cwhiz

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by cwhiz 5y ago
Most of the immigrants in the US are not authorized to be here.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
The scarcity is technically real, but practically pointless. Every Bitcoin represents 100,000,000 tradable assets. If there are 30,000,000 Bitcoin in circulation that means there are 100,000,000x30,000,000 individual assets available to hol
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Don’t want to end up in a US prison for the obvious scam they’re running.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Based on that chart, the effective tax rate is not near 42%. It actually appears to be closer to 31-35%, which is almost exactly what the $100k person in NYC would pay. I think the issue that most non-US citizens fail to realize or compreh
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Do you think someone earning $100,000 in NYC is not an ordinary person?
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by cwhiz 5y ago
That’s $125 billion over a decade. Less per year than the MTA spends on a single city. You said it’s not a spending problem, but it sure seems like a spending problem, no?
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by cwhiz 5y ago
I was wrong. The latest expansion was $3.5 billion per mile. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-...
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Call it whatever you like. The MTA spends $17 billion per year. And we get rickety subway service and piss stained stations that make you feel as if you’ve traveled in time back to the 80s. How much does Germany spend per year on rail?
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by cwhiz 5y ago
The “Hey” email service toes the line well for me. I’d prefer all of my communications were based on a similar idea.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Not a spending problem. Proceeds to list things that we spend and invest unnecessarily on. We have a subway system in NYC. Run by the MTA. A bloated and incompetent organization that needs a billion dollars to extend a subway line a single
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Does physical violence not exist in your worldview?
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Taxes are already too high in NYC. A single adult in NYC with a $100k salary has an effective overall tax rate of 31.5%, and 9% of that is city and state. Trying to raise the rates higher is insane. We have a spending problem, not an income
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by cwhiz 5y ago
No one said it had to be by force.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Getting to the point where we’re going to need phone, email, and SMS to be deny all by default. Can’t reach me unless you’re information is already in my contacts.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Even more absurd hyperbole. Countless? Executing? So many that it is impossible to count? Link me some examples. There are so many that it cannot be counted, and so surely it should be easy for you to send me a dozen examples.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
>If someone has a problem with dogs, or anything else, then they are not qualified to perform a job that requires interacting with dogs, or whatever their particular disability involves. An allergic reaction is not just a "problem w
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Uber lost $8.5 billion in 2019, $6.77 billion in 2020, and recently reported a $968 million loss in Q1 2021. As a company, Uber has lost around $35 billion total. Which really begs the question of... who the heck is making money here, how,
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by cwhiz 5y ago
I did. Did you? 0.3 deaths per 100k across the state. But if we keep moving the goalposts, we can stay hysterical for as long as we want.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Another predictable outcome of taking funding away from the police. Based on the comments it looks like we’re at the denial phase. Maybe another year or two until we wise up and restore the budgets.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Such absurd hyperbole. Don’t physically fight with police, and you’ll be fine. Simple as that.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Corporate taxes are such a waste of time. Corporations aren’t ever going to pay them so we just end up with all the downsides. Missing out on local investments, IP offshoring, and the capital gains tax rates. So what we have is a class of p
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Same reason most Americans are poor. Inability to prioritize long term goals over immediate gains. Save $50 today, but spend $500 more over the next decade.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
This is predicated on the idea that the rich will pay their taxes if we just close all the loopholes. If you polled the top brackets I think you'll find that they are more than happy to continue with our current tax system.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
The tax problem is actually relatively simple to solve. Tax at the point of consumption. Unfortunately, people would rather have an ineffective game of cat and mouse where they FEEL like it's progressive, even though the rich still a
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by cwhiz 5y ago
Michigan 0.24 deaths per 100k. Cases up, but hospitalizations and deaths down. Giant nothingburger.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
It is already not a significant cause of death. Highest death rate in any state is 0.54 per 100k people.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
I agree with you overall. However, I think I what you’re missing is the value of eliminating the minimum payments so that you can consolidate on the higher interest loans.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
You’re simplifying the calculation to suit your point. It’s a decision of waiting 2-3 weeks for a 28% increase in efficacy. Am I more likely to get covid in those 2-3 weeks, or is the reduced effectiveness more likely to result in getting c
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by cwhiz 5y ago
> It is absolutely not hubris to encourage people to take the vaccine available to them now, rather than wait a month for the one with 90%. Who is to say it’s a month wait? That’s the issue.
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by cwhiz 5y ago
>Humans are notoriously irrational in their decision making, and focusing on which is better in order to make the best health decision may lead to making a decision that is far worse. This doesn’t matter on an individual level. There are

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