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by sfe22 4y ago
The US is bankrupt at 10% interest rate. Russia’s economy was in much better shape than us.
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by sfe22 4y ago
If Amtrak were more efficient, why would it need to become a parasite of gas users? It would thrive on its own.
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by sfe22 4y ago
It is monopolistic because it comes from a monopoly (the regulator) with no way around it for Europeans that disagree. Well rent control is also supposed to lower rents but usually what it does is make them more expensive and lower the qual
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by sfe22 4y ago
The government should protect our constitutional rights, provide security from other nations and represent all of us abroad. It shouldn’t build roads, (beachfront) housing, statues or plant trees. Thats up to the people that will benefit fr
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by sfe22 4y ago
Good comment, but this will get killed by libs. However you are too high with 30k. I think something like 3k should be plenty to finance our government, and affordable for all. If the rich want a more expensive program that the poor cannot
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by sfe22 4y ago
You are free to buy cars that meet your needs for yourself, such as multiple app stores. So it looks your standards are achievable if your willing to actually pay for it. This is more limiting freedoms and harming others, for example more e
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by sfe22 4y ago
But what if that system had a small app store? Now it should allow any app store and apps to be installed?
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by sfe22 4y ago
Negative interest actually, I sold my tech stocks early this year, while as an app developer the revenue cut we get are likely to increase after this kicks in. I am more inclined to explain the consequences and incentives of these actions r
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by sfe22 4y ago
Did you skip the last sentence so you could make bad-faith baseless accusation to promote your one-monopoly ideology?
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by sfe22 4y ago
Voting for a ruler isn’t really the same as choosing what regulations and standards work for you. First you only have two or three possible rulers to select from. Second, they rarely change, for example every few years or decades sometimes.
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by sfe22 4y ago
See my comment here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32170049
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by sfe22 4y ago
Monopolistic regulation kills competition by increasing the cost of entering that market, while established players have the capital and necessary connections for workarounds. For example imagine a new company trying to build an iPhone with
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by sfe22 4y ago
Enjoy the special edition European only, double i phone, now available at the closest Aapple store.
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by sfe22 4y ago
While I am in the camp of apple allowing side-loading, i am not a fan of monopolistic regulations like this. It opens all kind of questions, like 1. What devices have to comply? 2. Who decides what device has to comply? Should playstation o
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by sfe22 4y ago
if statists always got their way, this thinking would be illegal. How come you use this much common sense.
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by sfe22 4y ago
Weird question, but they probably do from time to time.
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by sfe22 4y ago
Government encourages businesses to buy heavy cars. Read section 179. How about we get started by removing stupid government regulations.
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by sfe22 4y ago
And that’s not up to you or your glorious ruler to decide. I think we are still a free market somewhat. How about government workers get a mandated work from home. I think these jobs are not needed at all. Think how much oil our government
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by sfe22 4y ago
Yeah, a statist can never govern you hard enough
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by sfe22 4y ago
North Korea is also democracy if I used anybody's interpretation of blend words.
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by sfe22 4y ago
You may also “control” the emperor by having your grandfather “vote” him in. And you mentioned democracy? Tell me where that place exists? I don’t see any country where majority of its population can decide laws, restrictions and other deci
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by sfe22 4y ago
You don’t get to choose the police officers, where you got that from? They are selected by the government to serve and protect them. Government pays them, gives them power status and protection. The second objective may be to appear helpful
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by sfe22 4y ago
Yes monopolistic regulations are 100percent hurdles. Now free market standards that people can choose (if they want more safety net), or personal standards, well they don't affect everyone so those are fine.
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by sfe22 4y ago
Great elaboration. If the government kept small like the founding fathers envisioned, I am 99% sure an American would be able to live comfortably on one day of work per week today. They were able to raise a family with one salary way back,
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by sfe22 4y ago
I don’t think people that want UBI are bad-faith, they are more likely naive. Asking for life to be cheap and efficient so people can live with little work if they want is spreading propaganda, while asking for the biggest monopoly that had
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by sfe22 4y ago
All you have to do is have bureaucrats remove the hurdles they added. It will just take some time.
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by sfe22 4y ago
A bureaucrat decides whether to add a hurdle or not. Now once in a while they do things that end up positively affecting some of the population, but at what cost?
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by sfe22 4y ago
A bureaucrat has never created a solution, so thinking UBI would solve anything is naive at best. Why not go for something simpler, like make basic life cheap and efficient so people can live with very little work? Bonus point: no need to t
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by sfe22 4y ago
Not for me, but got some good news for you. If you just use services that meet your needs (offer customer service to your standard), you are already set. Don’t try to use the monopoly that is supposed to work for all of us against me and ma
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by sfe22 4y ago
12 years ago it was a penny. 12 years is not long when we are talking money, so…

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