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    Quick question: does housing cost more than $1,776 a year? If so, either we put way too much fucking money in this slush fund or some...
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    mqt replied to the thread Economics Thread.
    I hope the irony is not lost on anybody that the proposed answer for why jobs are suddenly disappearing at the exact moment in time that...
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    mqt replied to the thread Economics Thread.
    There remains a fundamental flaw here, which is that in many cases we are still seeing price levels rise. But setting that aside, if...
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    mqt replied to the thread Economics Thread.
    This is the circle I hate with the pro-tariff logic. If that were the case, then there’s no incentive to increase domestic production...
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    mqt replied to the thread Some Red State/Blue State Indicia.
    Education is one of those topics where I look at the wildly different approaches of both parties and come away disturbed by how much I...
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    mqt replied to the thread Economics Thread.
    I literally have no idea why you object to taxes on corporations at this point.
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    Ah yes, I had forgotten. And if anybody harms a trans person or a Muslim, we can safely ignore any political rhetoric, because that...
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    Yes, I think that is wrong and unduly absolves the killers of their personal accountability. I agree there’s a rhetoric problem in...
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    At no point have I ever justified a murder due to rhetoric. In fact, I’ve argued both sides have it wrong in this respect. But if the...
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    One big problem for you on this front is the face of the other party is a guy who frequently uses violent rhetoric, demonizes others and...
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    I think this is in no small part due to the response of the right to Kirk’s murder. They very briefly had some momentum in the wake of...
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    mqt replied to the thread Economics Thread.
    Did the technology improve dramatically in the past 6 months or did companies decide that the risks were more worth it due to budgetary...
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    mqt replied to the thread Economics Thread.
    So the *exact* point at which AI was able to start destroying all the jobs was liberation day? Convenient timing.
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    mqt replied to the thread Economics Thread.
    The elephant in the room is that even if you accept the most optimistic views of the effects of the tariffs on inflation, the data is...
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    Yes, I very notably have never once criticized Joe Biden or the Democrats.
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