Massdriver

And another shitpost. Thank you for confirming what I said. You never post anything of value and you personally attack me regularly even though I barely even post here.

Lol, I had the displeasure of watching season 1. It was most out of curiosity since I read the books in grade school.

I'm more curious to see what kind of production values this thing will have. Will it feel like GoT, or is it going to be Shannara Chronicles?

Let's hope they cut back on some of the fluff.

You do nothing but shit post and attack people. Try making a real argument for a change.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/03/australia-college-payment-model-exposes-shortcomings-of-new-american-version/473919/ https://www.researchcghe.org/perch/resources/publications/wp30.pdf There are other options. It isn't a binary choice between the status quo and tuition free college. There are ways to make college affordable to the less fortunate while cutting the rich out. Edit: By the way, another consequence of free tuition could be colleges end up raising their standards for entry through college entrance exams which tend to favor the wealthy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/03/05/these-four-charts-show-how-the-sat-favors-the-rich-educated-families/?utm_term=.07a6666cf139 I like the idea of tuition being free or partially paid for based upon future income years later. It makes the policy cheaper and it targets the less fortunate with the subside. You also have to look at incentives in this policy or free tuition for colleges to control costs.

The lady is wrong. Not every industrialized country as single payer. Look it up. Many of the universal systems out there are multi payer systems and they work quite well. However, I agree that employer provided healthcare sucks. It's an odd statement, but I think she's referring public vs private debt. Also, why should we get taxed to pay to send rich kids to college?

I'm looking forward to seeing the ending! GoT is overall a fantastic show, even with some of its minor weaknesses (and yes I've read the books). I will always be thankful for it because it extended the golden age of TV to fantasy and now we are going to get some high budget productions of LoTR, Wheel of Time, The Witcher, etc.

I find it pointless to discuss on these boards the well being of the poor and middle class, global poverty, and inequality since I can no longer determine what people really think should be the policy and when people are just being political and trying to move the Overton window.

@Dodger The 14 Most Common Arguments against Immigration and Why They’re Wrong Increase skilled and unskilled immigration. Let's reduce global poverty.

Unless multi chip modules somehow become viable, this will be a period of stagnation I think.

All you have to do is read some articles and reviews to find good freesync panels. AMD also has the freesync 2 label which has stricter quality controls, larger ranges, etc.

Hopefully they will finish Warcraft 3 Reforged.

If she had a change of heart, I believe it. Meanwhile: https://www.newsweek.com/michael-bloomberg-marijuana-addictive-legalization-stupidest-thing-ever-1302068 I can understand having concerns about commercializing marijuana, but damn this guy is so out of touch.

https://www.techspot.com/article/1786-best-freesync-monitors-geforce-gpu/ Here is another article on freesync monitors and geforce.

Beto O’Rourke says 2020 decision could be months away https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/25/orourke-2020-decision-months-away-1126571 Damn. This means he's out.

I honestly didn't think ideas like this were acceptable here.

The culture and people are so far ahead of the laws. In Texas, you can buy CBD all over the place. CBD is only legal under very limited circumstances in Texas, but tons of health shops, even in small towns, are selling it and many of the buyers think it is legal and use it for arthritis or general pain. I'm wondering if the Feds and Texas are planning a massive operation. If they did, they're going end up arresting a lot of people that do not look like drug dealers.

He's a threat to Dems. He believes in climate change and is pro gay rights for instance.

If these mechanisms were in place, I wouldn't view wealth concentrations as a large concern since everyone would be guaranteed a decent standard of living. Between universal healthcare, a negative income tax, and wage subsides, I think that should alleviate enough net suffering. Inequality would still exist, but inequality itself is not a real concern in this context. The concern is the well-being of the poor and middle class. That is the issue of moral significance. If the poor and middle class are doing well, then I don't feel compelled to destroy the upper class just because I want less inequality. I am also concerned about the global poor and absolute poverty, which is getting better. Markets and trade are giving billions of people better lives. The poor throughout the world mean something to me. I don't just consider how the system affects America. Edited

I propose mechanisms to redistribute wealth, address root causes of the distribution of assets and wealth in the country, and the response seems as if you're addressing a minarchist.

Sometimes you should zoom out a bit. The world is a much better place than it used to be. It is a good thing that billionaires exist. I'm happy to be alive during a time when someone could accumulate so much wealth while at the same time humanity is flourishing worldwide. While the system isn't perfect, the accumulation of wealth through market based systems has resulted in humanity flourishing in a lot of tangible, objective ways. In general, people alive today are far better off than they were throughout history, with few exceptions. I don't believe in implementing radical populist ideas that could result in severe economic harm to the people in the country for the same reasons many of you support them. I care about people, and that includes the middle and lower class. Wealth taxes such as the one Warren proposes could have serious adverse effects and lead to a decrease in growth, capital flight, and many innovators leaving the U.S. That doesn't mean they should not have to pay anything, but this isn't the way to go to produce the best balance of innovation, growth, and income distribution. But to solve these problems, it isn't as simple as soak the rich, although they should be taxed more than they are now. We need innovation in the market place, and we also need more redistribution. I posted this once here and got few responses, but here are some ideas off the top of my head one day that include a land value tax, a form of wealth tax, that wouldn't result in massive tax avoidance, capital flight, and sheltering as well as some other proposals that doesn't risk the system: Mandatory IRA/401k deductions for workers. Mandate a certain percentage has to go into index funds that track U.S. and world equities. Look into a sovereign wealth fund with conditions. Its goal is to distribute gains to middle and lower income individuals/families. Its strategy is passive, low cost indexing. It is to be audited twice a year with rotating auditors with the results published publically. It is prohibited from investing in individual stocks/companies/REITS or being used for counter-cyclical economic policy during downturns. Implement a land value tax on the Federal level (and replace less efficient taxes where possible) Education reform, including emphasis on vocational tracks starting in 10th grade and financing reform Wage subsides and a Negative Income Tax Prohibit zoning or pass Federal guidelines similar to Japan Abolish or severely limit occupational licensing Universal healthcare Part of the problem with the system is too many people are not participating. Some of my ideas would allow the system to work better for the middle and lower class. Encouraging investing and saving should be part of the goal of tax policies, and wealth taxes will just result in huge distortions to the market, with capital not being invested and instead consumed, depressing long-term growth and wages of those in the middle and lower class. With a NIT, you could effectively have extremely efficient forms of taxation resulting in tons of growth while having an effective and efficient tool to redistribute gains to the lower classes. All the while, we don't have to implement policies that will drag us down and make us less innovative.

They aren’t the same. If I’m not mistaken, the estate tax was upheld as constitutional. A wealth tax has not. From wiki: My claim may have overstated the certainty of its unconstitutionality, but it would certainly be legally controversial and challenged in court.

I second that nope. Thankfully it's unconstitutional and there is no realistic chance it will pass anytime in the near future.