balarjin

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by balarjin 9d ago
> Is it really that hard to allow only legal immigration and stop giving incentives to illegal immigrants? Illegal immigrants are a source of cheap labor. Business interests tell politicians that without a pool of cheap workers, costs w
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by balarjin 9d ago
The US has one immigration system for honest law-following people (Visas, green cards, etc.) and a second system for people who don't follow rules (walk in from Mexico, overstay a Visa, etc.)
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by balarjin 9d ago
Fair enough, it should be asked in a neutral way. "Voters perceive problems. As is common in a democracy, voters elect people who propose solutions. Why is no other political party proposing solutions voters see as worth voting for?&
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by balarjin 9d ago
What is the "far-right" far from? In normal English, it would be from the average (median) voter. A party is "far-right" (or "far-left") if it is substantially to the right (left) of the average voter. Assume
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by balarjin 20d ago
> If you have extra cash and cannot spend it on your own business, you can just pay dividends to the shareholders. That is an option. It is usually not the best option. Dividends are taxed. You are forcing shareholders to pay a good ch
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by balarjin 20d ago
A given company may or may not be organized this way. IBM had a system of "blue dollars". If the server group sells a computer, it gets revenue ("green dollars", i.e. real money). The leaders of the server group are cr
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by balarjin 20d ago
> What happens when a capital accumulates in a smaller pool of folks who choose how to allocate those resources. > Silicon Valley isn't responding to demand, it's essentially centrally planning where to assign resources to c
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by balarjin 20d ago
Mcdonald's famously invested in Chipotle as a risk mitigation strategy. If consumers want healthier fast food, sales at Mcdonald's will go down, and sales at Chipotle will go up. Investing in something anti-correlated with your
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by balarjin 23d ago
The point is that the goal is far enough into the future that the person making it can't be held accountable for failing to meet it. If Xi had said "the CCP is illegitimate unless it takes Taiwan by 2025", he would be at real
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by balarjin 2mo ago
> Letting mega-billionaires spend mega-millions to buy the conversation around elections isn't my definition of freedom. Spell out the details: Exactly who will not be permitted to speak under your definition of "freedom"?
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by balarjin 2mo ago
> > They are interested in learning about topics from credible people > Honestly, you surprised me with this statement alone. interested in learning? > do you think Trump wants to learn anything from AIPAC? > or Pharma lobby
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by balarjin 2mo ago
> Why lobbyist can't just present their ideas publicly, like do a public free lessons to politicians and anyone who wants to attend Different people (including politicians) have different priorities, assumptions, biases, etc. The a