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by muzz 8y ago
And Europe, China, etc.
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by muzz 8y ago
Voters voted for it. Governors cannot sign it or stop it.
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by muzz 8y ago
That is the part that is already under construction. The money cannot be lit on fire because it has already been spent.
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by muzz 8y ago
Exactly. The costs are well-known, but the benefits are harder to quantify-- people being able to move around without cars, less air/airport traffic, etc.
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by muzz 8y ago
Exactly. The comparison is useless except as clickbait
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Bay Area’s Reality Distortion Field Is Reflected in Startup Funding(news.crunchbase.com)
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Roger McNamee is really sad about Facebook(time.com)
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Data management startup Rubrik gets $261M at a $3.3B valuation(techcrunch.com)
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by muzz 8y ago
Sure you can even do 100% cash and then refinance to 80-10-10. Although in both cases the rate is usually 50 bps higher, and all refinances essentially have a 1 point origination fee (this is often "baked in" so many people think
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by muzz 8y ago
Chariot is private so can span multiple cities, counties, etc without a problem (for example, Palo Alto is 2 counties away from San Francisco) Chariot had a lot of smaller busses, like the size of those airport parking lot shuttles. Persona
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Chariot is shutting down(blog.chariot.com)
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by muzz 8y ago
These offers would be competing against 80-20 offers though. For the past several years in the Bay Area, it's been hard to buy even with an 80-20 because there are other buyers that put more cash down (and sometimes 100% cash).
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by muzz 8y ago
The records have names, but how do you correlate that with nationality? I.e., there are plenty of people with Chinese or Indian names that are Americans.
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by muzz 8y ago
If this were a material advantage, it would probably be considered insider trading.
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by muzz 8y ago
Yet it seems that these industries are "moving" ie virtually to the Bay Area when they are being technologized. Hotels -> AirBnb Taxis -> Uber/Lyft Automobiles -> Tesla Video distribution -> Netflix Tech in the Ba
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by muzz 8y ago
Companies are profit-maximizers, so if it were beneficial to move, individuals would not need to press them to do so. If their calculation is to stay and even expand in the Bay Area, it would be best to understand why (concentration of tale
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by muzz 8y ago
Prop 13 limits the supply of homes available for sale. In Texas if your house value doubles, your property taxes double also. In California (since 1978), they remain the same.
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Announcing the 2019 Breakout List of High Potential and High Growth Startups(medium.com)
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by muzz 8y ago
Would be really hard to ascertain those numbers. There might be some data that might indicate some of that kind of intent. Like number of apprehensions of illegals at the border. That peaked in the 80s and 90s and has dropped since: htt
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by muzz 8y ago
My German wife's grandparents probably personally experienced no noticeable negative impact on their lives in the 1930s.
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by muzz 8y ago
Thanks for the response. I was reading this in the interim: https://tax.kpmg.us/content/dam/tax/en/pdfs/2019/2019-us-tax... The answer to my question appears to be on the bottom of page 8, whic
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by muzz 8y ago
Indeed, seeking particular rights and freedoms might be a reason to live outside the United States.
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by muzz 8y ago
Also things like interest on the amount of debt used to fight wars
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by muzz 8y ago
If you are working in a high-tax country, like any of the European ones, aren't you paying so much tax to that country that your US tax liability is essentially zero? Due to credit for foreign income taxes paid, separate from FEIE? I.
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by muzz 8y ago
There are other things that governments do besides tax and spend. Things like individual and civil rights and freedoms, etc.
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by muzz 8y ago
I've seen reasons listed and also: - Health Care. Before a few years ago, it was possible to be completely rejected by all carriers and not be able to buy it at any price. Even with insurance, a major illness or chronic condition can c
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by muzz 8y ago
How is there any reduction in tax if expats must still pay US taxes?
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by muzz 8y ago
The data seem to indicate the opposite. An example: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/21/17139300/e...
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by muzz 8y ago
So will the traffic to/from be on private roads?
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by muzz 8y ago
And his sister may also have worked harder or simply been smarter than him.

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