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by PatientTrades 9y ago
The hype will die down as the SEC gets involved and regulations are pursued. Smart time to take profits in my opinion. Many will be left holding the bag as we see a correction to more sustainable levels. Bitcoin is here to stay, but these p
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
Universal Basic Income is necessary for humanity to reach to higher goals in their evolution. Wasting 8-10 hours of the day doing a job that robots could do much better is not the best use of human intelligence. Imagine the discoveries and
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
> seems pretty bipartisan That's 10 years old, plus I wouldn't call those voting numbers overwhelming bipartisan support. It passed, but many Republicans voted against it. All democrats voted for it...
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
There is plenty of blame to go around here. However a major cause of this has been the push by the left that college is the only path to success. Trade and vocational schools as well as military service are all great options for young adult
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
No it is not. Every company to some extent, does something that can be viewed as unethical. Whether its selling user data without notice, or fancy tax practices, etc. The old saying "Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
> anti intellectual voter base will destroy the advancement opportunity of the middle class Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, etc. Most of the failing inner cities with bad schools and high crime rates have been run by democrats for decades.
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
> to tax large university endowments and make other tax and spending changes that might adversely affect universities Why shouldn't major universities pay their fair share to help society? Most of these elite universities literally
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
> narrowed summons affects approximately 14,000 of the highest-transacting customers from 2 to 4 years ago. The rest of the 480,000 customers remain unaffected, Seems like the IRS is only going after the big fish for now. I wouldn't
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
"In the United States, no one should lose property at the hands of the government without knowing it" Feinstein wrote on their behalf. Are we allowed to use this defense in a court of law? I know many people, myself included that
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
I haven't bought a physical album or digital song in years. Most of my friends haven't either. I am always shocked whenever I see an album sell over 1 million in the first week. These labels have to be buying their own music, ther
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
> I went to a public school. I enjoyed myself there. I believe it taught me some things. My mom switched me from public to private school in elementary school. Without a doubt the quality of the private schools' facilities, teacher
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
> I want us to report objectively and factually and fairly on the news with no other agenda than this: The ultimate arbiters of the truth are the facts of reality. I really hope this idea takes off. The majority of people are itching for
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
The term "Net Neutrality" was a very poor choice to describe the situation. The majority of people have no idea what the term is referring to without reading the details. In hindsight, something simpler like "Keep the interne
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
The author forgot the most obvious one: I'm too tired to do the work. Its hard to get daily tasks done when you are mentally and physically exhausted.
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
> It’s no accident that it is President Trump’s social network of choice. This writer does realize that President Obama was the first President to consistently utilize twitter right? Of course President Trump took it to another level, bu
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
Illegal border crossings on the southern border are down 78% and blue collar wages are rising. Of course correlation does not equal causation, but when there are fewer available workers to hire/train and demand remains constant, wages
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
The key aspect of Bitcoin is that buyers/sellers can operate anonymously. Once governments regulate Bitcoin and makes the anonymous nature illegal, Bitcoin will crash and be essentially useless.
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
> One kid with a hidden listening device could be in the vicinity of other kids whom it overhears, whose parents did not consent. This ban doesn't solve that problem though. A child could wear an adult smartwatch that has a listenin
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
On one hand it is a good decision by Germany, but on the other hand its essentially telling parents that the government knows more about what your kids should and shouldn't wear than you do. I think a better approach would have been to
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
The amount of loop holes and workarounds that our tax system allows is ridiculous. Maybe we should move to a tiered flat tax system No deducations, No credits to eliminate as much grey areas as possible.
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
> the system’s per capita boardings were down 4 percent, while vehicle miles traveled went up a whopping 12 percent. One way to solve this problem is to add significant tolls along major congested routes that drivers of vehicles have to
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
> a land-value tax is an efficient and fair way to take a city that now works only for lucky prosperous landowners And what happens if you cannot afford the land tax? Does your home get taken away? The idea that only rich people own land
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
> Caught in the middle are Amazon’s marketplace sellers, who run the gamut from small mom-and-pop operations This will be a nightmare to fix, especially for the small sellers. Taxes based on where the seller is, taxes based on where the
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
Of course Schneier would want regulation in Iot. That's literally billions of tax dollars that would go to his and other tech consulting and compliance companies. What we really should push for is Open source regulation. Naturally gove
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
Having a significant other is one of the best things an entrepreneur can obtain. It saves countless hours and money on weekends. No need to go out to a club or bar hoping to get lucky. When you have someone at right at home you can focus mo
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
> ease its strained relationship with drivers, who have long sought better work conditions and higher pay. Who knew sitting on your butt, listening to the radio and driving your car around the city were poor work conditions. They should
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
I disagree. Pot will never be the new craft beer; however, edibles do have potential. The problem with universal pot is that it travels through air, and the smells from some of these strains is unbearable if you are not a pot user. Another
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
Universal basic income is already a thing in America. Free food stamps, free public housing, free k-12 education, free government provided cellphones, free wifi, etc. "Universal basic cash" is what this article is about. No, I don
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
Bad move by Qualcomm. Now is the best time to cash out. Apple, Samsung and LG have been working on their own chips, and will have no need to go through Qualcomm in the next 1-2 years. Seems like ego is getting in the way of the solid decisi
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by PatientTrades 9y ago
Most of this stems from the overprescription of opioids. I remember when I had surgery for a broken leg the amount of drugs I received after the surgery was astounding. It was almost as if the hospital wanted me to become hooked. I didn&#x2

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