cake_robot

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by cake_robot 3mo ago
That was via law passed by congress not executive fiat, which Trump's executive branch was illegally delaying until it was sold to a political ally.
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by cake_robot 5mo ago
What might feel like "damage control" is more likely to be the outcome of the even-handedness you get with serious, rigorous reporting. Something the New Yorker is known for.
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by cake_robot 6mo ago
Yeah, the panopticon is now technically very feasible it's just expensive to implement (for now).
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by cake_robot 6mo ago
Yes absolutely. They're a perfect example of the unique issues w/ collective bargaining for public services.
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by cake_robot 7mo ago
The point of prior recent investments in tax police (that the GOP worked to claw back) was specifically to enable the enforcement of complex cases (rich people) that they didn't have the bandwidth to engage.
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by cake_robot 8mo ago
IDK given where they've gone w/ Xbox naming, pre-LLMs
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by cake_robot 1y ago
Just taking your first example, yes I believe you could characterize a lot of the investments in electrification as speculative bubbles even though there was underlying value that was borne out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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by cake_robot 1y ago
Would you say the Chinese government is operating more short-term than "people with children"?
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by cake_robot 1y ago
When someone pays for labor to build an apartment building they profit off for decades, do they amortize that labor?
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by cake_robot 1y ago
Maybe it's not the bulk of the cost but site development fees for a new ADU in Portland are like $40k, to say nothing of the cost of actually getting approval checked off.
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by cake_robot 2y ago
Internalizing externalities is good, actually.
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by cake_robot 2y ago
Internalizing the costs you create are good though. In a perfect world I would think weight x miles would be what you'd want to tax on. I say this as someone who owns an EV; I should have to account for the higher road deterioration
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by cake_robot 2y ago
Trump campaigned on BROAD BASED tariffs, not the targeted actions you're describing. Maybe he's bluffing but the effects are very different.