kimmeld

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by kimmeld 8y ago
It's exactly the opposite of hidden. It literally shows up as a separate item on your taxes. However, I don't think most people actually realize that it's a regressive tax that goes away when you make more money. Though socie
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by kimmeld 8y ago
Social Security was founded in 1935, so before boomers ever were born, although it had a different feel from today's program. Social Security is funded (you actually pay taxes for it), but the rest of the government borrows from it qui
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by kimmeld 8y ago
> What can we do to change this? Get people out of poverty. Educate people. https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_...
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by kimmeld 8y ago
Past history of voter ID is mostly intended to lower voter turnout especially among certain groups of people. Historically it's not really about detecting fraud. I find it hard to take people seriously who think it's really about
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by kimmeld 8y ago
From past podcasts he doesn't see the problem with having two people working to get that gain while ignoring the individual stagnating/declining worker pay. That stance is not logical to me, but it seems to fit his view on the wor
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by kimmeld 8y ago
Russ' political views have been drifting steadily right over time so the data that he cherry picks regarding inflation, total household income, income inequality, is not surprising. I used to listen to his podcast pretty frequently to
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by kimmeld 8y ago
You can not invest living paycheck to paycheck. "Any American" can not do what you are assuming is so simple.
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by kimmeld 8y ago
The average American does not have a significant 401k balance or own enough stock to have it affect their mindset.
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by kimmeld 9y ago
> The group of women who had the biggest post-baby pay gap compared with their husbands was, paradoxically, women who earned more than their husbands before having children. Yet you ignore that the article goes on to state that the bigge