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by cr1895 8y ago
I believe this is more or less how it works in the Netherlands. Insurance is private and not directly paid by the state unless you're under 18 or you cannot afford it (but then subsidy is given to buy private insurance). Insurance is c
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by cr1895 8y ago
To add to the other comment, for example the Patent Office is self-funded and they're currently working and getting paid. But, absurdly, they might have to stop soon because even though they're self-funded Congress must allocate t
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by cr1895 8y ago
It's one banana, Michael, what could it cost? Ten dollars?
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>And I haven't seen a grocery store run 'personal credit' since maybe before the 50s at best? Pre-Depression? The ridiculous out-of-touch callousness of it all aside, I remember my parents having credit at a small neighbor
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>Instead, the employees realize the benefits are worth it and are still trying to stay. How about we reevaluate this statement after it's all over?
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>Banks don't loan people money for free. A number of federal credit unions are offering interest-free loans. >Besides it is pretty absurd that banks have to solve government mess that they have no part in. Agreed. It's an ab
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>An administration official recommended that all those affected simply take out loans but unfortunately banks don't lend to people without an income I think bills have been passed already guaranteeing back pay for federal employees,
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>especially in a place like New York. Staff shortages causing this are at Washington Center, which is not located in NYC. "Staffing ZDC" https://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp
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by cr1895 8y ago
Indeed, though I think I recall seeing "ground stoppage" on the FAA site when this news first broke. https://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp
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>So she blames Canada Goose What gave you that impression?
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I Spent $925 on a Fake Canada Goose Coat(theatlantic.com)
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I'm not sure why you're latching on to this notion of appropriating the work of others. In the Netherlands (what I'm familiar with), healthcare functions through compulsory private insurance. Healthcare is paid for both by in
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I'm struggling to understand how you've connected "health care is a basic right" to the state imposing something on a person by threat of violence.
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Personally, I don't find it fair and in the past the 4% assumed gain is absurd. There is no capital gains tax.
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Capital gains tax might also be a tax deduction due to a loss of capital. With a wealth/asset tax it doesn't matter if you actually gain or lose.
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>Doing it every year would be infeasible. In the Netherlands, there is an asset tax. Your assets (money, stocks, bonds, etc.) over a certain threshold are taxed 30% annually on an assumed investment gain of 4%, so effectively a 1.2% tax
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by cr1895 8y ago
In any case, he's on his way out.
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It's a fascinating read! I'll second the recommendation. It made me realize just how relatively novel recorded music is. We take for granted the ability to listen to anything anywhere instantly, but For the vast majority of our h
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>must love CNN and their 'objective news' for making it seem like an abandoned ghost town, despite the fact that NASA launches from there because we gutted our own space program. Don't just fabricate nonsense. 5th sentence
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But must it be kept indefinitely?
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From the article: "The hotel chain said the guest reservation database of its Starwood division had been compromised by an unauthorised party." "Starwood's hotel brands include W Hotels, Sheraton, Le Méridien and Four Po
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by cr1895 8y ago
>A page attempts to put you off by making you manually deactivate hundreds of different services if you object to them (though they of course have a handy 'enable all' button). I see this often too. Doesn't this directly c
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by cr1895 8y ago
Sounds like the Marfa lights in the west Texas high desert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marfa_lights
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>This is exactly what critics of GDPR feared will happen. Can you support this please?
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by cr1895 8y ago
My point being that it is out of the norm to tip for drinks in a bar.
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>And tipping at bars etc can be harder too. That's not too much of an issue in Europe.
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>My gosh you are bizarrely condescending >Ok, Jony Ive >lol
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That is not what "refugees welcome" implies.
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>All Italy has to do is start load balancing tourists. This is the approach the city of Amsterdam is trying in order to alleviate the huge tourism pressure. I'm not sure how effective it has been. It has resulted in funny things lik
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>this is an constant revenue steam in its own right. Indeed. Amsterdam, for example, is enriched by its diverse trinket shops selling "XXX" poof ball hats and crass t-shirts, and the options for stale pizza, cold waffles and Nu

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