HubertManne

joined 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

life and death just is and it does not matter if death is good or bad given its nature. Lifes quality though is important and if it does not have enough of it then I will have none of it. Im old enough though that im not looking to survive a horrible decade of facism. Surviving auschwitz if your young enough to possibly enjoy some decades of decentness afterwards is one thing but if your old enough that after that experience you are left with nothing and have to try and "retire" and look after your increasingly failing health. Ill skip that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Realizing that each human life encompasses a time-space span of generally double digit years and miles. Further that a good life is good but a good death is superior to a bad life. Death is inevitable but it is a choice to "experience" the apocalypse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

See. to me. we became the tax haven.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I mean that sounds more like a tax haven situation. Honestly to stop that I think countries should require companies meet their tax rate globally where they can deduct what they pay elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

I would not even say it worked once in 83. Lower rates are one possible reason but like anything with the economy there are plenty of factors including cyclical changes that could explain it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago (7 children)

proven likely true means not proven true. Way to many factors. I personally thing the theory has a sorta merit but is very limited and vague (in the sense of there is no identification of where the exact sweet spot of taxation levels are). For example the punitive measures for not paying taxes at very high levels need to be very severe to curtail such behavior. So five figure owning person or mom and pop shop you give a slap on the wrist. Maybe 10% of owed added. Wealthiest individuals and companies get knocked completely out of their level so like 500% of what was owed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago

This is what is funny for me. I would like tariffs to discourage trade with countries that have less democracy, rights for its citizens, and high income disparity (which unfortunately we are not a paragon of currently) and encourage trade with countries that are the reverse of that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago (11 children)

proven to be true? that is news to me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

lets not forget browbeating the fed to drop interest rates before covid hit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't see this. is it on a phone maybe?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I hate when that happens and im too embarrassed to mention anything so I just politely finish up and go on my way.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Its hard to smoke uncut so I prefer cut.

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