alexb_

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by alexb_ 3y ago
If that's the standard, basically everything that comes out of ycombinator is a scam.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
You realize bailouts are loans , right? They aren't just free money.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
misread ignore this lol
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by alexb_ 3y ago
Anyone who tries to sell you a simple, cure-all solution is lying. Exemptions, incentives, edge cases, and more all have to be taken into account - ESPECIALLY when you are dealing with something as sensitive as people's money. The tax
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by alexb_ 3y ago
If you just tax land, people will have to actually generate revenue from the land they own instead of letting it rot a city from the inside out.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
Most people do not want the US government to be their landlord.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
> And, if a state were to do it, it would probably have negative effects on farming. So create a different tax system for farmland, or exempt them from taxes. It's not like giving farmers subsidies and tax relief is unprecedented.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
The best way to get people to build more housing? Tax the land that it's built on. Not the building, like we do now. The way our property taxes currently function, any development is disincentivized and increases your tax bill for dari
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by alexb_ 3y ago
Most homelessness is not drug addicts who can't live in society. The vast majority of homeless people are those who can't afford a house, usually due to draconian and unfair zoning restrictions artificially limiting supply and pus
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by alexb_ 3y ago
>which won't happen here due to the legislative detritus This is the problem then! You've identified what the actual problem is.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
Owners of private property want to build housing, but cities create laws that prevent anything from being built.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
Cities don't have to build housing for people. They just have to make it legal for developers to build it and actually participate in the market. That solves the biggest group of homeless people, those who are down on their luck &
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by alexb_ 3y ago
There's a lot of streetlamps that switched to early versions of LED bulbs that start glowing purple as they age. I've actually really come to like the purple color illuminating streets, it's much easier on the eyes than the b
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by alexb_ 3y ago
It's astonishing how nearly every single comment below this type of thing is "well inflation is up so this number isn't real". Nearly everything, on every platform. People don't want to believe the economy can possi
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by alexb_ 3y ago
I think you missed the very obvious sarcasm from that statement.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
Defending free Ukranian land from Russian invasion is important to keep American influence across the globe. Your comment about Taiwan is just a complete conjecture, but we would absolutely respond the same way w/ Taiwan as we are with
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by alexb_ 3y ago
4.9% is inflation adjusted. God, don't any of you RTFA anymore?
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by alexb_ 3y ago
This is inflation adjusted.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
This number is inflation adjusted.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Co .
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by alexb_ 3y ago
Newsom has "California" next to his name, which is disqualifying for a presidential run as far as I can see it. Too many independents with the opinion that "Newsom made Cali a shithole"
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by alexb_ 3y ago
> Capitalism will always choose “deals” and profit over important priorities like the environment and worker pay, safety, and lives. > I say, instead of less regulation, we nationalize all airline industry. Pull profit out of the equa
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by alexb_ 3y ago
They should be free to do so. Comparing this to tenement housing is just a complete misrepresentation and underestimates how horrendous tenement housing was.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
The federal reserve being completely divorced from the government is intentional and a good thing. When you give the government the power of controlling the money, you get populist decisions that work in the short term while crippling the v
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by alexb_ 3y ago
Can someone give a QRD on all of the political ramifications that will come from this? I've heard things about judges being harder to appoint, what else is there?
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by alexb_ 3y ago
Opposing technological development because it might cost people jobs is how you fall behind as a country. The last thing I want is for China to become the leader of the world because they actually pushed forward with technological progress.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
Those are actually both the same thing. Luddites were being reactionary, they were opposing progress because it hurt their own personal interests, and it was 100% rational for them to do this (and thus should be expected).
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by alexb_ 3y ago
> Someone in the article was forced out of her home because her landlord suddenly raised her rent by $500. That shouldn't be legal. Rent gets raised by $500 because someone else would actually pay that much. Rent control is the ulti
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by alexb_ 3y ago
Why would Apple ever be "truly committed" to something which gives them less money? They have no reason to encourage people to use old technology.
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by alexb_ 3y ago
I agree - like I said at the end of my comment, the trust being broken is why the original pricing plan was such a disaster, and it's going to take a lot to build that back up.

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