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by landemva 3y ago
You are correct that Republicans only talk about the deficit. When it comes to financing more deficit spending, the House Rs keep passing debt limit increases and CRs to kick the can down the road. Yes, it is all talk and the actions are mo
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> Medicare and social security These two are often lumped together, though are quite different. SS deficit can be fixed with slight increase of retirement age and slight payout reduction and slight contribution increase. Medical spend is
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by landemva 3y ago
> what you think the central bank is doing under him. The central bank of USA "Federal Reserve" is not under the President. It is a private bank cartel which answers to Congress, which steadfastly refuses to do a real audit of
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by landemva 3y ago
> doesn't make sense to me that a car with a single driver can be more cost effective than a bus, tram or train This is a fascinating area to research. Of course there are trade-offs to model including a few such as: price of person
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by landemva 3y ago
The eu now has pretend democracy so those who pass eu laws are not accountable to the people. I know people disagree with facts about eu voting, so let us know when typical eu person gets to vote on chief Von der Leyen retaining office.
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by landemva 3y ago
In USA, grand jury is not court - they are the grand jury and can indict. In USA, court decides punishment like prison or fine and that (punishment for a crime) is defined by Legislature. Sublime sang about a specific criminal code of Cali
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by landemva 3y ago
> you can't enforce laws without a police force. You can in USA. Inform the grand jury and they can investigate and indict. Most anyone can do this by, for example, mail to the grand jury foreperson. I pulled up a big State for you:
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by landemva 3y ago
In the States where I have experience, nearby property owners due comment about new/changed permits. And they can and do sue the permitting agencies to stop mine development. It's NIMBY when people stop local sand and gravel pits
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If we don't want to import minerals from other countries (some hostile), then we will mine it here. Specifically for Climax Moly, their product contributed to WWII success.
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Fly in fly out is used to bring in contractors when local staff don't have skills or don't want to work. Australian coal couldn't entice local workers, so haul trucks and locomotives were automated. Automation also reduces ri
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> few people are actually aware of just how much actual bullshit mining companies get away with. They’re basically consequence free by default. Have you worked at a mine in USA in the past four decades? Pollution controls in all industri
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I know people buying and working claims in previously worked hard rock, silver gold. Some do well. Small ball, but good individually. I also know a guy looking for funding to set up a mill for his gold claims with proven lab results. > I
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> EPA And there are State regulators, though typically just a handful. https://dws.wyo.gov/dws-division/mine-inspections-safety/ The federal regulator MSHA has massive power and they visit on schedules (often q
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My bad ... cf not okta.
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by landemva 3y ago
Are you going to move your spend, or is having a 3rd party sling words good enough for you?
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by landemva 3y ago
You made me look. Older HP z220. Four SATA at 3Gbs and two at 6Gbs.
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Government bonds, so no need for obsession with stock market.
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I just looked at the x16 pricing and see ~$299. To really use it would need mobo support for 6Gb/s, but that is a nice price on a capable hard drive.
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The world, or the US? Government pensions are widespead in Europe. And middle class USA savings is paying down their house mortgage.
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by landemva 3y ago
> enabled by having a somewhat functioning democracy, courts, cops, civic culture Grab the popcorn for ten years until US divorces. States don't get along anymore, and Feds are out of control. Democracy - when do I get to vote on th
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by landemva 3y ago
Another effect will be to make the 'buy house/condo in resort town and airbnb the mortgage' less attractive. That game was played when yields were paltry and mortgages cheap.
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by landemva 3y ago
SVB didn't care and had a C-level on board of directors of S.F. branch of Federal Reserve which was SVB's regulator. To clarify, I think it is likely increased interest rates will continue. Federal Reserve follows interest rates &
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by landemva 3y ago
Federal Reserve is not a government agency, and no government employees work for it. You can read their employee hiring and benefits and observe it does not follow government hiring process nor government civil service pension. They are a c
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> when rates rise, people tend to use their savings to pay down any debt Why would a rational actor with 2% mortgage (in USA fixed rate) pay it down early, when they can get 4%+ in a money market?
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> the fed deciding to end the high interest rate era I observe, with two USA war fronts, broad inflation will remain high and Federal Reserve will follow inflation with increasing rates. Treasury's Yellen says we can afford it. htt
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> this all represents a policy response that cannot be sustained, and so it won't be. Are you implying increased interest rates, as set by Federal Reserve, will not continue? Or that Federal Reserve plan to pump underwater bank UST
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They are in business because people voluntarily pay them. This is what people want, so the market provides it. Many people do not care about preventive privacy.
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I do not understand why anyone with tech knowledge would have participated in this honeypot. Please help me understand why there was trust.
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I'm interested. Can you share some of it?
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> Most people aren't given the choice. My informal observations at TSA gates indicate 99.9%+ of people opt-in to the voluntary full body scan privacy invasion. Some people are enthusiastically posing for the TSA voluntary facial rec

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