In what way? What’s your measuring stick? When you’re talking about the eradication of not only around 10 million native Americans plus for African Americans, hundreds of years of slavery, rape and abuse followed by another 150 years of more abuse and then systemic oppression we’re in the same ballpark no matter how…

I think your understanding is kind of messed up here. First - a bunch of slavery you mentioned was based on conquest, where slavery in the Americas was more about looking at an entire race of people, deeming them inferior and making them slaves. And then spending 100s of years justifying their slavery by citing their…

I think picklesandbeats has you there. Helping children develop rational arguments and helping them reach a moral and ethical conclusion is important. But some things don’t really require any ambivalence.

I think this is news because - especially in Texas - there is this push to provide a “more balanced” education by leaving out - ignoring - or completely changing history by removing a ton of context, to the detriment of minorities. And even doing things like positioning creationism as a valid opposing theory to…

That is to say, when tax rate progressiveness is ratcheted up inflation tends to go up too. When tax reform is passed and the progressiveness comes down, so does inflation.

When you’re positing a 1:1 relationship between two complex economic forces - it’s rhetoric. I can show charts that measure amounts of rainfall and then some that measure temperature and say that rainfall is causing the seasons. They may be related, but that’s a pretty far-fetched conclusion to make.

But your rhetoric is pretty heavily implying there’s only one outcome to more money in circulation.

You’re making a huge leap there and creating a single correlation where there are many. Ultimately taxation and rise in minimum wage have inflationary impact, but there are also short and medium-term gains to be had. There are also a ton of factors that lead to inflation, up or down. Even ORGANIC wage growth leads to…

You traded a 66 corvette for an M3?

Yeah. Like beer.

So this will cost as much as the current M3?

Was he actively assaulting a bystander or walking into traffic? And even if he were walking into traffic, he’s surrounded by cops who can also act as a buffer by managing traffic. Once the situation was pretty contained there were 100 different approaches that didn’t involve punching the guy into submission. No one is…

Not only that, but many health plans start outside of the calendar year but reset their deductibles on the calendar year. So basically unless you plan your pregnancy to run completely within a calendar year, you have 2 deductibles on a single person.

Yes, approaching someone who is naked and walking down the street by tackling them and beating them physically seems like a totally rational course of action.

About five years ago, every time it rained, the streets on Miami Beach and Coral Gables would fill up with 6-8" of water, they’ve spent millions and millions in order to drain properly. It’s just going to get worse.

I think the GT4 will have a second gen. So you’d be better off with the 993.

Locking in a -1000 cash flow at a cost of 6% per year for 12 years is insane and dumb. Especially given that a GT4 isn’t limited edition. They’re making another one. So it has a very miniscule chance of doing anything other than depreciating. It may never hit rock bottom like a Cayman S, but it’s not an air cooled…

“On hand wealth.” Most rich people I know aren’t that liquid, but have substantial lines of credit they can reach at a moment’s notice for much lower rates than 6%, because they have collateral.

I’m hardly the person that should be arguing with that premise. I use my car payment money for an air-cooled Porsche, and I drive a 20 year old 4Runner daily that I got for 5 grand and I put about a grand of preventative maintenance into and a ton of sweat equity into. But my terms are a LOT more favorable. I pay 2.5%…

Average returns were around 7% over 20 years, over 12 years it’s really a lot more volatile. Borrowing money vs cash is smart at 3 percent. Not at 6.