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    The glee and excitement with which people share details of this very basic and shitty detention center because it’s surrounded by a...
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    mqt replied to the thread Economics Thread.
    Well sure, I understand both sides of this. Less restrictive taxation encourages more innovation and employment, more taxes means more...
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    mqt replied to the thread Trump An Abject Failure Part II.
    I don’t actually hate the idea of a thread solely for one-offs dunking on the President for the very dumb things he does. Would make the...
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    mqt replied to the thread Economics Thread.
    I disagree with this conceptually. Certainly Amazon is innovative and highly successful in no small part due to Bezos’ leadership. But...
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    mqt replied to the thread TLHLIM.
    How is this lowering the bar? A robust public transportation system allows for freer mobility of labor, and all things equal, the lower...
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    mqt replied to the thread TLHLIM.
    Or shift money from something else or tax something differently. Again, I’m not actually commenting on the viability of this proposal. I...
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    mqt replied to the thread TLHLIM.
    Right, but Mamdani isn’t to blame for that erosion, and changing the way they fund the MTA is actually one of the ways to resolve that...
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    mqt replied to the thread TLHLIM.
    Actually, kind of? If the current solution is apparently to just dismiss the theft of a public service and that public service can run...
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    mqt replied to the thread Economics Thread.
    Nah, I want to try new awful things, not what Trump and Biden alike have already figured out is successful.
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    mqt replied to the thread TLHLIM.
    To be somewhat fair, this might actually be more of a defense of the policy than it is against it. If NYC public transit can run with...
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    mqt replied to the thread Economics Thread.
    Let’s just do all public policy this way. Some important deadline for a spending bill? Nah, just have the President unilaterally extend...
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    Maybe an unpopular opinion on the left, but I don’t actually give a fuck really. It’s not that I support using political motivations for...
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    As the youths might say, Bessent has a chance to do the funniest thing ever.
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    mqt replied to the thread Economics Thread.
    I need JoJo and the Lincoln Project idiots to do this bit on Tax Day. “IRS shocks the world, reduces deficit by $2 trillion in just one...
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    This dude is laser focused on Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District.
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