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by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-03-04 09:28pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
Replies: 27
Views: 13163

Re: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality

Using the national mean income, with no consideration for local housing and living costs, will cause extreme disruption. A large number of people in SF and LA would be suddenly unable to pay rent, while in cheap locations the subsidy will cause rapid rent escalation as the available stock is overbi...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-03-04 09:15pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
Replies: 27
Views: 13163

Re: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality

You mean, like it already happens whenever there is an arbitrary cut-off? People can and do take a lower salary when their real income decreases as a result. The most notable example being qualifying under the ACA, but also, in many cases, being on welfare brings in more money than working for a sl...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-03-04 06:04pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
Replies: 27
Views: 13163

Re: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality

Sorry, meant to say if you make $73,001.67, you owe $1. So, why would anyone bother to make more, if 60% of the money you make is taken away? The law of diminishing returns would kill your plan dead. Have a very nice day. -fgalkin Why would they choose to make less? If they're an employee, are they...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-03-04 03:28pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
Replies: 27
Views: 13163

Re: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality

Sorry, meant to say if you make $73,001.67, you owe $1.
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-03-04 03:10pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
Replies: 27
Views: 13163

Re: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality

This means that a household that earns less than the mean, which is ~$73K, will be cut a check for 33.3 cents on every dollar below that. A household that earns more will be taxed 60 cents on every dollar. There will be no deductions or adjustments of any kind. Anything the government wants to subs...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-03-04 01:06pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality
Replies: 27
Views: 13163

The One Where arthurtuxedo Fixes Income Inequality

So I've been mulling over guaranteed minimum income and negative income tax for a while now, and I think I've struck the perfect solution: Negative income tax indexed to the mean (not median) income with a 1/3 subsidy rate and 60% tax rate. This means that a household that earns less than the mean, ...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-03-01 10:24pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: MORE Conversations From the Professional Front Lines
Replies: 747
Views: 447548

Re: MORE Conversations From the Professional Front Lines

Sounds like a continuation of the charmed life. Asshole older brother that everyone hates, lets him make all the unpopular "boss" decisions and take all the heat.

Btw, "Broken Toe and Whiskey" needs to be the title of a country song, stat!
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-02-28 03:58pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Good resources on why shareholders stopped protecting their interests?
Replies: 14
Views: 9757

Re: Good resources on why shareholders stopped protecting their interests?

It's not derailing much in my opinion. Money in politics have allowed Republicans to secure the legislative, judicial branches with their promoted guys. Local government is even more firmly established republican strongholds. Republicans haven't had a firmer hold of government in decades. That's be...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-02-26 08:18pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Good resources on why shareholders stopped protecting their interests?
Replies: 14
Views: 9757

Re: Good resources on why shareholders stopped protecting their interests?

When I said "until the populace gets sufficiently fed up", I was talking about what is happening right now. People are sick to death of the status quo and being perceived as the establishment candidate hurts more than the donor money helps. Clinton's unlikeability didn't help either, of co...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-02-23 11:29am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Good resources on why shareholders stopped protecting their interests?
Replies: 14
Views: 9757

Re: Good resources on why shareholders stopped protecting their interests?

You've all made good points here, but I still feel there's a missing smoking gun. Every explanation for why the market is misallocating massive amounts of resources, as much sense as each one makes individually, still doesn't explain why informed market participants are not able to take the other si...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-02-23 11:08am
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: Fire Emblem Heroes (iOS/Android)
Replies: 4
Views: 4248

Re: Fire Emblem Heroes (iOS/Android)

I enjoyed the first 2 hours or so, but I wished I could crank up the difficulty. There were opportunities to use good tactics, but if I had just mindlessly thrown my units at the enemy I still would have won every battle.
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-02-12 01:52pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Good resources on why shareholders stopped protecting their interests?
Replies: 14
Views: 9757

Good resources on why shareholders stopped protecting their interests?

So I think I've got a pretty good handle on how the swindler and looter component of the 1% has captured the political process. Allowing private campaign finance means they can buy political power, leading them to lower taxes on themselves which gives them even more money to buy more power in an inf...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-02-09 08:39am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Senator Warren Shut Down for Reading Coretta Scott King Letter
Replies: 99
Views: 14478

Re: Senator Warren Shut Down for Reading Coretta Scott King Letter

The problem with the modern Democrats is that they are not the opposition party. They are paid by the same corporate donors as the GOP, they just don't pursue the goal of looting America and handing the spoils to their donors with the same zeal. I call them the "just the tip" Democrats and...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-02-08 08:34pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Senator Warren Shut Down for Reading Coretta Scott King Letter
Replies: 99
Views: 14478

Re: Senator Warren Shut Down for Reading Coretta Scott King Letter

That is a stupid rule. If you do conduct unbecoming of being a Senator then you should be able to be called out on it. I'm no fan of Warren but I do believe she was in the right to read Ms King's letter and Turtle McTurtleface was in the wrong. However I really don't think this is a free speech thi...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2017-01-22 03:23am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Jack Chick Dead at 92
Replies: 8
Views: 6001

Re: Jack Chick Dead at 92

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Kinda hoped the text wouldn't cover Bill Murray's face but you get the idea
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2016-12-19 06:55pm
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: What to get a League of Legends player for Christmas?
Replies: 2
Views: 3728

What to get a League of Legends player for Christmas?

My niece is a big fan of LoL and I wanted to get her some kind of DLC pack, whether a character pack or just in-game currency or XP. Problem is, I don't really know anything about the game. She's been playing it for at least a couple of years, so she'll be past the starter stuff. What would be a goo...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2016-12-14 08:21pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Welcome to Trumps America (Muslims Harrassed)
Replies: 21
Views: 4684

Re: Welcome to Trumps America (Muslims Harrassed)

Well, first of all, hate crimes have an impact larger than their singular victim. They are terrorism-lite. They create a climate of fear and intimidation. That is why the KKK burned crosses in people's yards and hung people from trees. They did it to terrorize the black population, even if the numb...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2016-12-04 08:06pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: 21st Century Cures Act. Biggest reform since ACA
Replies: 6
Views: 2111

Re: 21st Century Cures Act. Biggest reform since ACA

Shit like this will continue to get worse until we get money out of politics.
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2016-11-21 09:02pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Coal miners in election 2016
Replies: 69
Views: 12521

Re: Coal miners in election 2016

Actually, crunching the numbers it looks like the break-even would have to be set at $40K per year, so $20K for people with no income. That... isn't going to get you very much in some places. You're going to have to adjust for cost of living or something. I mean, back when I lived in Tennessee, I w...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2016-11-20 06:31pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Coal miners in election 2016
Replies: 69
Views: 12521

Re: Coal miners in election 2016

Actually, crunching the numbers it looks like the break-even would have to be set at $40K per year, so $20K for people with no income.
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2016-11-20 05:54pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Coal miners in election 2016
Replies: 69
Views: 12521

Re: Coal miners in election 2016

See, that's the thing- if HUD were seriously funded and set up to actually do what we need it to do, there wouldn't be a problem. Insofar as there is, it's because we've got this mutant pennypinching mindset running half the brain of our government. And when your policies are set by people who hate...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2016-11-20 05:31pm
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: Here’s a Chrome Extension That Will Flag Fake-News Sites for You
Replies: 10
Views: 8523

Re: Here’s a Chrome Extension That Will Flag Fake-News Sites for You

The problem is that the people who download this are the people who can already spot fake news sites using the lump of flesh between their ears.
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2016-11-15 05:58am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Doctor Who: Power of the Daleks
Replies: 2
Views: 2138

Doctor Who: Power of the Daleks

So I just saw Power of the Daleks at my local theater, and it was fuckmazing! For those who don't know, there are large swathes of 60's and early 70's Doctor Who that are lost due to the BBC policy of recording over existing master tapes of that era since few people at the time were able to imagine ...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2016-11-11 10:49pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Coal miners in election 2016
Replies: 69
Views: 12521

Re: Coal miners in election 2016

There's deeper problems behinds just the coal jobs drying up. A good 80% of communities in those areas are there BECAUSE there was a coal mine. The houses, the schools, the businesses, they were all there because there was a mine that built the town and brought in the people. One mine supported a c...
by Arthur_Tuxedo
2016-11-09 01:40am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: 2016 US ELECTION: Official Results Thread
Replies: 1306
Views: 254307

Re: 2016 US ELECTION: Official Results Thread

What would it take to repeal the "state of emergency" that so greatly expanded the powers of the executive branch? Can it be done before Jan 20?