MrFantastic

How do people travel the last mile?

Name a dominant manufacturing countries that has legal hemp?

Exporting hemp is also an issue. The USA foreign policy forced most of the world to make cannabis illegal since the 70s.

Since hemp was illegal, capital was invested in cotton and wood industrial tools.

As hemp production increases so will the technology to produce goods.

People feel guilty when they see other people doing stuff to improve themselves. Crabs in a Bucket.

You must be under 30.

They were buying medallions on leverage with hopes of appreciation.

In big cities, parking the cars is the major problem. Parking spaces cost $1500+/mo

Private profits and subsidized losses?

Capitalism requires bankruptcy.

The middle man uses his free $peech to speak to the local politicians.

Paid by whom? We only bail out bankers.

Rent Seeking sometimes creates losers.

Low opening prices are a way for bankers to give handouts to their big investors. The rich get richer.

I've been saying this for years. Banker's should be sued for negligence.

The other misunderstanding is that a company splitting shares doesn't increase the value of your position.

1 time is an accident, 2 times is a trend.

So do Health Care insurance companies. People don't realize how broken that system is until they or someone they know gets really sick.

Bosch is a great brand but it comes at a premium ( mine was $1200 ). I had to replace a $650 Frigidaire washing after 4 years.

The Whirlpool monopoly is a great example of planned obsolescences. They use cheap seals and plastic parts when they used to use steel. Most modern appliance seem to have a life span of 5-7 years because of electronics failure.

I had a Maytag ( owned by Whirlpool ) dishwasher, range and refrigerator all need repairs costing over $300 a device within the first 3 years. All of them failed within 2 -3 months of the warranty expiration.

25% of motorcycle accidents don't involve cars, just riders screwing up.

That fat blunts the insulin response.

Avoiding sugar and processed food helps to avoid the feeling of hunger cause by insulin crashes.

The education system depends on student loans. Financial education would make people question the value of a college education.

Bicycles are 97% efficient. Society could be organized around the bicycle.

Many of the health issues would be corrected if our environment required people to exercise to get around.

People are just really lazy.

Or the ISPs just suppress all mentions of reinstating Net Neutrality.

I never hear the Healthcare Insurance companies complaining. I guess they are too busy skimming off the top and weighing their profits.

I think prohibition is a money maker for law enforcement due to asset seizure. The prisons make bank from drug laws.

We would be better off with regulated heroin for free in clinics than fentanil/carfentanil cut street drugs.

It depends on whether society values the lives of addicts or just wants to punish them.

Mature stocks will usually start paying a dividend.

Equity in a company means you own part of that company.

Owning Bitcoin means you own a BTC.

Drug testing allows companies to deny Worker's Comp and Disability Insurance Claims. Being able to deny claims allows lower premiums.

Pai will get millions of dollars in "Consulting" contracts after he leaves the FCC.

What percent of billionaires come from Upper Middle class families?

Most.

Ideally no one should smoke until they are 24-26 years old as their executive functions are still developing.

You shouldn't be drinking either until 26 for the same reason.

I've not seen any study showing damage from people that waited until 26 to consume cannabis.