sol_remmy

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by sol_remmy 9y ago
Driven by government regulations which are too inelastic to respond to changes in the economy. Easy example: governments, by definition, will spend more money year after year. Governments rarely 'scale back' their expenditures. Wh
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Regulation-wise, Sweden is not hostile. But yeah, I don't see much incentive to start a business in Sweden when you forfeit 65% of your profits to the State.
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> Second, I was holding Sweden up as an example the you could aim to emulate. "Socialism" the Swedish way is really quite nice. Sweden does not have socialism. There is less economic regulation of private companies than in the
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> This blame-the-government thing is uniquely American. In other parts of the world there are big governments that really help their populations thrive and live safely and comfortably (e.g. I live in Sweden). You are in top 10% of Euro
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Is your argument: people are starving in the world, so it is morally wrong to throw away food ?
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You seem to be making a moral argument for why to save leftovers. I prefer to buy fresh food because I believe it's healthier and I have the money to do so.
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> some opioid-ravaged population-3000 former logging town in central Wisconsin You're buying a false narrative. Most midwestern town in states like Montana, the Dakotas, Utah do not have opioid problems. In fact, those states have
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Haha - my friends dad also did MechE in the 80s. He says MechE students now are responsible for learning much more material. I'd say the internet has allowed more material to be taught in four years.
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> Well, but, they are. A gender binary is a simplification. A full analysis would really need to take a look at things like trans and nonbinary people and how they interact with the trends. How about this: the memo was about men and wome
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> You should also note there are serious questions about its validity - this is not just a matter of tone or style. Then why don't you summarize the article's points so people are free to give a rebuttal
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> A library is free Those who aren't responsible for paying taxes always seem to think this
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Counterpoint: My friends all went through mechanical engineering WITHOUT reading textbooks - that was the secret to their success. No one is going to touch the textbooks in a library.
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Regardless of your anecdotal evidence, caffeine as a drug does cause people to focus. This comes at the expense of noticing what happens in the background
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Government regulation is actually the culprit here. Google is being sued by the Department of Labor for violating a gender discrimination regulation: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/07/goo
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Government regulation is actually the culprit here. Google is being sued by the Department of Labor for violating a gender discrimination regulation: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/07/goo
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As a very short white guy (5'1 here), I can assure you that height and attractiveness is much more important than race
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> while a senator's daughter was in the middle of one of the most egregious price gouging schemes in recent memory. For anyone curious, CEO of Epipen manufacturer Mylar is Heather Bresch . She is the daughter of senator Joe Manch
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> In my view, the answer is yes. At least at the macro level, there are no unintended consequences in the tax code. Double taxation has been widely known to anybody who has influenced the development of our tax code, for decades. He&#x
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> I might as well argue that car drivers are safer than pedestrians because the average deaths/horse power is vastly lower. This is a bad analogy. A good analogy would be: if you had to travel 1000 miles, it would be safer to do it
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The [space program] does a lot of R&D spending, but it's nowhere near as beneficial to the U.S. or the world than if we encouraged reduction in taxes so [private consumers and businesses] can instead spend that money.
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The Seattle experiment would have to be repeated for higher levels of minimum wage. I would suggest a basic income instead though, then people won't have to pick fruit to survive :)
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It's already been shown in Seattle that raising minimum wage does not raise prices. Therefore paying these workers more should not raise prices. It might make them rise to middle class though :)
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This law being sold as being pro-consumer. It is called "Right to Repair" and not "Right to Restrict Freedom of Choice to Help the Enviroment". Please provide an argument on why this law will benefit consumers. The focus
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I know it's a difficult balance to find, but sometimes you have to restrict the individual's freedom of choice to protect the environment and society as a whole. You should be honest and say: this will hurt consumers but help th
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I'm of belief that tools barely suited to their function are a waste of materials, energy and production effort - and therefore should not exist. Is this a correct read on what you're saying: You feel other people buying low-cos
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It worries me how easily you call for the government to take control of a multinational company and forcefully split it into pieces.
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Here are some things that decline with age: - Grip strength - Sperm count in men - Sperm quality in men - Fertility in women (even before menopause) - Skin elasticity - Eyesight - Muscle definition - Aerobic capacity - Wound healing
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"Should someone be allowed to turn their home into a restaurant? A gas station? A concert venue? Should someone be allowed to turn a vacant residential lot into a landfill?" If you are looking to restrict the rights of property ow