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In our system already the poorest pay no income tax.

If their father gives them a piece of land, now they have to “pay to own” it, what about the recipients who are barely making it?

Agreed that income tax is bad, but not just for the poor; but also land tax is bad. Tariffs or some sort of luxury sales tax would be better. Also reducing the size and scope of govt, but that’s another can of worms. In any case, it’s been nice but I’ll leave the last word to you.

Sorry meant more Deuteronomy 15 and the cancelling of debts after 7 years.

Bankruptcy screws the lender whereas a land value tax continues a tax on land which the poorest who inherit land can’t pay.

If your debt was going to be cancelled after 7 years you’d of course not make a loan longer than that.

It’s not arbitrary; it’s based off of the Jubilee principal and is meant as a way of keeping men out of debt slavery.

Also outlawing mortgages more than 7 years, and building cheaper, smaller houses.

Is that 50x inflation/printing adjusted?

But the puritans would also recognize the value of rest, along with the folly of overworking for riches.

Time to get rid of the certificate of need system

Go watch a few Milton Friedman videos and you’ll have answers to those questions, though you may not like the answers.

The US is in for hyperinflation then

As rates go higher I suspect a high percentage of homes that will only move due to people dying off.

Much stagnation

What is the cause of it being do different from the rest of the world?

Exactly right, if parents want to come along you’re hosed even in a Sienna. I of course understand it’s a smaller market but I’m very excited to try the first EV full sized passenger van.

Eccleisastes — Holy Bible

A book on the vanity of life

5 kids

Doesn’t take 10+, even 5 can make a minivan feel cramped.

I wish they’d make a 15 passenger version for all the large families!

Qualcomm is hitting it out of the park.

Of course, but the question was getting at how long before the fed blinks.

At this point how long before the fed starts to lower rates.

I thought Detroit has been in decline for decades. If anything, you’d think they’d want to attract people back with _less_ taxes.

It would be nice to have a riscV option that doesn’t include these.

As long as the system is fully auditable and open source, I’d be happy. Having the keys be external is a big plus, assuming that is fully auditable as well. Having no “management engine” is a big plus too.

How long before we have RISC V processors powering Linux PCs with no “Secure Enclave” that has root on your system? Also playing games on it would be nice.

Businesses don’t care about being right, but about making money.

There are pros to it, sure. How opposed you are to the sales tax could help dictate how much you want people reminded of it.

Agreed. It’s also a reminder to the voter that these sales tax exist and a reminder they can be lowered or eliminated.

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The sooner we eliminate the insurance middlemen the better. Thankfully a bunch of cash-only networks are spreading.