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by mushbino 5y ago
You make it sound very passive, as if the native population in the US just up and died. In California, they were paying a bounty for each native scalp collected: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2008/8/14&#x2F
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by mushbino 5y ago
Is this just a guess or do you have any evidence? We know about PRISM because of Snowden and all of the backdoors in American products. That seems to be about as bad as it gets.
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by mushbino 5y ago
We say that disease wiped out the natives in the US, but as soon as you get into Mexico there are native populations integrated into every part of society in every city across Mexico with their cultures alive and well. I lived in Mexico Cit
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The poverty line where I live is $82,200.
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I meant based in the US like Netflix, Musk, and Bezos. All of whom pay nothing or next to nothing in taxes and are based in the US.
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by mushbino 5y ago
What is a realistic example of what I'd have to do as an individual to get my tax burden down to 1%? Also, why do billionaires and those who need it the least pay proportionally less in taxes than I do?
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They've never responded for things like this, be it now, pre-pandemic, or 20 years ago. It's never been an understaffing issue.
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by mushbino 5y ago
Not profitable, won't happen.
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by mushbino 5y ago
Look up the case of Stephen Donziger. Chevron basically did just that.
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No, the other tortoise mentioned lived to 188.
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by mushbino 5y ago
Can you give an example
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by mushbino 5y ago
Reliable rail has been supported very heavily wherever it exists and it's the preferred option nearly everywhere. Busses are slow, uncomfortable, and less reliable, even if cheaper to operate. They can be a decent connector or last mil
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by mushbino 5y ago
Employers and government regulations determine pay. If the market gets too high in one region, they simply move to a lower one. Right now the market has determined that pay is too low to fill job vacancies, but employers are not raising wag
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by mushbino 5y ago
Always one of you that has to pop up
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That's another layer of meta.
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by mushbino 5y ago
You just swap the battery out like other power tools.
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by mushbino 5y ago
Who do you imagine would go for it? These wells have been nothing but a disaster from Santa Barbara on down.
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by mushbino 5y ago
Can you find a case of where they've successfully sued someone for this?
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by mushbino 5y ago
Corporations colluding to fix prices as high as possible?
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by mushbino 5y ago
Imagine if China had military base the US: https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/nintchdb...
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by mushbino 5y ago
I work with lots of Chinese nationals in the US and they all support their government and the progress they've made. It seems that only the western narrative on China is the only acceptable and valid one.
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by mushbino 5y ago
Is it purely a coincidence that it's right around the time the US is losing hegemony in that part of the world to China? How would the US react if China sent ships to secure the waters between the US and Mexico.
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by mushbino 5y ago
You're doing the equivalent of pointing to Liberia as an example of why privatization is bad. Nationalization has been working out pretty well for China and if we really want to tackle climate change we need collective action. It'
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by mushbino 5y ago
>Xi Jinping has weaved a “Chinese Dream.” He has promised Chinese a better life. Growing paychecks aside, the Chinese are not living it. Urban China is a society of miserable egoists who feel manipulated by forces beyond their own contro
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by mushbino 5y ago
You can get rich winning the lottery. Both are purely chance.
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by mushbino 5y ago
You also had someone providing for you and covering all of your costs. Once you leave the carefree comforts of childhood and join the rat race the rules change.
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by mushbino 5y ago
Physician salaries have been declining. The extra profit has been steadily taken by insurance companies, administration, pharma, and device manufacturers. Residency acceptance is restricted by demand, not the other way around. My partner is
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by mushbino 5y ago
For one, taxes are levied by governments not the free market. China has lifted 800 million out of poverty and wasn't because they all of a sudden decided to collectively pull their bootstraps. The free market is what doesn't allev
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by mushbino 5y ago
Could you expand on what you're talking about? I'm having a hard time picturing it but I'm interested.
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by mushbino 5y ago
It's a comforting thought, but I can assure you the poor have virtually nobody lobbying on their behalf. Not having disposable income and all.

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