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> Property taxes are a large source of funding for these investments. The idea isn't to get rid of property taxes and do without that revenue; the idea is to tax things that aren't…

> * Cost of living only works for so long. We've seen areas in the last decades that have an influx of population and they usually see a corresponding increase in COL. There are ap…

Whether something is disturbing or not doesn't say much about whether it's a good idea, just that it is different from the conventional. Around the world, governments act like abus…

It's a false dichotomy to say the only two options are walkable and cramped, and spacious and car-dependent.

> I love that so many people are convinced everyone but them is doing nothing and somehow getting paid for it. That's not the point. The point is what they are producing isn't cont…

Is there a fundamental reason that cuts would have to be to benefits? Why not cut xx% of the government budget anywhere but pensions?

In 6 months drivers killed more pedestrians than all the people that died on 9/11.

Your comment is just vague talking points. I see literally no one justifying poisoning the environment and the town by saying this is an acceptable cost of the free market. Blaming…

> While there is certainly much to criticize in these areas, you would think one solution to this issue would be to advance a society in which women are valued equally to men. Wome…

Disappointing the article didn't specify the marketing that was used to sell the cameras five years ago. Obviously planned obsolescence is bad, but I'd like to know how misleading …

> someone had been convicted of a crime The issue isn't that people who commit crimes can hide their past, but that "corrections" facilities to not rehabilitate criminals into law-…

> the new net wage is $23 an hour. > At that higher wage, more people will apply for the job. The increased supply of labor will allow the boss to pay less than $10 an hour; it mig…

> States have become more ambitious in their policies for tackling the insulin affordability crisis because the scale of the problem continues to grow and the federal government se…

> It cost my mother $150. Sure, but by being taxpayers, your parents already paid a substantial portion of the cost forward by paying for the healthcare of other people. Perhaps th…

He didn't say no gas would flow. He said the pipeline would no longer exist. Also, why would he be hesitant to use the word "sanctions?" Sanctions would be a totally reasonable exp…

It takes people's time to build runways. That's time they won't be building other valuable things. You're ignoring the core truth of the comment you're replying to: Scarcity exists…

People tend to complain about the safety of airplane even though it is in the top echelon of safe modes of transit. There's no reason to try to reach the highest-hanging fruit tryi…

If no one ever electrified a car, I feel the world would be better off so people wouldn't be mislead thinking electric cars are a green solution to transit. Trains, busses, and bik…

I wish this article were more specific on what "housing first" means. My understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) is that homeless shelters across the country have empty beds, and t…

> Across the country, many laws are passed by red states that might not hold up if they are challenged in Supreme Court. This is definitely not specific to red states.

> You suggestion kind of sounds like: Let's teach kids how to grow an apple tree by giving them apple juice. This is a poor analogy because apples and apple juice don't involve soc…

> Women have 2x the rates of depression as men. But is there any reason to think that 200 years ago it was even more so? That's interesting. I would have thought men would have it …

> Our knowledge of the genetics, however, is incomplete. Krystal noted that studies of twins suggest that genetics may account for 40% of the risk of depression. Yet the currently …

A good day to be thankful for short sellers.