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by bpt3 2y ago
Can you propose something better that provides money and purpose? Keep in mind that most people are unwilling and unable to sustainably maintain self-employment.
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by bpt3 2y ago
You missed a critical (last?) step in your reasoning: The reason we have massive spread is because most humans want as much living space as they can possibly acquire and our laws and social norms reflect that.
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by bpt3 2y ago
Using a company's valuation as a way to measure the effectiveness of the company or product is not a good idea. See anything related to NFTs as an example, or WeWork immediately sprang to mind as another one. Did Adam Neumann build any
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by bpt3 2y ago
Some of it disappears but not all, and the Danes are doing well economically. The Spanish, French, etc. not so much.
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by bpt3 2y ago
People do. Americans come out well ahead on disposable income. You keep comparing the US to Switzerland, which is a giant outlier in Europe and probably the most like the US in many ways (as you pointed out), when you should be comparing it
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by bpt3 2y ago
> If you wanted to cut things responsibly, you’d plan it in advance and think about how to avoid shocking the economy into a recession. Absolutely. I in no way support what DOGE is doing. But when people think cuts are needed (and the ma
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by bpt3 2y ago
> Other people sign me up to pay for their preferred government services all the time. It's called living in a civilization. Unless you're one of the wealthy you're talking about (which would be odd to say the least), no o
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by bpt3 2y ago
How exactly is cutting VA headcount back to 2019 numbers "throwing a wrench into our economic engine"? This is why we end up with indiscriminate and thoughtless cuts, because the alternative is people who seem to believe that ever
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by bpt3 2y ago
Yes, it's likely it was a coincidence given that many loopholes were closed at the same time and the effective rate wasn't changed much. The US has the most progressive tax code in the developed world, and the average American has
820.
by bpt3 2y ago
Yes, it depends on the country. but the European average is well above the US. Also, the US has a more progressive federal income tax code than Europe (or every other developed country), so the tax burden in the US is carried more by the up
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by bpt3 2y ago
It's very convenient to sign other people up to pay for your preferred government services and I'm sure your peers are willing to eagerly pat you on the back for your generosity, but ultimately even taxing the wealthy at 100% won&
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by bpt3 2y ago
> But the point about Europe is right, but only in the sense that Europeans don't pay nearly as much in income taxes as most Americans think they do. Why do you say this? Middle class Europeans pay significantly higher taxes than mi
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by bpt3 2y ago
The OP of this thread wants to keep spending the same and says that taxing the rich is the solution to our budget woes, so that's why the top marginal rates are relevant, and most state income taxes aren't as progressive as the on
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by bpt3 2y ago
> Math and history. One example explainer: https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/80552/total-tax ... I honestly have no idea why you think information about aggregate tax revenue over time is relevant to
825.
by bpt3 2y ago
Are you aware of the percentage of all federal spending that is consumed by interest on the debt, and more importantly the forward looking projections for that metric? If so, how can you claim said debt is meaningless?
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by bpt3 2y ago
What gives you the impression we don't tax the rich? The American middle and lower class are the least taxed individuals in the developed world. The upper classes, especially given a disproportionate percentage live in places like NYC
827.
by bpt3 2y ago
You forgot to account for the likelihood that 1% is liquid at any point with a valuation close to or higher than the current one.
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by bpt3 2y ago
I don't care for this spec and probably wouldn't use it if it were implemented, but I do like your suggestion of how to handle err shadowing.
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by bpt3 2y ago
Google's moat was significantly better results than the competition for about 2 decades. Your analogy is valid at this time, but proves the GP's point, not yours.
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by bpt3 2y ago
A respectful conversation requires both parties to respect the other. Assuming someone is a racist, homophobe, etc. until proven otherwise doesn't qualify
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by bpt3 2y ago
> Pronouns are not a big part of any cis person’s identity because everything matches their identity. So it's not everyone then. > It’s inconsiderate to ignore that. Who here is ignoring that?
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by bpt3 2y ago
I don't disagree with anything you said, but that doesn't change anything about how little language changes impact the lived experiences of the targets of the slur du jour.
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by bpt3 2y ago
> So your hypothesis here is that people just switch slurs. But is that really true? It's not easy to get a new word into the general vocabulary. Sure, a small group of people could agree to a substitute for the n-word. But when the
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by bpt3 2y ago
> I'm sorry, but I can't recall a single time it actually happened. Expressing support is important, but I never heard of it being mandatory. I'm sorry, but it does happen. I've personally experienced it and witnessed
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by bpt3 2y ago
I don't think I'm moving the goalposts. Things like accessible restrooms and additional food choices are good and meaningful improvements. They aren't being dropped because they add value to people's lives for little to
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by bpt3 2y ago
What "giants" should he be standing on in your opinion?
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by bpt3 2y ago
Have you ever worked at a large organization that markets themselves as progressive? If you have and don't have any experience with being pressured or outright told to comply with performative measures like email signature changes, you
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by bpt3 2y ago
This distinction seems to be an untraversable chasm for the prigs PG is talking about. Anyone (whether I already respect them or not) comes to me and asks me to refer to them by a specific name or term, I'll gladly do it. Someone comes
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by bpt3 2y ago
> They describe quite different phenomena, both in terms of the actual state of being and how they're deployed as a slur? "autistic" seems to be more like "nerd" used to be a slur (but also sometime identity badg
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by bpt3 2y ago
One of those is not like the others...

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