Nice, now everyone is correct. Love to see it!

Voters narrowly approved a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million in a statewide ballot referendum in November 2022.

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This article is about an income tax. An additional 4% tax on income over 1 million dollars annually.

This article is not about a wealth tax.

Could you elaborate? My understanding of anarchism is the goal of eliminating government. That won’t eliminate an economic system that originated organically.

In reality, it was just ‘Surfin Bird’ by the Trashmen.

I’d argue not really designed at all. Capitalism occurred rather organically. The incentive structure underlying it is emergent. It was more successful at self reinforcement than all other models. The problem is that there hasn’t been a ton design to tweak the system to align it to societal goals. This means the self reinforcement continues whether it makes the world better or not. You need design to mold the self perpetuating system into having an incentive structure that aligns with societal goals.

The current state is due to lack of design, not based on design.

I understand the current context, but I hate seeing people cheering for gerrymandering.

I’d argue the checks and balances worked, the electorate failed. Trump tried to overturn and election and the checks and balances held. That should have been political suicide. He should have not even won a school board seat after that, but the electorate failed and reinstated him. You cannot build enough checks and balances into representative government to save the electorate from repeated mistakes. The checks are there to ensure someone must show their true intents to the electorate before they make a choice.

Nice of the billionaire to vacate perfect real estate for city owned grocery stores

It does seem the power of the judiciary will be challenged quite soon.

It will probably be with a tweet saying “Make me. You and what army?” and the courts will need to rely on the US military choosing the Constitution over the Commander in Chief.

May we all have the fortune to live securely in less interesting times. I suppose it is our duty to make that happen.

I disagree. Minimum wage is minimum wage. If you don’t care about the moral implications of the for profit prison system… Paying equal wages for prisoners will force higher wages in the non captive population.

Anyone have a War Thunder Forum vs Hegseth leaked classified information chart going? War Thunder had a few years head start, but Hegseth seems really committed to overtaking.

I read this in Jake Peralta’s voice.

Difficulty of reform aside, the pain and suffering that will come from societal collapse will be immense. The chance of successfully building a better system out of the crumbled remains is low. I don’t think it’s a great aspiration.

What the fuck is this headline? The main subject of the reporting is the online reaction to the actual news story. Why can’t they just report the event and not people’s reaction to it?

The cars done even use Tesla’s famous electric motor design (induction motors), I believe they use switched reluctance motors. Def a smart design choice, but not on brand!

That feels like the government placing limits on the rights of corporations to express political views, which SCOTUS has stated is illegal (if you define speech as campaign contributions, which it does).

Yay! Something to look forward to!

If he tried, it would at the very least cause a constitutional crisis. Not to say that means much anymore, but it’s a thread I’m willing to hang onto.

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-would-happen-us-leaves-nato-trump-2025-1

It takes true talent to lose as the house.