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1y ago
This must be a joke, right? Their largest "companies" produce nukes and potatoes, how and why would you steal that? Also, it's all one "company" - the Communist State.
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1y ago
So you disagree with the core principle behind Laffer Curve? Lots of totally baseless assumptions and accusations in your comment. I wonder where on Dunning-Kruger curve you are at regarding this topic.
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1y ago
Yeah, sure, helicopters is all you need to catch millions of sophisticated tax evaders using semi-legal loopholes developed and implemented by professional accountants and lawyers. Read about Laffer Curve for a start.
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1y ago
You need to multiple it by the probability of that new service actually succeeding, which is low. And even then, do you expect it to move stock price by more than 10%? Otherwise it's not going to meaningfully impact your RSU compensati
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1y ago
"not getting worse" is a pretty low bar
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1y ago
Agree with ivape. To add: our reality does not have to be rendered in it's entirety, we'll just have very convincing and unscripted first-person view simulations. Only what you look at is getting rendered (e.g. tiny structures onl
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1y ago
I am much more convinced now that the Simulation Argument is correct
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1y ago
Not really. E.g. clay tablets, physical books will not be meaningfully better.
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1y ago
I ain't reading this report
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1y ago
For a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve We know that 90% tax rates are bad since 14th century. Not exactly cutting adge science but somehow many people still don't get it
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1y ago
I am referencing 90% marginal tax and social healthcare for second order effects that include: lack of innovation, shortages, inefficiencies, mass tax evasion, etc. I see that some people being crazy rich is infuriating and very often unjus
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1y ago
"Socialize medicine and 90% top marginal tax rate" - great ideas of you ignore all second order effects (well researched and proven). But then you propose to take away a clearly beneficial opportunity to donate plasma just because
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1y ago
Yes! Let's campaign to stop this exploitation! Drug use shots up, crime rises as a result, people die due to plasma shortages, but at least it's not gross, right?