You’re right, the “both sides” claim really doesn’t work here. Biden’s student loan forgiveness would have amounted to a gift of potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars to his most ardent supporters: young, college…
If your political opponent is offering free stuff paid from the public purse, while you are offering “fiscal responsibility,” you are guaranteed to lose every election. This is in large part why Romney lost in 2012 and…
I think GP is right: this place has become an echo chamber. Even if someone posted a thoughtful rebuttal, it would not be seriously considered, or worse, flagged. And why would anyone waste their time when they know…
In my state government issued ID is used to verify who you are. You are then issued a ballot if your name is also in the poll book. Your eligibility to vote and have your name entered into the poll book is determined by…
> It’s not that uncommon for an adult to not have an ID It’s extremely uncommon. You need an ID to buy beer, open a bank account, prove you are eligible for employment, pick up a prescription at the pharmacy, book a…
Anonymous speech separates ideas from the reputation of the person stating them. It forces the reader to consider the ideas themselves openly, without using the heuristic of “which party does this person belong to” or…
Most folks don’t want their minds opened to new and surprising views and opinions. They want a good job in the town they grew up in so they can take care of their family and raise their kids in the culture they were…
“Who are you going to believe? Me or your lying eyes?” But since you asked, here you go: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/microsoft-...
Dollars and people are not the same thing. I’m not sure how you can even make the claim that they could be or even should be.
> large swath of America in their opinions has already given up on the concept of America The concept of America as defined in the Declaration of Independence was that it is the duty of the people to oppose tyrannical…
I don’t suppose they do, given their chronically low birth rates and willingness to outsource all of their energy production to Russia.
They are two different things, and you are being disingenuous by assuming they are the same.
> No one is forcing you to use it. No one is forcing me to use such a system today, but I was also assured that if I liked my doctor I could keep my doctor, and that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. You…
I'm not saying a direct file system would lead to more audits. I simply shared the story of my friend to illustrate how abusive and underhanded the government is capable of being, and to make the point that under a…
When was the last time Europe built anything approaching the Hoover Dam, Manhattan Project, or the Panama Canal? You’re not serious, are you?
Until you’ve had an IRS audit you truly can’t even imagine. I hope you never have a similar experience that knocks those rose tinted glasses off your head. A buddy of mine took the home office deduction for a few years…
Congress authorized a study, not a full blown system, or even a working prototype. No taxpayers should have ever been allowed to use it to file a tax return. Despite Congress appropriating only $15M to do the study, the…
The biggest issue with Direct File is the conflict of interest created by having the government who benefits from your tax payment also prepare the return for you. Given the massive amount of IRS shenanigans over the…
Crazy environmental and labor regulations is what happened. I wouldn’t class this IRS project as anywhere near the the magnitude of complexity or impact of the projects you mentioned though.
Best for whom?
Nonsense? I think you are mistaken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Europe Go read up on the Final Solution. The nazis tried to expel the Jews before killing them. The industrialized genocide they’re…
You can hold the position that Hitler and the Nazis were evil while also believing US involvement in WWII was unnecessary and detrimental in the long term. The history of Europe is one of unending conflict all the way…
> 3. Partner with a Chinese assembly house and suppliers. Alibaba is your friend. Oh, if that’s how you build hardware then sure, hardware isn’t hard to do at all.
No, it’s not a quantity issue, it’s a quality issue. DAs used to go after particularly egregious offenders and throw the book at them. This creates incentive effects for all the other would be criminals. It doesn’t take…
If they can do this with traffic, imagine what they’re doing with YouTube ads…
You’re right, the “both sides” claim really doesn’t work here. Biden’s student loan forgiveness would have amounted to a gift of potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars to his most ardent supporters: young, college…
If your political opponent is offering free stuff paid from the public purse, while you are offering “fiscal responsibility,” you are guaranteed to lose every election. This is in large part why Romney lost in 2012 and…
I think GP is right: this place has become an echo chamber. Even if someone posted a thoughtful rebuttal, it would not be seriously considered, or worse, flagged. And why would anyone waste their time when they know…
In my state government issued ID is used to verify who you are. You are then issued a ballot if your name is also in the poll book. Your eligibility to vote and have your name entered into the poll book is determined by…
> It’s not that uncommon for an adult to not have an ID It’s extremely uncommon. You need an ID to buy beer, open a bank account, prove you are eligible for employment, pick up a prescription at the pharmacy, book a…
Anonymous speech separates ideas from the reputation of the person stating them. It forces the reader to consider the ideas themselves openly, without using the heuristic of “which party does this person belong to” or…
Most folks don’t want their minds opened to new and surprising views and opinions. They want a good job in the town they grew up in so they can take care of their family and raise their kids in the culture they were…
“Who are you going to believe? Me or your lying eyes?” But since you asked, here you go: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/microsoft-...
Dollars and people are not the same thing. I’m not sure how you can even make the claim that they could be or even should be.
> large swath of America in their opinions has already given up on the concept of America The concept of America as defined in the Declaration of Independence was that it is the duty of the people to oppose tyrannical…
I don’t suppose they do, given their chronically low birth rates and willingness to outsource all of their energy production to Russia.
They are two different things, and you are being disingenuous by assuming they are the same.
> No one is forcing you to use it. No one is forcing me to use such a system today, but I was also assured that if I liked my doctor I could keep my doctor, and that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. You…
I'm not saying a direct file system would lead to more audits. I simply shared the story of my friend to illustrate how abusive and underhanded the government is capable of being, and to make the point that under a…
When was the last time Europe built anything approaching the Hoover Dam, Manhattan Project, or the Panama Canal? You’re not serious, are you?
Until you’ve had an IRS audit you truly can’t even imagine. I hope you never have a similar experience that knocks those rose tinted glasses off your head. A buddy of mine took the home office deduction for a few years…
Congress authorized a study, not a full blown system, or even a working prototype. No taxpayers should have ever been allowed to use it to file a tax return. Despite Congress appropriating only $15M to do the study, the…
The biggest issue with Direct File is the conflict of interest created by having the government who benefits from your tax payment also prepare the return for you. Given the massive amount of IRS shenanigans over the…
Crazy environmental and labor regulations is what happened. I wouldn’t class this IRS project as anywhere near the the magnitude of complexity or impact of the projects you mentioned though.
Best for whom?
Nonsense? I think you are mistaken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Europe Go read up on the Final Solution. The nazis tried to expel the Jews before killing them. The industrialized genocide they’re…
You can hold the position that Hitler and the Nazis were evil while also believing US involvement in WWII was unnecessary and detrimental in the long term. The history of Europe is one of unending conflict all the way…
> 3. Partner with a Chinese assembly house and suppliers. Alibaba is your friend. Oh, if that’s how you build hardware then sure, hardware isn’t hard to do at all.
No, it’s not a quantity issue, it’s a quality issue. DAs used to go after particularly egregious offenders and throw the book at them. This creates incentive effects for all the other would be criminals. It doesn’t take…
If they can do this with traffic, imagine what they’re doing with YouTube ads…