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It might not be they progress we are hopping for. We still have to pay for the repair. Increasing the devices guarantee from 2 to 5 years (maybe 10?) is probably better. Then it will be on producers to provide long lasting devices.

Just for fun, same sentence on health care.

I'm so happy about this. Private health care insure are the scum of the earth. They're totally antithetical to a free society that values human life. They often lobby for minimum health care coverage in law (effectively requiring by law a certain percentage of citizens to be marked as clients). Any profit they skim off the top is money that should be spent on research and education. Next up should be criminalizing charging huge quantities for basic health care by private hospitals and the usurious fees on drugs.

I'd wager $1 in their pockets costs society easily 10X that.

This is about Australia, which is not like our average developed country with no primary ressources. When you have one sector in your economy producing most of the export, you have a lot of trouble to have a high level of good job in another sector to export. Your currency exchange rate and cost of life is being driven by your main exportation. Countries rich in oil or other primary resources are like that.

Only Americans need a tank on the road. Weight is a big problem when you want to travel far. In a perfect world, the electric car is not the solution, we should aim for electric scooter, moped, bicycle, ... for our daily travels.

I think, you are missing half of the context.

He is Iraqi, but his wife is Norwegian. They met in London, during his study. They have a child together, who need cares only available in Norway.

In most countries this kind of immigration is doable (high skills and related to the country by marriage). Is it called immigration?

Migrants moving to a country without having an initial link with that country is a more complex problem.

We already have solved the issue. We know how to produce massive amount of energy, all day long. We just don't want to implement it, because of local incident risk. And because of this we are in the middle of a global incident. Technology available in 5 years are already too late.

All hail to Bezos...

Earlier this year, under pressure from Amazon and other large employers, Seattle’s City Council repealed an employee head tax designed to provide housing and services for the homeless. In a statement, Amazon called the vote “the right decision for the region’s economic prosperity. We are deeply committed to being part of the solution to end homelessness in Seattle and will continue to invest in local nonprofits” that work with the homeless.

Oligarchy?

Capital gain tax or income gain tax are designed to make the wealthy wealthier. Don't tax "gain", tax the "wealth". This will make it harder and harder to hoard wealth as you gain wealth. Every other "tax" can then be removed.

So with the "wealth" taxt, every year you sum all your possessions and you give X% (20%?) to the government.

This look simple enough to me, did any country try that?

The reason you can't redeem Tether is KYC, and AML laws. Tether the company doesn't want to deal with small accounts. What you have in a token tether is a share of an offshore account. It could be all fake, but knowing how much crypto exchange are making in fees, they are making more than enough money. They don't need to create a ponzy. Now if they release an audit, some govs would be interested to pressure some banks.