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I'm not saying you're wrong, but that graph doesn't show anything with regards to whether or not middle-class folks have been hit with austerity.
Federal outlays are not granular enough and increasing Federal outlays is pretty meaningless.
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Russia is in a war economy. GDP = Government Spending + ....
You should pay more because you aren't covering the actual costs.
Because trains cost money? Everything can't be free or cost less just because you wish it so.
I'm a big proponent of no-fare subway's, but I don't think the MTA should just do that without a revenue source to replace rider fares. It would result in a completely broken subway system.
They already are:
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-ghost-cars-dodging-...
Middle class folks that work in the city don't drive from NJ into NY, and for the few that do, they should get on a train because it will save them money today and after this goes into effect.
Car congestion fees are touted but they are rarely effective
Citation needed. All studies I have seen suggest that congestion pricing achieves its desired outcomes of reducing car traffic and is the most effective way of doing so.
Quality of living is plummeting
Massive citation needed.
This is, and I cannot overstate this, one of the most ridiculous, tech bro statements I've read on here in a while.
We (mostly) don't create money out of thin air. We borrow it. This obligation acts as a limit on money supply inflation.
Also, slight, but mostly consistent inflation is far better for everyone than what the US went through in it's first 150 years as a country.
The average American household is worth more than $1MM and the median is close to $200k. All time highs, even adjusting for all the inflation.
WTI crude has fallen for 7 weeks straight. NatGas futures have been in an unbelievable steady state at around $2.50-2.75 after coming down from pandemic highs.
Why do you all insist on making shit up?
Yes, after 2 decades of screeching from the "helicopter money" crowd, we suffered a short bout of inflation.
A reminder: Inflation is a hardship, a short one in this instance, unemployment is a crisis.
I def use Reddit a lot less than I used to, but I caved and installed the official app. But now I use it sparingly because it such a shitty experience.
But they are going to be made whole, or nearly so. It may take a while, but the guy they brought in to untangle FTX is the same guy that untangled Enron. He's said that FTX always had enough assets to cover its obligation, at least on paper, it just sucked at keeping track of them.
To further solidify this, Magnus crushed Ian in the last WCC 7.5 to 3.5.
I think most folks agree that Magnus is the best player in the world, but the WCC was far better with him not in it.
Defense spending is a third rail in politics.
The program wasn't temporary, the assistance is. TANF was never meant to raise people out of poverty, it is a program designed to help those that fall on hard times to recover quickly, hence the job training.
Yes, and the war has exacerbated, hence why I said a combination. The war, the supply chain, increased savings, government payments, corporate attitude. All of them have contributed, the supply chain, the war, and corporate attitude have contributed the most.
We issue more bonds. And because we do issue the bonds and don't simply print the money, it is non-inflationary. This is because there is an asset backing the dollars instead of simply paying out the money, ie: the accounting book is balanced, there is an asset and a liability. It's only when you print money and give it away is the money inflationary. This is why we can continue to increase M1 and not see massive inflation. As the overall economy grows, there are more assets available to back the currency.
THere is nothing that says that we ever have to pay off the debt. Debt can, and has continued to accrue to this nation since its founding. It is middle school thinking that debt incurred today must be "paid by our children". It's just not at all how the national debt works...like at all.
This is not how the national debt works.
The myth is that inflation was caused primarily by this. It wasn't. Inflation is being driven by a combination of factors, the biggest being supply chain and war in Europe.
People don't want to learn git because it's a bad tool. There are better source control systems, that are far easier to reason about, but they don't have the proliferation that git does.
That is what the person is saying. I'm not sure what you are questioning here. Sundar has agency and authority and he refuses to use it. This enables his underlings to have free reign.
You think that we are going to have continued high inflation through 2026? Based on what?
You think a for-profit company should invest in a feature/edge case that will never be used in an earnest or useful way?
The idea that you would earnestly search through 400 records only to not find what you are looking for --but the 401st record would-- is just not a realistic use-case.
Google has done this since the beginning of Google and it is the first time that I have ever seen this is come up.
This is something that just doesn't matter.
Ok, what do you think is more realistic for a term like 'cows', that there are only a few hundred references or that there are millions.
I'm not going to say that the UX is designed well end-to-end, but Google doesn't display more than X number of results for a given search string, ever, where X is O(100). It costs way too much money and you are unlikely to find what you are looking for by showing you more than the top X results.
When you use political power to replace political enemies, what do you call that?