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by anamax 14y ago
It's also common knowledge that govts don't actually handle exernalities all that well. In fact, they often make things worse. And then there's the whole "regulatory capture" thing. Govts fail all the time.
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by anamax 14y ago
> I'm using total government revenue over total personal income as a proxy for the tax rate. Which is absurd because about half of US govt income comes from "not personal income tax" sources. > That includes some taxes ... like sale
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> When the government set up and fostered the development of the Internet, was it picking winners and losers then, too? The total expenditures then were a small fraction of what we're spending now. Do you really think that the ROI today
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by anamax 14y ago
You're "forgetting" the $15-20B in tax carry-forwards that are typically lost in bankruptcy. And, by stiffing some public pension plans who owned GM bonds, that bankruptcy increased the taxes that those jurisdictions will have to pay. (Th
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by anamax 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Dynasty
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by anamax 14y ago
> End result, the total tax rate in 2050 is about 70%, compared to a tax rate of about 38% in the US now. The average tax rate, the number that matters, is much lower than 38% now. The US govt has never collected 22% of GDP in taxes, re
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by anamax 14y ago
They've passed more budgets and jobs bills than the Senate has. They've also had more votes on such things than the Senate. (And no, filibusters/cloture doesn't account for the difference.) The Dem position was stated by Treasury Secretar
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by anamax 14y ago
> Wickard was 70 years ago, interstate commerce doctrine has evolved a lot in the intervening years. The Supremes haven't overturned Wickard. Yes, they did decide that the first version of the Gun Free School Zones Act didn't have a com
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by anamax 14y ago
> The federal government has the authority to regulate the sale (commerce) of switchblade knives between states, the federal government does not have the authority to regulate the sale of a switchblade within a state. Let's look at the
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by anamax 14y ago
> You don't have any arguments Says the person who insists that evolution is essential to all science yet doesn't have any examples where it makes any difference.
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I can't leave my stuff in the street, especially since it isn't the same location every time I park. In other words, there's not necessarily a dedicated space that will be empty if I'm renting instead of owning, let alone one that I contro
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> Maybe your driveway is replaced by a compartment container. Lots of folks don't have driveways, garages, and so on. More to the point, they may not be at a "personal storage location" when they're dropping off the rental car.
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> Evolution means science can be a complete philosophy, replacing traditional origin myths, without relying on religion to postulate a supernatural being pulling the strings behind the scenes. I thought I made that clear, but apparently
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by anamax 14y ago
> What if you kept all your car stuff in some sort of modular compartments that could be easily loaded and unloaded? Where am I going to put these containers when I don't have a rental car? Lugging them back and forth to the house is no
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by anamax 14y ago
>> Unless you're claiming that evolution is the only explanation for complex systems, that's not enough. >You misunderstand me totally. Let's review. The initial claim was " Not understanding Evolution effectively locks student
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> If evolution doesn't exist, then why do we constantly see processes evolve based on a feedback cycle of constant experimentation, survival, failure, etc. > Isn't that word evolution? No. As I wrote, evolution is a stronger claim.
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> Maybe I am really stretching, but if evolution wasn't real, then many machine learning algorithms wouldn't work. You're really stretching. No one denies selective breeding. The evolution claim is much stronger, and isn't necessary f
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> Biology is large, and you cannot seriously study modern biology if you flat out deny evolution. Suggestions to the contrary are simply absurd. If that was true, we could identify the intelligent design people by their scientific outpu
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> Large in that evolution describes how complex systems can exist without a creator. Unless you're claiming that evolution is the only explanation for complex systems, that's not enough. And if you are, I'll ask where I can see animals
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> For those of you who claim that the right thing in this situation would be to turn the child over to the authorities - what exactly do you think the authorities are going to do to make this situation better? The authorities are going
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> Tesla's supercharger stations are designed specifically to address this 5%. He quotes studies about driving that show that most people stop for approximately 30-60 minutes every 200 miles or so. The Supercharger stations are supposed
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> Not understanding Evolution effectively locks students out from large swaths of science. Large in what way? How much of physics depends on evolution? How about chemistry? How about materials science? I can go on and on. In fact, mu
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> AFAIK there was no change in benefit values even though > the rate went from 15% to 13% (approx). That change was done as temporary "stimulus". Are you suggesting that we engage in permanent "anti-stimulus"? (FWIW, I think that
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by anamax 14y ago
> If we need to increase revenue, raising the cap from $102k to... something like $110k It's already $110k.... > or $150k would capture a moderate amount of money with almost no real pain to most people SS benefits are monotonic in
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by anamax 14y ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/28scotus.html?_r=... discusses a case involving a court order that said "you shall arrest or issue a warrant for the arrest" and a CO law that mandates arrest for violating protective orders. It'
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> Also, when the the police are given guns they will also be given training and procedures that will require them to use their guns in certain situations. I've socialized and trained with various police trainers. I've asked them about
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> Nevertheless the police are required to make best effort to arrest whoever the law requires them to. Where is there such a requirement and how is it implemented? I ask because there are several US Supreme Court cases that say the exac
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by anamax 14y ago
> Well, if a policeman carries a gun and is obliged by law to use it when stopping criminals Where are police "obliged by law" to use guns or any other weapon? My car has a spare tire. I'm not "obliged" to use it.
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> Money can only corrupt an organization whose purpose is not to make money. Money can corrupt any organization. However, lots of things can corrupt any organization. Money is actually the least worst motivation for corruption. True b
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> Put a sticker on it marked "clean". The sticker/magnet doesn't work. What works is maintaining the invariant "if the door is locked, the dishes inside are clean". If you open a locked door, you either empty the dishwasher or relock t

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