No, you absolutely are not killing people. This is absurd alarmist propaganda designed to guilt people into acting a certain way.
> If they aren’t needed, and you do wear one anyways, no harm has been done.
This is a particularly insidious argument. First, you’re required to agree to your first point about killing people. Second, you’re required to agree that compelled mask wearing has no harm.
That’s progressivism in a nutshell. It’s not just that these people have an opinion, but that all dissenting opinions must be eradicated.
It’s particularly amusing on masks because of the endless talk of “follow the science.” I guess science is only to be followed when it fits the existing worldview. Now that the CDC is changing course it’s “we need to independently review this.”
I am absolutely unable to understand how a ban isn’t being followed. I have been under the impression that when legislators make something illegal it instantly goes away. Now my entire worldview is being challenged.
Road maintenance fees should not be attached to the price of gasoline. The wear and tear on the road is a function of the weight of the vehicle and the miles driven.
The best place to figure out the fee should be the annual inspection. Plug into the computer, check the mileage, and calculate how many miles were driven since the last inspection. Put it into a calculator, and send out the fee.
Most of the road wear is from trucks, anyway. And I mean big rigs, not an F-150.
He went on a robbing and stabbing spree that ended up with six critical injuries and two deaths.
Maybe you don’t think he deserves his punishment. I certainly do. The type of person who would go on a stabbing spree for wine money is not the kind of person who has any place in society I want to live.
It's too limiting right now. When the Expo team finishes the "Expo Application Services" it will be an option for almost every project. For now, it's limited to just the Expo APIs and for most projects you will ultimately end up ejecting.
Criminal charges and arrest records are public information. You could not possibly pass a law forbidding someone from displaying public information. And we certainly would not want to pivot to secret court systems.
I think what you really want is just transparency.
> Have you never driven on an interstate highway outside of rush hour?
Yeah some of these comments are from people who obviously don’t drive much. If you are driving the speed limit on a big highway you are legitimately at risk of causing an accident.
> but the mugshot and charges will probably be findable on the web for years and years
The injustice is that this person was charged in the first place. The court system is public, and must remain that way. We could remove the mugshot, but that won’t help people like the one you’ve described.
>What do you think is a reasonable effective income tax rate? (Please do not confuse effective and nominal tax rates!) In my view: "All in" should be about 50-55%. When I say "all in" I mean absolutely everything -- federal, state, local, national pension, national health (if applicable), yada yada yada.
Who is this for? The “rich” or for everyone else?
An effective rate of 50-55% is obscene. I would relocate for anything approaching 40%.
Business and corporate taxes are an endless exercise in futility. We need to just completely get rid of them. Businesses and corporations will never pay, and there is no magical sequence of words to formulate a bulletproof tax scheme.
If we get rid of business and corporate taxes we can also get rid of special rates for capital gains, and treat all income the same.
Then if you really want to get crazy, get rid of all the deductions and credits. But you’ll have to fight off all the special interests on both sides of the aisle.
No, you absolutely are not killing people. This is absurd alarmist propaganda designed to guilt people into acting a certain way.
> If they aren’t needed, and you do wear one anyways, no harm has been done.
This is a particularly insidious argument. First, you’re required to agree to your first point about killing people. Second, you’re required to agree that compelled mask wearing has no harm.
Neither of these statements are true.