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landemva
3y ago
Silicon Valley Bank marked their debt to maturity, until they ran out of liquidity and were shut down. But rising rates does not affect fixed rate loans.
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landemva
3y ago
Rural does not mean crop loans, and that does not seem to be in the press release. Loans against property is different than a planting loan.
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landemva
3y ago
Rural people, whatever that means, can be smart and crafty. And there should be a risk management committee and there are services to help provide insights. I was on a rural BoD and don't recall ever seeing a crop loan.
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landemva
3y ago
The buyer gets to sniff around and accept the offer for the accounts and balance sheet. The insurer, FDIC or sometimes NCUA, takes the difference.
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landemva
3y ago
ID is not required to be shown to TSA. I misplaced my ID a couple times and went through. The ID check was really to stop frequent flier award travel resale back when tickets were paper. It's still possible to use paper boarding pass t
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landemva
3y ago
While it is good they are reducing bureaucracy, your point about limited transmission capacity is spot on.
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landemva
3y ago
Nah, as the people still have to go through screening no different than elderly or children (leave on shoes). Ramp workers go through separate doors with keypads- no screening. Even TSA doesn't screen themselves, as if a TSA government
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landemva
3y ago
You have no right to a car, nor shoes, nor lead-free water. You have no right to force others to work to provide those for you. If you are persuasive, maybe you can ask your county commissioners to give away stuff.
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landemva
3y ago
Budget will rent if I use one debit card but not another.
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landemva
3y ago
We already have gold and silver coins minted by the government. Why not start with these? https://catalog.usmint.gov/coins/coin-programs/american-eagl... Dealers will sell boxes of 500 silver eagles for around $18
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landemva
3y ago
> could easily be dropped and expose conduct to prosecution back as far as the statute of limitations. If a law is changed, there is protection from ex-post-facto prosecution.
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landemva
3y ago
> liability is a thing. Liability is always a thing. Your physical harm to people or property is separate from the scope of a fishing license or some other State contract such as a driver license.
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landemva
3y ago
> Driving is not a privilege. If you get a benefit from licensure then you should voluntarily contract with the State so you can get whatever benefits are in the licensure contract. Traveling by personal conveyance is a right. I'm n
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3y ago
Good link. That restricts certain specific records. I wonder if it has been challenged. "... restrict public access of their residence address in tax appraisal records..." If they took a mortgage on property, the document with the
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3y ago
> Operating a motor vehicle is a privilege True. The license to do so is a voluntary contract with State which persons may or may not sign. Alternatively, avoid "motor vehicle", and don't use words they regulate such as &
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landemva
3y ago
Real ID and TSA facial recognition cameras and TSA body scans are government in USA. At least the startup in the article is a private voluntary experiment which is not mandated for travelers.
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landemva
3y ago
And repeal the income tax. And exempt from sales tax uncooked food at grocery stores.
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landemva
3y ago
Sales tax and use tax pay for what we consume. Those and a few others, such as import duties, are reasonable.
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landemva
3y ago
Federal budget includes deficit spending. Did trustfundians pay income tax? How does the son of George Soros, who does not need income, pay income tax? The children of ultra rich are not tax slaves. They escaped.
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landemva
3y ago
Responsibilty to maintain road and sewer, for example, are funded by use tax and sales tax. Those who use it are paying to maintain it. Income tax pays for ... ridiculous things like endless wars and spying on American income tax payers.
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landemva
3y ago
> Does that seem fair? No, though it is not about fairness. Your slave owner takes part of the fruits of your labor. Why do you allow that?
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landemva
3y ago
February 2020 discount rate was 2.25. March 2020 it was 0.25. Was that the biggest drop ever? Just two weeks to slow the spread, ha! https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/INTDSRUSM193N
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landemva
3y ago
USA provided munitions before WW1 and Germans took out the Lusitania after warning Americans not to set sail on that boat. https://archive.archaeology.org/0901/trenches/lusitania.html Providing munitions to non-NA
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landemva
3y ago
They followed war events in a reactionary manner. It would be cheaper and transparent to set rates algorithmically. The Fed can stay in business by continuing to inadequately regulate banks like SVB.
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> NATO could do way way WAY more Where in NATO charter are they to interfere for a non-NATO country?
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landemva
3y ago
> Federal Reserve deserves credit for handling inflation well. That is a stretch. They jacked rates on Trump, lowered rates for Biden, and in my opinion were forced to raise rates when the Ukraine money/power grab ramped up.
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landemva
3y ago
Go old school neighborly. Convert it into something your friends or family want, then trade with them for the cash you want. If you don't know anyone that wants to help you reduce your bags of btc or eth, then consider finding a differ
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landemva
3y ago
It's their job. https://www.federalreserve.gov/supervisionreg/topics/capital... The private club Federal Reserve branch in SFO was supposed to regulate SVB which had C-level executive on BoD of the regulator.
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landemva
3y ago
Yes, Congress passed a bill 110 years ago to give a private group broad authorities. The third central bank of the USA.
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landemva
3y ago
More war will increase deficit spending, regardless of our income tax contributions. Why contribute further?
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