jacob2484

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by jacob2484 5y ago
Why is this being downvoted? I don't want to give more to the government to grow its bureaucracy even more. When they say it's meant for "education", it also means more administrators with useless roles on a tax-funded s
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by jacob2484 5y ago
Extended, strictly lockdowns do not work as you paralyzing the economy. It's easy to WFH in tech earning a big paycheck to call for lockdowns when you're not impacted by them. Florida and Texas did not have extended lockdowns, and
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by jacob2484 5y ago
Majority of Americans do NOT support Medicare for All. Please reread your article - they want a public option, which differs from Medicare.
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by jacob2484 6y ago
Quite the arrogance here of mostly software devs trying to out -solutionize marine/shipping experts who undoubtedly have been consulted and are already looking for the quickest way to resolve the situation. With billions of dollars in
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by jacob2484 6y ago
California’s robust budget will get another $26 billion from new COVID-19 stimulus - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-11/californ...
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by jacob2484 6y ago
Unemployment rates for one. But now, numbers are skewed because we printed billions of dollars to bail out California.
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by jacob2484 6y ago
It's up to the U.S. to fix every single problem?
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by jacob2484 6y ago
Let's not forget how the divorce system in the US HEAVILY favors women - perhaps more men would marry if the consequences of a bad marriage weren't so devastating.
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by jacob2484 6y ago
If I immigrate to Switzerland or Singapore, I should not have all the rights that the citizens have, such as right to vote or social programs which would stress their system. Not until enough time passes and I qualify to be a citizen. Other
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by jacob2484 6y ago
Sigh... not everything is about race - folks may prefer live in a less developed, single-home community no matter the color of their neighbors.
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by jacob2484 6y ago
Folks moved into a single family home region/city for a reason - to live in not a mass developed community. Now outsiders would force them that they can't do so.
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by jacob2484 6y ago
So you think every skinny white guy who also likes leather jackets is a neo nazi sympathiser? Don't assume/worry what others think about your look
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by jacob2484 6y ago
Who do you think is more efficient in terms of utilizing resources, Amazon delivery or USPS, a private hospital vs a public one /VA? There is no reason what so ever to strive to cut waste, as bureaucrats know they'll be getting pa
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by jacob2484 6y ago
source: Vice. Shocking...
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by jacob2484 6y ago
And just would pay this? You and I the taxpayers.... so no thanks to this solution.
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by jacob2484 6y ago
Note that in Europe the economies are not as dynamic and has lower GDP growth on average. There are costs to higher taxes and more regulations. We're not exceptional, things are done differently.
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by jacob2484 6y ago
100% true. And let's recall the Time article how the media in US conspired against Trump: https://www.worldtribune.com/time-magazine-all-but-confirms-...
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by jacob2484 6y ago
So you're complicit in the violence and deaths the BLM protests have caused? Yes there is a difference
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by jacob2484 6y ago
Even CDC says it's safe to open schools - kids are not a major transmission vector. How come private and Catholic schools are open and there isn't a massive spike in Covid cases? Do you think it's fine for American kids to be
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by jacob2484 6y ago
And the teacher's union... which will not allow the firing of bad teachers ("reassignments"), resulting in mis-justice to student in US who then fail to get necessary skills to succeed in this world.
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by jacob2484 6y ago
"end qualified immunity, fix incentives, destroy police unions" - end tenure, fix incentives and destroy teachers unions teachers' union in America have destroyed many more lives by failing to fire bad teachers & doing m
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by jacob2484 6y ago
My respect for the NY Times is out the window at this point.
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by jacob2484 6y ago
More and more "news" is just meant to fit an agenda. Trump just called it out and gave it a term.
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by jacob2484 6y ago
Agreed. Used to respect the NY times, but now it's just borderline far left propaganda
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by jacob2484 6y ago
And the suit should be filed here. Note in France you have no where as vibrant of a job market and quite lower pay on average, because it is overly burdensome to fire someone who is bad. There is balance between free market and too much go
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by jacob2484 6y ago
These stats focus on fatherless homes, which are dire: #1. 85% of youth who are currently in prison grew up in a fatherless home. (Texas Department of Corrections) #2. 7 out of every 10 youth that are housed in state-operated correctional f
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by jacob2484 6y ago
Not everything is attributable to Trump... Had friends priced out of NJ (high cost blue state) moved to DC area (lower cost , for now, state).
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by jacob2484 6y ago
And yet tons of people are migrating to states like Idaho from states where marijuana is legal.
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by jacob2484 6y ago
Please read up on the crack epidemic in America in the 1980s and 1990s. You probably didn't live through it so see what widespread drug use does to society and especially cities.
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by jacob2484 6y ago
You use is (current tense) and cite a section that was removed over 150 years ago. It IS not in the US legislation anymore. US has a racist history, but cite any laws today that are in fact racist. Most recently, California Democracts trie

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