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And then they can issue another executive order that says the same thing for another 120 days... This looks like a textbook example of issuing a controversial and overreaching order, waiting for the push-back, saying "we will fix the
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Isn't the obvious answer to eliminate the electoral college? The president effects all citizens equally, so it makes the most sense that each citizen's vote should have equal weight in the presidential election. We don't ne
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No, Trump's inner circle purposely decided to not exclude green card holders from the Executive Order even after the Homeland Security Secretary suggested they should do so ( https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29&
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A lot of people are mad because the rents are much higher due to the constrained supply of apartments. Many current homeowners in the Bay Area try their hardest to prevent new apartment developments form getting built in their neighborhood
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True, it's not THAT much cheaper, but it's a place where can actually find a 3 bedroom / 2 bathroom standalone home for <$1M in the bay area that is within 45 minutes of most jobs. When you can only afford a $800k mortgag
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Several of my friends are considering moving from SF and other popular places on the peninsula to Half Moon Bay (or somewhere like it). When rent for your 2 bedroom apartment goes over $3,000, you notice that you are basically paying the e
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I don't understand why this would be the case either. Even if all the rich people send their kids to private school, there is still a middle class population who will not be able to spend $30k a year to send their kids to private scho
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Sure, you can have empathy with that mentality. But, when you assume everyone less successful than you is less smart and/or doesn't work as hard as you, it's not as likely that you will.
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The talk about luck is meant to encourage empathy and understanding. If your world view says that success is based only on your work ethic, then you will assume that all people who are not successful did not work hard. With that logic it
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First off, congrats on getting to where you are today. It sounds like your hard work is really paying off. I would just note that one of the points of the article is that it is difficult for a successful person to recognize the lucky even
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You are ignoring the fact that someone born into a poor family in an inner city like has an underfunded, underachieving public school, overwhelmed and inexperienced teachers, a below average guidance counselor, no role models who have gone
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The amount of success one finds in life is probably some combination of luck, effort, smarts, and appetite for risk / ability to take risks. I think most would agree that you can determine how much effort you put in and you can study
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I think a lot of people do not realize that you are lucky if you are born into a middle class or upper class family. Having parents with some savings allows you to take extra career risks because you know that you can likely get help from
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Considering VC only really started in 1970s, it is easy to say that it's not the way companies have been built historically. That said, Atlassian is more an exception than the norm. Most really big, successful tech companies took VC
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It's constitutional because it's a tax and the government is allowed to tax its citizens. You can either buy health insurance to fulfill the tax or you can pay the fine to fulfill the tax. Also, as many people have said, you jus
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I am just trying to say that if someone uses the tax break to pay off a portion of debt or to pay for bills and not have to get a payday loan, it doesn't have the same immediate effect as if they go and buy a dishwasher. Yes, they end
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I got BS from a public school. I paid for school via a mix of working ~10 hours a week throughout the school year, applying for local scholarships, doing a paid internship every summer, living in a cheap apartment, and then getting some lo
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I think a more likely scenario is people take the $500 and use most of it to pay bills or pay off credit card debt. They then take whatever money is remaining and go out to dinner, buy toys for their kids, etc. The real effect of the tax
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Then, as someone who is a renter and does not have student loans, I would miss out on two tax breaks. I think a more elegant solution is to get rid of interest deductions for home owners. When you take out a loan, I think you should pay t
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That is the part I enjoyed while getting my PhD. I spent 5 years learning and solving scientific questions. The lack of a concrete goal or predefined problem made it interesting because you get to figure it out along the way.
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Employees are also getting forced to wait much longer before their equity stakes become liquid. It can be tough on an employee if they cannot leave their job without either losing all their options or paying a large upfront tax bill to exe
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Without knowing the actual parking regulations, it's difficult to say whether the regulations are useful or unnecessary. Maybe they are saying that you need a certain number of handicapped parking spaces? Maybe they are saying you ca
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After hearing about many people wrongfully convicted of crimes, I think some DAs are inclined to prosecute if they believe they can win the trial (rather than if they absolutely believe the person is guilty). It doesn't necessarily ma
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Both parties, investors and employees, should get sympathy and remediation. Employees have been paid a salary all along, but should still get a proper severance if the company is shut down. Investors who gave Theranos >$300M in 2015 al
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Most well-funded large startups offer salaries close to market rate. Sure there is the risk that the equity can end up worth $0, but the salaries can easily be >$100,000. Even if theranos employees took a pay cut to work there (compare
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A 401k plan can offer low fee Vanguard funds. If your employee has crappy 401k fund options, you should take the issue up with your employer. They likely chose a inexpensive 401k administrator to run the plan to cut costs and left the emp
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I like that this article places a portion of the blame on the founders or recruiters who try to hire new employees. In order to attract the best talent, it is easy for these people to say everything is going awesome and the options will be
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It's common to include a profit margin in pricing. Apple makes an iPhone for <$300 and sells it for >$600.
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Medicare is pretty efficient and a lot of people on the program like it.
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It seems like some of the charities need to spend money on marketing to get their message out and attract/convince new donors. It's hard to raise money and get donations if people do not know what you do. Unfortunately, many peo

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