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These types of selective moderation make HN seem like the typical hive-mind that shouts down and uses abusive moderative tactics to prevent any diversity of opinion from sticking a…

Two posts in violation of a policy regularly broken makes it so if I complain about this bad behavior someone else is using against me, such complaints are not relevant, but I may …

Is this universally enforced? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13591314

There is a common misconception of the Laffer curve that is based on trying to interpret the data. However, what the Laffer curve demonstrates is that there is a curve, nothing els…

This is not a description of a formalized theory, but thanks for playing.

Yes, the primary focus of a business owner must be on tax planning, because this generates efficient operations, undoubtedly. Also, laws change all of the time. My impression, ever…

I asked the same question, and his response was, "do you really think the government hasn't thought of that already?"

Okay, there is no formal concept or hypothesis of trickle down economics. (However, most PhD economists use the phrase "economic theory," but you may have some insight into this th…

One thing not listed in the article is that German tax policy is very export-friendly.

Since you used the phrase "trickle down economics" as if it were a formal economic theory, I discount every thing you stated because you don't understand the phrases you are using.…

IIRC, Delphi was spun off as a former division GM.

The one direct exposure I have had to the issue of inheritance tax was with a small Midwest-based distributor. The owner was very old and wanted to pass the company to his daughter…

There is no actual theory of trickle down economics. This is a derogatory term used as a distraction from discussing real economics.

I like the idea. If you are around in 5 years, I'll take a look.

Not to mention computers, cell phones, grocery stores, roads, socks, pants,

In all seriousness, the problem is incredibly simple: there is nowhere near enough residential units to support the population, and this is entirely due to the various municipaliti…

Indeed. For going on 20 years, I've been waiting for the adults to be in charge of UI/UX.

I have a friend who knows next to nothing about different OSs and other various technology thingaroos. He just uses whatever is in front of him. It's not that he can't learn more, …

Inadequate wages is not the issue. There simply isn't enough housing. In the most recent 6-year period for which there is data, 500,000 net new jobs were created in Silicon Valley,…

I've been in Silicon Valley for close to 20 years, and I have been concerned about this for a long time. I want to say it was somewhere around 2010 that I began noticing a sudden i…

You are twisting what people want to do. I don't think the goal is to force people out of the homes they own, but to allow property owners to build on the property what the propert…

This situation exists only because Sunnyvale has been blessed with a soil that is better for growing jobs.

Because the buyers are hapless fools with no means to protect themselves.