of corporate consolidation, less and less jobs are available, and they are incre
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> If there are enough vacant units available and enough supply that property values are not appreciating like crazy, someone will crack and cut the rent or sell out so they can get a better return on their money. Your thesis here is disp
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>supposedly My man, you don't have to mince words here. This hostile bid is backed by Jared Kushner, who is the President's son in law. One Rich Asshole owns Paramount, and is most certainly supporting the bid here. This deal
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by NickC25 11mo ago
This is the type of advertising I actually like. I'm a huge buff for music gear/tech. I love seeing the newest plugins, pedals, software. I actively seek it out. I know demos of products are effectively advertisements, but they
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United Health needs to be broken up. They are a racket.

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