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  1. tango

    Biden's tripping incidents

    It's a shame we can't have term limit restrictions applying to immediate family members as much as candidates. It becomes a bit of a joke when a guy serves the maximum term only for his wife to stand, with chatter about his kids also standing. Maybe a restriction that applies the term limit to...
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    Unions, Biden, Auto Strike, and Economics 101

    Even the people who don't think they will get stuck with the tab are likely to find it hurts. As you say when the cost of a new car rises the cost of a used car also rises. So unless you don't drive, chances are you're getting stuck with the tab somehow. And even if you don't drive an increase...
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    Hitchhiking

    I never hitchhiked. When I was first driving a friend of mine would often hitch a ride into town because he couldn't afford to run a car and public transport was all but useless. If I saw him I'd give him a ride. Back then I'd occasionally give a hitchhiker a ride but these days I'd be more...
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    Apologizing

    There isn't really a "typical" because there isn't really a typical situation. If someone has the grace to offer an apology I try and show grace to accept it. What I'm looking for is an apology for what they have done - "I'm sorry I did that / said that" accepts that they did or said something...
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    Step aside when someone takes a photo?

    Years ago I was visiting DC and had a clear shot of a fountain to photograph. A couple just walked right into my shot, she sat on the fountain and he started taking pictures of her. So I just went and sat as close to her a I could without getting myself arrested, and pulled out a book. There's...
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    It's continuing to cool, which makes it easier to sustain a faster pace at the same level of effort. Today felt harder than it should have done but I got my 45 minutes of running in.
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    What is your absolute favorite Christian song?

    Probably this one
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    A flat tax system

    This is a good idea in theory but would absolutely hammer older people, who have paid income tax on everything they ever earned and now have to pay increased sales tax so nobody else has to pay income tax. And the older people aren't at a place in life where they can just go back to work to earn...
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    Discrimination

    I remember reading an opinion piece that pointed out that the demand for discrimination exceeds the supply, so there's an ongoing attempt to manufacture more of it. I don't think it's so much an awareness of discrimination as an awareness that claiming to be offended can be an effective way to...
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    Censorship

    It really depends on the context. It's hard to see why a company shouldn't be allowed to prevent people bashing them on their own premises but beyond that it's really hard to figure where an appropriate line should be drawn. I personally lean towards things like content advisories and letting...
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    Lighter rain today but still dreary and miserable. My workout in the hall ended up being more intense than I originally planned. I don't count indoor activities towards personal records, especially when I stop the clock to take a water break, but I was running at a personal-best level pace which...
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    A flat tax system

    ... except then you still have the problem that the people who don't pay tax can freely vote to increase taxes, knowing it won't affect them. It's easy to vote for something when Someone Else gets stuck with the tab. As soon as a flat tax incorporates bands, even if only a zero rate band, it's...
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    A flat tax system

    One issue with removing deductions is where corporations are concerned. The business with a huge turnover and very thin margins is a very different beast to the business with lower turnover but substantial margins. Expecting them both to pay the same tax rate either breaks the former, or lets...
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    A flat tax system

    Because at present a couple earning less than about $25,000 pay no federal tax because by the time they deduct the standard deduction their taxable income is nothing. If that deduction goes away then the couple earning $24,999 would pay whatever the flat tax percentage on that money was. Unless...
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    We have light rain that's supposed to last a while. Probably not going to get much done outside today. But that's OK, I've got stuff to do on the house which will keep me amused for some time to come.
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    A flat tax system

    Anything that eliminated deductions would mean the people at the very bottom would pay more. Whether it would represent a gain for higher income earners would depend on what deductions they lost along the way. The chances are the people at the top of the economic pile would do OK anyway...
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    Memory

    I forget....
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    Sprint repeats today. I thought it was the hardest workout I've done in a while but it turned out the sprint repeats I did on Monday were rated as a very slightly higher load. My tracker gives each workout a load score - today scored 285 but Monday scored 290. It's supposed to rain for much of...
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    “When Was the Last Time…?”

    Nearly 9 years ago. The time before that was 15 years previously. I move as infrequently as I can get away with.
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    Cash versus credit card

    Credit cards make it easy to buy whatever you need (or want!) without having to carry cash with the associated risks of losing it or having it stolen. They are also convenient because the precise sum makes little difference - you can sign a chit for $50.00 just as easily as $53.17 so there's...
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