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by prottog 3y ago
The difference between $200k and $80k soothes the ache of that $7204 quite nicely, I suppose.
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by prottog 3y ago
> When property ownership is indefinite and transferrable between generations, then capital accumulation becomes about whoever did it first. If this is true, the richest people in this country should be named Washington or Jefferson, or
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by prottog 3y ago
> It is unknown if COVID-19 vaccines have non-specific effects on overall survival > The relative mortality risk for mRNA vaccine vs. placebo was 1.03 (0.63–1.71) Yet the CDC is still recommending[0] to this day that everyone 6 years
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by prottog 3y ago
> This is as much a cultural problem as a financial one. I live in one of these Diabetes Belt counties. I'd like to add another aspect to the "cultural problem", which is that the median person here eats absolutely horrend
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by prottog 3y ago
That's just a federal mandate with extra steps, like how the feds got the states to impose a 21-year minimum drinking age even though they didn't have the Constitutional authority to do so. When the federal government gets two-thi
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by prottog 3y ago
I always understood the rule as unless there's food being brought to you at a table with tableside service, you are not to tip. Feel free not to leave the $10 next time for your takeout order.
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by prottog 3y ago
I mean, all conquests are about the victors being at the top. What kind of conqueror would put themselves at the bottom?
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by prottog 3y ago
To be fair, dealing with insurance carries a substantial cost in medicine, and it makes sense that there is a discount for sidestepping it. Of course, that doesn't excuse a $0.05 Tylenol pill being upcharged $200 or whatever, but it&#x
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by prottog 3y ago
There's one critical difference, which is that only chartered banks within the Federal Reserve system can take advantage of the federal funds rate, whereas anyone (including individuals) can buy T-bills. The Fed, for various reasons, i
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by prottog 3y ago
The US labor force participation rate has been trending lower for decades[0], and is on the low side among peer (OECD) countries[1] and middle of the pack globally[2]. Its foremost geopolitical rival, China, is a full 8 percentage points hi
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by prottog 3y ago
> And it's a "well regulated militia", not a free for all. I think it's intended to be closer to the latter than the former. The text of the second amendment is: "A well regulated Militia being necessary to the s
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by prottog 3y ago
I've spent some time in SLC but not in Denver. Are they really that different? If you enjoy outdoor recreation but don't care for weed or booze, your life may look pretty similar between the two places. SLC (at least city proper)
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by prottog 3y ago
> Colorado and Wyoming are very similar states geographically I think the weather is noticeably less friendly in Wyoming than Colorado. There's three degrees of latitude between Denver and Casper, for example.
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by prottog 3y ago
It's not. A narrow bank is one that effectively passes on the federal funds rate as interest to a demand checking account. T-bills are a completely different animal.
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by prottog 3y ago
The bid/ask spread is too wide on precious metals to be useful as a transactional currency. I guess in a true societal collapse-type emergency maybe it'll be useful, but at that point canned food, guns, and ammo might be more valu
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by prottog 3y ago
There's a lot of money to be made out there using doing nothing but vanilla CRUD to make people's lives easier. Very, very few problems solvable by a webapp need special tools.
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by prottog 3y ago
The CDU was in power when they proposed the timelines that ended up in the closures we saw recently, but the electoral success of the Green Party in that election cycle was a key factor. Your summary is disingenuous.
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by prottog 3y ago
I'm curious, in what way does Texas have Georgist policies? As I understand it, all taxing jurisdictions within Texas that levy a tax on real estate do so on the appraised fair market value of the whole property, with no specific focus
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by prottog 3y ago
> encouraging profitable investments rather than sitting on assets A difficult distinction to make, since profitable investments are also assets that one would presumably like to sit on for a while.
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by prottog 3y ago
> no one should be accumulating millions by doing almost nothing as is the case now Outside of people who inherit this kind of wealth, who exactly is accumulating millions just sitting on their asses?
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by prottog 3y ago
> movements like Georgism have interesting proposals to use mitigation of externalities to fund whatever government is needed I, too, would very much like to see this play out in practice. But I don't think it'll ever actually
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by prottog 3y ago
I was referring to GP's claim that they "hate government". Believing that the federal government has evolved beyond what the Constitution legally permits and working to make it smaller isn't the same thing as hatefully b
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by prottog 3y ago
> Turns out safety and efficiency need to be mandated In a solid democracy making real progress, the onus is on the one introducing the regulation to prove that safety and efficiency will in fact be advanced via said regulation. I don&#x
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by prottog 3y ago
"People that disagree with my beliefs must be doing it out of bad faith", an argument that never dies.
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by prottog 3y ago
For what it's worth, tenant-friendly states also have higher rents, even among cities of comparable size and incomes. Nothing happens for free.
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by prottog 3y ago
> The U.S. has it almost entirely because of regulation thst requires it to be provided If this is true, then why is the New York Times calling it a ban? Wouldn't it be more accurate to call it a repeal of whatever legislation that
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by prottog 3y ago
Surprising that there's still that much efficiency to be squeezed out of internal combustion engines!
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by prottog 3y ago
The data does not support your claim. US government expenditure as a fraction of the GDP was lower in the 70s (30-35%) than it is now (35-40%). The government revenue, about the same (around 30%). So the tax base is roughly the same relativ
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by prottog 3y ago
Agreed. The Apollo project was 2-3% of GDP at the time, compared to some modern projects: - Second Avenue Subway at a projected total cost across all phases of $17B vs. the GDP of NYC at $1T = 1.7% - Berlin Brandenburg Airport at a final co
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by prottog 3y ago
You might have a point about the semiconductors involved (that back in the 70s the engineering ability just wasn't there), but as a counterpoint, almost anything can be manufactured given an unlimited budget, like the moon landing prog

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