njdas

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   by njdas 1y ago

   Good point. I get a sense of conflict from the author, and his reaction to 'ignore' may be due to difficulty with this hard question. He has some good points, but they don't warrant his conclusion.
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   by njdas 1y ago

   It's difficult to tell if there is any wrong-doing without more evidence, which I guess the DOJ will find in time. It looks like their profits ebb/flow, and they are also set to pay a record of $313m in taxes on $991m income. | Y
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   by njdas 1y ago

   There is a major important nuance. It is just some people, who happen to control the government (ie: use of force) to achieve their ends. "The people" are diverse and have different opinions, and the "government" repr
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   by njdas 1y ago

   Yet people still advocate for giving these reps endless increases in taxation.
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   by njdas 1y ago

   You are framing it as a binary "you either fund the government or only your friends." You really believe there is no in between? You are framing this as if you're on some high ground and we either have to agree with your op
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   by njdas 1y ago

   I'm trying to reconcile how https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM is 'helping out your friends.' See, we can all create straw-men. It's not very useful for discourse. The vast majority of us