This is why we need to replace the property tax with a land value tax. Right now property owners have incentive to just keep a lot empty and let the value rise before they sell, because taxes are applied to real property, so as you build on it, you’ll pay more than if you had just left it empty. We need to discourage…

You say it like Hillary didn’t break her agreement to debate Bernie again before California.

so because she refused a debate, the mean ol mens shouldn’t have one? lol, the old lady had her a chance and she took her ball and went home, so fuck her.

Well, he is a self-proclaimed billionaire that won’t release his taxes to prove it.

YOU ARE A BILLIONAIRE. If you want 10 million donated to charity just fucking do it and debate for free you despicable windbag.

Republicans have been true to the concept of fiscal conservatism in name only for as long as I’ve been alive. It’s propaganda that doesn’t have anything to do with their actual policies.

Starred because it deserves to be ungreyed. But I disagree that conservative policies are reasonable about money - see our military spending, the long term cost of cutting funding to health care, social safety nets, and education. It doesn't matter if you save a dime here if you lose a dollar later because your…

And yet, despite all this, it won’t address the housing market. Home owners or renters aren’t the ones building or the ones who own the properties. It’s investors and big banks, and they DO NOT care about affordable housing. The only thing that matters is maximizing the profitability of the land. They’re not going to…

So if she’s disliked simply because she’s a woman, then how can you have any honest discussion about the numerous reasons she shouldn’t be President? At the end of the day, you can dismiss all arguments as “Well of course they’d say that, she’s a woman”. It can’t possibly be because of her handling of this email…

Flying is cheap if you can afford it.

Flying today is CHEAP when you figure how fast and how far you can go for each $100 spent. And over 100 mpg per person is amazing when you consider both the speed and the dead weight of the aircraft itself. How we can get gas mileage that good while putting that much metal, people, and luggage in the air and flying it…

I would imagine it’s so that police can verify that vehicles are following the new regulations if they’re ever stopped. If a police officer pulled over a car that was in-use they could verify that the driver has fingerprints on file, for example. The fine for not having the light would need to be pretty steep though…

If they want to run a taxi service they should follow the same rules as everyone else.

I don’t know where you live or what job you have, but for me, rent is high enough in the non-ghetto that having a roommate is the only viable option.

Dude, you starred in a movie/television special and received a millions/ worldwide fame. End of privacy.

Dude, you paid for a movie ticket/cable and received a movie/tv show. End of contract.

STARSHIP TROOPERS, for all its quirks and flaws, is one of my favorite novels. I’d love to see it played straight, as it deals with some fascinating questions about citizenship, fascism, warfare, and society. Let the viewer question its messages rather than overtly making it ironic. I imagine something like a sci-fi…

A long time ago, when I was a young, impressionable armor crewman, I saw one of these (at either Grafenwöhr or Hohenfels) on a live fire exercise. It seemed to come out of nowhere and made two quick passes on the target - which looked like a BTR-80 - and just chewed it to pieces. Perforated it like a giant soda can…

Because that’s possible in most major cities in the US...