Not really. I mean you’re fine but pretty middle class.

I’m hoping that unions regain some influence - because to be honest sometimes I wonder if things have to get brutally bad before inequality becomes something people really take a stand over.

Will the M2 be able to manage dual monitor setups? Asking for a friend. (Me)

I agree - that’s what you were doing, but the way I see it, is this thread is a bunch of people throwing up theoretical roadblocks in order to push the idea that we shouldn’t try something. We actually don’t know the impact of those roadblocks, or the costs involved in successful incentives.

This kind of thinking is sort of missing the point. It’s not binary. It’s not like if the US doesn’t get to 84% by 2025 we will have failed. Yes, Norway is different. Yes, infrastructure here and actual DISTANCES would make it much more challenging. Yes, Americans as a whole have different attitudes. But here’s the…

Alternatively. Get her license plate number. Don’t follow her home. Don’t have guns. No one dies. 

You’re right. But to me - and again this is just my opinion. Which is worth probably nothing - getting into the technical reasons Farrah is wrong - is missing the thing of greater importance which is - very rich people can use this mechanism to effectively game the system.

Yes. But you’re sort of missing the point that’s actually pretty important. And that’s that the people with 99% of the wealth in this country actually pay the least amount in taxes relative to the growth in their wealth.

For high net worth individuals - tax it for the amount it’s worth when you’re awarded the stock. Boop. Solved. 

Eh. If I take a loan at 3% annual interest and pay it off in a month by selling long term stock I’ve received as a salary - I’m going to pay extremely low amounts of interest - and my income tax rate won’t be meaningfully over 15%.

When they sell those assets they pay capital gains only. So essentially they’re paying a much lower rate than someone earning a salary.

Capital gains are taxed at 15%. So essentially they would sell stock and pay back loans they used for expenses - and pay less “income” tax than almost any working American because it isn’t technically “income”. 

Eh. I’ve lived in 5 countries in South America, Europe and Asia. Worked in something like 10 countries and visited more like 20.

I bought my wife’s 2015 GTI SE with four doors and the DSG for 26.5k brand new in 2015. It was definitely worth that much. At 40-45k there are a world of other things I’d get.

Yep. Agree. Honestly it’s like they stuck in a bunch of thought provoking ideas and then never went anywhere with it.

This shouldn’t be very hard to suss out. Purchasing guns in parking lots legally and our brand of capitalism are both things unique to America and both sort of bonkers.

You may be right. I’m not a lawyer. But my guess is that if the sale wasn’t signed off by the sales manager then there’s some gray area. Not saying there aren’t legal implications. But not quite clear cut. 

This is America - where in some states you can just buy guns from a private seller perfectly legally - we have long-standing traditions where we just regularly screw the poor and working class (and hell, fuck it, most professionals in fact) and call it free market capitalism and deride you and call you weak or lazy if…

I’ve never purchased a car from a dealership and gotten the title right away. Just a bill of sale. And if it were sold through the dealer they could have stepped in before the sale was through and said “yo. You owe money for this car and can’t sell it” or there would be a contract and they’d have no right to reposess…

Great. I’ve been shopping for a camera specifically because I need something for low light. Was about to pull the trigger on the new A7IV and was hesitating because of the Canon offerings. This makes it worse.