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by cascom 5y ago
I totally agree with the problem statement and couldn't disagree more with the analysis of the cause (debt financing) The root cause of these failures is the creation of unfunded liabilities by municipal politicians abetted by ridiculo
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by cascom 5y ago
Talk about the wheels of justice moving slowly
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Last bubble’s ‘Big Short’ investor thinks rates will soon soar(ocregister.com)
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by cascom 5y ago
That’s just risk management
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by cascom 5y ago
That people should only have what they “need” as determined by [you?] is a political/moral philosophy that is quite controversial.
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by cascom 5y ago
Because those workers are not in a position to effect meaningful marginal value creation. Let’s say you paid that $750m in bonuses to those factory workers, what value was created for shareholders? Zero, because Apple doesn’t have a capacit
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by cascom 5y ago
95% of the small businesses I’ve interacted with don’t have someone that knows JavaScript let alone are automating with JavaScript
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by cascom 5y ago
I think that just means you’re not interacting with the 3/4 of large companies that are not in infotech…
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by cascom 5y ago
Supposedly more road construction doesn’t alleviate traffic, in only induces more demand (which is moderated by high traffic levels) Source (great read if your interested in the subject): https://www.amazon.com/Traffic-Drive
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by cascom 5y ago
There is typically an acute need and it is a market that is chronically underserved, but also typically unattractive from an operator’s standpoint
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by cascom 5y ago
If the conversation is had between PNW and customer (local bike store) - that doesn’t seem to be conversation between competitors?
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by cascom 5y ago
I actually had this experience for an MRI, I called billing at the hospital at which my doctor was affiliated/recommended I take my MRI - I was floored to learn that if I paid cash, it was ~$1k and if I ran it through insurance it was
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by cascom 5y ago
Count yourself lucky. I’d say it was California that was behaving that way…unless you take the position that you can be a resident in multiple states…in which case you should be able to vote in multiple states, claim unemployment in multip
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by cascom 5y ago
New York is similar, a naked cash grabs, to support unsustainable and irresponsible fiscal policies.
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by cascom 5y ago
It’s also people that may have made their money legitimately, but live under authoritarian regimes and want an escape plan
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by cascom 5y ago
I thought was supposed to have been a state actor…
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by cascom 5y ago
They add their name right next to t-mobile’s
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by cascom 5y ago
I feel like companies like this should have to register a data breach like this in a national register, and then should someone become a victim of identity theft, the companies on that register associated with that person should bear the co
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by cascom 5y ago
It seems like ammo has been in experiencing semi-perpetual issues for the past 12+ years
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by cascom 5y ago
This article doesn’t make sense - it’s basically says here’s a guy who worked hard, was frugal, and invested for the long term - but he was just lucky (because the past 60 years of asset price returns were amazing) - except how many other
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by cascom 5y ago
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/catholic-priest-...
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by cascom 5y ago
Not sure a group of people whose lifestyle is about as different as could be from the typical office worker is the right control group to use to claim the benefits of squatting
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by cascom 5y ago
These days I’m not sure there is such a thing (or at least it’s a short list) https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart
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by cascom 5y ago
$500k NI on $60m in rev, not exactly a killing. I think what many people here are missing is that these private insurance patients are subsidizing the indigent, Medicare, and Medicaid patients
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by cascom 5y ago
There is another market, it’s called higher education. The vast majority of college students are not paying “sticker price” for their education
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by cascom 5y ago
Seems that from an economic perspective the “solution” might be to shorten the length of time that a storefront could be leased by statute - thereby reducing the incentive of landlords to hold out for higher rents if there is more frequent
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by cascom 5y ago
I find it pretty interesting that this comment would downvoted
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by cascom 5y ago
While I whole heartedly sympathize with the sentiment of the article (no one wants to see local institutions forced out, chain stores move in, or storefronts sit empty), and real estate developers and “speculators” no doubt make an easy tar
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by cascom 5y ago
The point is that it increases profitability of the utility (by expanding the rate base), and so the customers are paying for it. If they get some good publicity and it marginally decreases fire risk those are secondary benefits.
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by cascom 5y ago
That could well be the case - though I think if you looked at most kids, two weeks less of video games could be found in their schedules

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