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by scoofy 8mo ago
Any sensible administration implementing such an obviously suspect tariff regime could have easily put the tariffs in a kind of escrow instead of just pretending it's novel policy was trivially constitutional. Blaming SCOTUS here is no
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by scoofy 8mo ago
There are plenty of scientific results that make us lose money. Un-leading our paint and gasoline, climate change, even just eating fresh fruits and veg. The main reason why the uninteresting results in science are always valuable is that n
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by scoofy 8mo ago
I've never heard of that interpretation before. My parents did not think he was a Muslim.
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I always have to remind my mom that she legitimately thought Obama might be the Antichrist… I honestly think the entire premise of the “End of the World” religious beliefs is just pattern recognition instincts being pointed at something ent
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by scoofy 8mo ago
I’m talking about Gaza and the West Bank. Israel blockading the Gaza is very obviously de facto governance. If you can’t enter and leave your country freely, you don’t that autonomy. I’m not even some Palestinian political advocate. We stil
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by scoofy 8mo ago
It is very obviously true. Literally movement in the West Bank is controlled.
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by scoofy 8mo ago
If we are talking about Democracy —which is where I started this—then yes. If occupied peoples don’t have representation in the government occupying them, yes, that’s very obviously less democratic than if they did. Quite literally by defi
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by scoofy 8mo ago
It would be like if Native American tribes could not vote in American elections, but the federal government still controlled the ability for those nations to access the external world.
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by scoofy 8mo ago
The Israeli government has de facto control of large sections of the Palestinian Territories. The people in those territories, however cannot participate in the elections of that government. The distinction being de jure and de facto
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If the legislature changes party, that party —-“the regime” if we can use that term—- will be unseated from power.
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by scoofy 8mo ago
Democracy and Republic both mean “normal people are in charge of government” and are in opposition to monarchy. The distinction you are referring to was a contrived interpretation in the federalist papers to make a point.
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by scoofy 8mo ago
You are confusing de facto control and de jure control. That’s why I’m arguing the position is unserious. I don’t know anything about you personally. You’re making my point anyway, by conceding that the West Bank is effectively govern
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by scoofy 8mo ago
I shouldn’t even have to argue here. Access to the West Bank is controlled by Israel. That is de facto governance. At best the Palestinian Territories have “quasi-governmental control.” I’m saying this as someone who isn’t particularly pro-
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by scoofy 8mo ago
Very obviously , I’m referring to the Palestinians in the “Palestinian Territories” being de facto governed by Israel and are not allowed to vote in Israeli elections.
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by scoofy 8mo ago
It is difficult to instigate regime change for democratically elected governments. Iran has an unelected supreme leader. Israel has a large portion of its population completely disenfranchised. The US has a generally democratically elected
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by scoofy 8mo ago
It makes no sense to say "oh, we need to manufacturer this stuff... just not here." That's basically NIMBYism for electronics. You either make it doable or you don't.
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by scoofy 8mo ago
Again, they have $1B in the current deficit. The have $1B in outstanding bonds. They have myriad other outstanding obligations that won't show up on the balance sheet for 20+ years. Strong Towns wrote an entire piece on this: https:&#
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by scoofy 8mo ago
I also think LA will be fine in the long run, I just think that their tax structure will force significant changes. The tax base is able to cover the cities liabilities, it's just that the residents don't want to pay those extra t
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by scoofy 8mo ago
I said general obligation bonds, not general liabilities. These technically are what makes this discussion so difficult. My point is that much of what the city can tax has little to do with the city's GDP. Either the landscape of the c
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by scoofy 8mo ago
Yes, the problem is that our cities are already leveraged up to their eyeballs. At some point, the actual humans buying those bonds start becoming skeptical of the city’s ability to pay them back. LA currently has about a billion dollar
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by scoofy 8mo ago
You’re making an argument about school budgets being too high. That’s fine. I’m arguing that, our school budgets are set, in large part, by our available resources. Viewing our resources from a long run perspective helps us set our current
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by scoofy 8mo ago
When you are looking at your city budget... you're probably looking at cash-based accounting: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cashaccounting.asp This looks at current costs . The school is a cost every
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by scoofy 8mo ago
>Can you really blame someone for not sacrificing his position under these circumstances? What? There is a structural deficit problem. The ship is sinking. Complaining about how "we shouldn't have to change anything about the
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by scoofy 8mo ago
The demand is there: https://la.urbanize.city/post/plan-skyline-altering-tower-ab... The point is that the vast majority of budgetary issues in LA could be solved by just legalizing, and streamlining the production of
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by scoofy 8mo ago
The Strong Towns argument is effectively talking about density as tax-revenue per road mile liability, and trying to keep that positive. Areas with high liabilities (sewer, water, buried electric, fiber, etc.) need to have higher tax-revenu
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by scoofy 8mo ago
Scott Wiener is my state senator. My point is exactly that many California cities are being forced to allow density, instead of just coming to that conclusion because it's a responsible one. They don't want it, even if they n
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When I say "trivially fix" I mean that, if the City/State wanted to fix the problem, they could. >Re-zoning only works if there are developers who want to redevelop the land. Developers very obviously want to redevelop
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by scoofy 8mo ago
Not liking Chuck Marone is irrelevant. The question is whether or not the thesis is correct, and it seems correct. Everyone hates Nassim Taleb and he can be an asshole, but his math is impeccable. When your concern is with someone's pe
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by scoofy 8mo ago
I live in CA. My state senator is Scott Wiener. We are making some progress. Your argument might be plausible if it weren't for the fact that this issue is happening -- predictably -- in every major sprawling city in America. Stron

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