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by djschnei 8y ago
"No direct Harm Vs. Harm" is essentially "No Harm Vs. Harm". The "direct" is only included to limit it's interpretations or to be more specific. Proving "direct harm", in this case, is proving
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by djschnei 8y ago
Included "directly" very intentionally. I'm of the mind set that you never give government subjective authority over something. You put up very strict guardrails for their power. "Indirectly harming others" is wa
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by djschnei 8y ago
Agreed it is probably a bad state to be in; Chinese companies buying up ours. But if I own a company, I shouldn't need permission from Washington to do with it as I please as long as I'm not defrauding or directly harming others.
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by djschnei 8y ago
Blame the state! A complicated, unwieldy tax code is their/our fault. They created an untenable system that got in the way of you entering into a mutually beneficial contract with another individual(s). It is 100% their fault.
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by djschnei 8y ago
A VAT would NEVER be a replacement, it would only be an addition. No thank you.
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by djschnei 8y ago
Out of the loop here... What whistle did he blow? Anyone have a tldr?
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by djschnei 8y ago
I doubt any stats on this exists, so I'm referring to my own anecdotal experience. In my small hometown in northern NJ, they did, in fact, shut them down frequently. Unless you can prove otherwise, I am not sure the point of your com
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by djschnei 8y ago
If I had to make an admittedly uneducated guess, I bet females being more self-sacrificing than men can be seen across species. It would only make sense that the sex generally responsible for child-rearing would be the sex most likely to s
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by djschnei 8y ago
Country time lemonade is a lemonade mix brand. In the US anyone constructing a stand on their own property to sell/attempt to sell lemonade (or anything) without permission from the government is illegal. So, an 8 year old is bored,
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by djschnei 8y ago
Suicide rates for non-Hispanic white Americans are the highest. Clearly, race isn't irrelevant. > By race/ethnicity, non-Hispanic whites and American Indian/Alaska Natives had the highest rates of suicide, with rates for
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by djschnei 8y ago
Lack of purpose I suppose. If I have enough money to pay rent, get trashed with the boys on the weekend, and buy cool things every now and then, why lift more than I need to at work? When my dad was my age he just recently bought a house,
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by djschnei 8y ago
Young (white) men are completely lost in the US right now. The most exciting thing in the majority of my friends lives right now (23-26 years old) are the current challenges in Fortnite. Everyone is scared of longterm, meaningful relation
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by djschnei 8y ago
I would agree with these additions. This is basically the crony capitalism playbook.
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by djschnei 8y ago
I guess I just don't care enough to ruin my life over it. It's a pretty interesting thing to think about, actually. To think that a bloody revolution was sparked over much less than what we put up with today... It's almost
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by djschnei 8y ago
I object to most of the roughly 50% of my income that is taken from me and can't say I've ever been called a freeloader... That's an interesting point of view you have there; "either don't be a US citizen or never c
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by djschnei 8y ago
The deregulation we've seen is deregulation being pushed by people with ties to big banks. Not all regulation (or deregulation) is created equally...
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by djschnei 8y ago
Well, taxes go towards some stuff I appreciate... plus I would probably be thrown in jail. So not sure that is a solution :p
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by djschnei 8y ago
I was commenting on the lack of competition. Deregulating with the aim of making the barriers to entry into the marketplace smaller. Not deregulation to allow big banks to get away with more... Also, I would guess with more competition fr
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by djschnei 8y ago
That's interesting. Thanks for the resources. I wasn't aware of this.
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by djschnei 8y ago
Not sure... just seems to be a reality.
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by djschnei 8y ago
Was mostly a sarcastic question ;) This pattern can be seen everywhere... 1) politicians regulate an industry with the best intentions 2) industry becomes a safe haven for "the big fish" that can pay to play 3) Rinse and repeat fo
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by djschnei 8y ago
Unfortunately, the massive restructuring you're referring to would likely need to be in the form of deregulation. It's unfortunate because deregulating something is typically a non-discussion. Our banking regulations make almost
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by djschnei 8y ago
Where does the fine go? Does it get divvied up amongst the people affected by WF's wrongdoing?
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by djschnei 9y ago
well said. Or if free college is their end, then these are the means. Complete collapse.
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by djschnei 9y ago
1) the government wants more college grads (admirable) 2) the government makes it really easy to secure loans to go to college (short-sighted) 3) the market is oversaturated with demand AND buying power (because of the easy loans) 4) prices
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by djschnei 9y ago
They were talking about fiscal policy. I.e "don't leave California, then push for the same policies here". But of course, you already knew that.
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by djschnei 9y ago
I know... I was being super, super sarcastic.
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by djschnei 9y ago
Personal responsibility?!
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by djschnei 9y ago
Dude, I am trying to understand your POV. F&$%# me right? People paying more for something that costs more to provide seems completely logical to me. The anti-competitive nature of the regional monopolies isn't fair and turns al
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by djschnei 9y ago
So, I guess, my question still stands, right? I'm assuming this bypass costs money for the ISPs to provide. Why is it evil for them to charge people to use it?

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