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by elastine 12y ago
From the article: "On average, the marijuana users who participated in the study consumed the drug three times per day." ^ Of course there's a brain decline if you smoke it 3 times a day. That's being perpetually high. I
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by elastine 12y ago
Because only the rich can evade taxes in this way. Which means the middle class ends up paying a disproportionate amount of tax. Which is unfair.
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by elastine 12y ago
Uber is proving to be one very shitty organization.
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by elastine 12y ago
I think this is largely a hoax and they already have access to the said data.
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by elastine 12y ago
That's hardly surprising. Those who sold Africans into slavery were often other Africans.
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by elastine 12y ago
The UK does not tax worldwide income. In fact, if you hold your money in an offshore account, you can declare yourself a "non-domiciled" UK person. This special category exempts you from all tax on foreign income in exchange for a
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by elastine 12y ago
It is hard to justify this prize as anything but a popularity prize.
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by elastine 12y ago
It is fundamentally oppressive and undemocratic to deny free men the chance to voluntary come together to collectively bargain for their rights. This collective bargaining is called a union. What is your problem with a group of people choos
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by elastine 12y ago
Yes, but at the same time there are many more hedge funds canceling out the relative advantage of each trader.
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by elastine 12y ago
Your argument is predicated on the assumption that the rich use their wealth only for the "important forms" you mention. What you don't mention is how they are able to influence the political arena with their wealth. The infl