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by djbebs 5y ago
Price changes do work...
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by djbebs 5y ago
Givernment granted monopolies are not property.
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by djbebs 5y ago
I mean, given the amount of malware made by the CIA and NSA, is it really a stretch that this is just one more?
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by djbebs 5y ago
That's not true. The poorest 50% pay 3% of all taxes and make 13% of all income
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by djbebs 5y ago
That's not how libel and slander works. You not only have to prove that the statements were false, but that the accuser knew they were false and was deliberately malicious in spreading the falsehoods
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by djbebs 6y ago
The problem in portugal is purely a political and regulatory one. On a 200k€ house you're paying roughly 50k€ on top for taxes and fees alone.
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by djbebs 6y ago
More evidence that ESG investing is fundamentally nothing more than virtue signaling
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by djbebs 6y ago
If growing your own wheat for your own consumption is under the commerce clause so is every other economic activity
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by djbebs 6y ago
It should. Ethics begins at the top, and if the university has shown itself to be this untrustworthy then no trust can be had on them or any students they implicitly endorse. As far as I'm concerned this university and all of its alumn
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by djbebs 6y ago
The only difference is that in companies the people being harmed are the owners of the company, and they are the ones with the power to do something about it, either by firing the CEO, or divesting of the c9mpany and investing in its rivals
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by djbebs 6y ago
This. I drink a glass of wine maybe once every 2 months. Would i be better off just drinking water? Sure, but the difference isnt big enough to change it
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by djbebs 6y ago
You find a job, find find a place to live in. It's not difficult. I moved thousands of kilometers and countries away on my own.
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by djbebs 6y ago
So why are you forcing landlords to do it?
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by djbebs 6y ago
Rent control prevents from increasing by more than a set amount every year. Theoretically you can wait for decades raising the rent every year
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by djbebs 6y ago
What's being taxed is the market valuation of the company, not its actual assets/equity. You're taxing people of what other people think the company is worth, not on what the company has. A good example would be McDonald&#x27
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by djbebs 6y ago
Like with everything else they will carve out exceptions for themselves
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by djbebs 6y ago
Pretty sure the EU paid around the same price as the US
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by djbebs 6y ago
Then they will die. You can't save people from themselves.
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by djbebs 6y ago
Given the low income/wealth of the people doing the work, that's not a convincing argument. There's a reason why overall income didn't really go down in 2020 (and even increased in some places), and thats because poor pe
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by djbebs 6y ago
Do you think sovereign risk is something that businesses should account for? Would you hold that same opinion for other things as well? Say you own your house, and suddenly the local government mandates that you give it to them with no comp
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by djbebs 6y ago
The EMA has zero credibility when it comes to anything to do with AstraZeneca, the behavior of the EU throughout this entire ordeal has made it clear that this is a political hit job, regardless of the ultimate validity of any criticism on
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by djbebs 6y ago
Because mathematics isn't the primary factor in getting out of debt, motivation is. Achieving small goals keeps you focused and working on getting out of debt. It's a lot easier to keep working if every couple of months you "
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by djbebs 6y ago
This. If union's had less rights than any other organization then you might argue they have been "kneecapped" but that's just not the case. Let companies fire workers for unionizing, let them refuse to negotiate with uni
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by djbebs 6y ago
Pluto is an order of magnitude larger than Ceres, so its perfectly possible to define planet in such a way that pluto is a planet and ceres is not.
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by djbebs 6y ago
Right, of course. Until the mob notices again, right? Come now lets be honest here...
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by djbebs 6y ago
Yes, absolutely, and i think that anyone supporting this should take a long and hard look at themselves and ask how someone is supposed to live in society and support themselves when a worldwide mob is actively lobbying to have them unable
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by djbebs 6y ago
Most debt at this level works with coupons. The debtor simply pays the interest every year and at the end returns the principal
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by djbebs 6y ago
If you'd like you're welcome to lobby for the homestead act again. That would solve your lack of land without having to violate other peoples rights
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by djbebs 6y ago
Ive actually been doing the opposite and moving away from local/small suppliers into the amazon eco system. I had a terrible experience with small businesses and i will not be going back. I never had any trouble canceling or refunding
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by djbebs 6y ago
Not wasted 3 months trying to save a couple of bucks and gathering mpre political power for the EU, and then expect the vaccines they ordered to be ready at the same time as those of countries who ordered right away.

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