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by djbebs 4y ago
Yeah I always laugh at those clauses that totally override all that came before
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by djbebs 4y ago
Great, then surely labor will be able to pay for it.
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by djbebs 4y ago
Yes, labor needs to increase its productivity compared to capital investments if it wants raises. Make no mistake, these productivity increases come almost entirely from capital spent, not from labor becoming better at what it does. If labo
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by djbebs 4y ago
That lower cost ad plan is the same cost as the current plan with no ads.
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by djbebs 4y ago
There's a limited number of atoms in the universe, under that argument everything appreciates.
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by djbebs 4y ago
No it is not, it is a human right.
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by djbebs 4y ago
It's not though.
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by djbebs 4y ago
So this is basically a "your tax is whatever I deem it to be"?
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by djbebs 4y ago
If your 401kholds stocks or bonds, they probably do.
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by djbebs 4y ago
Are you aware of the concept of risk? The amortization schedules are what they are for a reason, even if not all houses only last 30 years, the average is what matters here. Any number of things can result in houses being destroyed and beco
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by djbebs 4y ago
Why do you believe land appreciates?
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by djbebs 4y ago
Define land value.
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by djbebs 4y ago
This georgist view is just plain wrong and inconsistent.
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by djbebs 4y ago
Because its no different from a seizure of private property without due process and compensation. My land, I decide what gets built there. Don't like it? Buy it off of me for the price I state.
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by djbebs 4y ago
Too bad the hospitals aren't trustworthy.
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by djbebs 4y ago
Because the law makes it very difficult to provide such services in the spirit of preventing the exploitation of minors. Make no mistake this is an indirectly legal hurdle.
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by djbebs 4y ago
You could put the us military budget at zero, and you'd still have an unsustainable high public deficit. The fact of the matter is that welfare and welfare alone is the highest expenditure by far, and any cuts anywhere else will be mea
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by djbebs 4y ago
On the contrary, their lack is what's harmful to society.
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by djbebs 4y ago
It's frankly astounding to me how these people can fall for their own bullshit. Really? No protest with over 3.5% of the population has ever failed? Really? I can think of 2 of the top of my head, the Catalonia independence protests an
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by djbebs 4y ago
Well half that is already done(the output!)
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by djbebs 4y ago
Wait really? Well if thats the case, making VLookups be able to use any column as an input or output, rather than being limited to having the input on the left and the output on the right. Ideally I'd be able to have 2 additional param
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by djbebs 4y ago
That adjustments cause massive negative impacts is just an unfortunate side effect, right?
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by djbebs 4y ago
Tends to happen when you take political action intended to destroy an industry
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by djbebs 4y ago
Theres plenty of issues with georgist taxes...
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by djbebs 4y ago
Slavery is explicitely legal in the US
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by djbebs 4y ago
They are both censoring
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by djbebs 4y ago
Why do you believe against all evidence, that government owned and controlled companies can run at a lower cost that provate for profit companies? What is the incentive to reduce costs, make the business more efficient, provide a quality s
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by djbebs 4y ago
(X) doubt Any evidence for that?
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by djbebs 4y ago
Profit isn't a sin, and if you want shareholders to do something for you, why do you think they will want to do it if there is nothing in it for them?
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by djbebs 4y ago
No, it does not.

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