derivative7

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   by derivative7 3y ago

   Most taxpayers don't have cystic fibrosis and hence don't want to pay to have it cured. Not feasible. This hypothetical is kind of lame.
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   by derivative7 3y ago

   It's David who has been wronged. It doesn't make any sense for the author to chastise him for having feelings about it. And it is not up to the author to prescribe what feelings are "correct" or which ones mean he "
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   by derivative7 3y ago

   If I pay 25% marginal income tax and I make a profit of 200 million dollars, I get to keep 150 million. If instead I decide to buy the Mona Lisa for 200 million dollars, and burn it I walk away with nothing but the satisfaction of not have
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   by derivative7 3y ago

   Taxing people on income they didn't make but the government imagined they could have made in some situation that didn't happen sounds like a slippery slope to be standing on.
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   by derivative7 3y ago

   Is it so terrible to do a very simple procedure once a year to avoid fraud?
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   by derivative7 3y ago

   Correlation does not imply causation
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   by derivative7 3y ago

   Have you tried watching movies with audiodescription?
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   by derivative7 3y ago

   Television is meant to be fiction, and history books are not.