anvil-on-my-toe

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by anvil-on-my-toe 3y ago
Imagine if they were compensated much more and therefore could take on a lighter case load. It's such a sad reality how the people who do important jobs in society are squeezed to the point of breaking, while so much wealth is hoarded
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by anvil-on-my-toe 3y ago
Right. Low-effort corporate snark wasn't funny to begin with. Write better jokes.
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by anvil-on-my-toe 3y ago
Don't you think it's interesting that taxes dramatically skew the example? Think about people earning $50k - $100k. 37 million households in the US. Another 34 million households earn less. 128 million households in America total.
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by anvil-on-my-toe 3y ago
You forgot taxes. $38k - $27k in taxes = $11k savings. So 9 years to save up, by which time housing inflation will have taken the price to ~$700k. You are then $40k short for the down payment.
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by anvil-on-my-toe 3y ago
$100k for a down payment - how many years of saving does that take and what happens to that $500k price tag during those years of saving? One hardship like a medical issue, a setback in employment, or a child you weren't ready for, the
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by anvil-on-my-toe 3y ago
Why do modern organizations suck? 1) Power corrupts - individuals who acquire power don't concern themselves with the well-being of others. They are blinded by greed. 2)The bureaucratic trap - the idea you can just think really hard an
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by anvil-on-my-toe 3y ago
$60-100k salary is not enough to support a family and retire; it's probably not enough for a single person to make meaningful progress towards retirement because at that level of pay home ownership is constantly out of reach and inflat
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Genetic study of citrus fruits suggests they originated in southern China(phys.org)
5 points by anvil-on-my-toe 3y ago|0 comments
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by anvil-on-my-toe 3y ago
I think about scrap materials sitting in dumps every week. Copper in particular, but all the precious metals and things that took so much energy to mine and fabricate that end up sitting in a pile of garbage for the rest of their useful liv
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RNA Collected from an Extinct Tasmanian Tiger(smithsonianmag.com)
6 points by anvil-on-my-toe 3y ago|0 comments
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Pollen suggests dispersal of modern humans(phys.org)
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The dog who can find rare sea turtles(nationalgeographic.com)
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