The author literally said that the egg throwing was bad. I don’t feel any need to justify the action of a random anarchist. Also, I think “throwing an egg” is a little lower on the scale than “firebomb.”

“I stand with people who are tarred as bigots and misogynists—or even egged—simply because of [the bigoted and misogynistic things they say and do].”

Except that’s not nearly enough to cover costs. One key finding from the report below: “Governments spend more non-user tax dollars on highways than on transit, bicycling, walking and passenger rail travel, combined.”

Highways are absolutely subsidized. Gas taxes don’t come anywhere close to paying for them.

All signs point to no. Maybe we’ll be surprised.

Short haul air travel makes no sense. The time to get to the airport and handle security takes almost as long as the flight, and those planes take up gates and runway slots that other, more efficient, routes could use. It takes just as long to get from NY to DC on slow-ass Amtrak as it does to fly, and flying is more…

The difference between weightlifting shoes with extra heel height and regular shoes that have cushioned heels is that the sneakers’ height comes from foam. Sneakers compress under weight, which adds some instability. Weightlifting shoes have hard rubber (sometimes even wood in there) that doesn’t compress, so the…

“Should” has nothing to do here. Most presidents have only a small to moderate effect on the economy and their policies only have ancillary effects. This particular president has campaigned on a platform of using threats and subsidies to directly micromanage aspects of the economy to his preferences.

What’s even better about all this insanity is that (a) her hearing is over and Lamar Alexander won’t allow any more questioning and (b) she might not even be in the top 3 worst appointees.

Remember the old idea back in 2009 from (I think) Cass Sunstein for the IRS to just send people pre-filled tax returns that could then be updated? Genius plan, sad to see Congress kill it.

1/3 of the value of the home is a good start.

Lord no. A flat tax (as in a single bracket) wouldn’t solve ANY problems with complexity.

The deduction of mortgage interest is a factor, but it just reduces the net cost to the debtor of their interest payments. When planning for home ownership, you can just model that as applying a discount equal to your marginal income tax rate to the interest rate (presuming you would itemize anyway).

Sure, I’m a big fan of “income is income” and elimination of deductions. That’s real simplification and is much more efficient. But the existence of tax brackets isn’t a problem at all. Heck, in 2017 we should just have a a function (infinite brackets!) that you plug your income into.

That’s an interesting opinion that happens to ignore the entire Clinton campaign.

That’s completely understandable. It’s one of my bigger concerns, actually: there’s going to be so much ridiculous, insane shit that we can’t help but get used to it. It’s human nature to to adjust to new normals.

My personal take? Talk about how bullshit it is with your friends/family, support journalism that is willing to ask hard questions and investigate, and yell at shitty journalists on Twitter/Facebook.

What’s the conflicting viewpoint here, that corruption is good and the public should be kept in the dark about the activities of the president?

I don’t understand what’s ironic about writing about a presidential candidate and then continuing to write about that individual once they’re elected. Help me out here?

A lot of it is just negatives: don’t give the president off-the-record audiences and don’t get chummy with the people you’re supposed to be reporting on. Studiously report the news and push people in power to answer legitimate questions of public interest.