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>is it democratic for most elected governments to keep pushing for legislature again and again, waiting a bit between attempts? Repeat it ad nauseam um 'till people get bored of pr…

I wonder to what point some of these methods just increase housing prices. For example, having the developer plant trees along the street means the price of the new build goes up (…

Sounds like your lot just went up ~100k for free?

Being from central Kansas, I always say I'm from the great plains. Lumping the prairie into it's own group always seemed useful to me.

It's not only foreign banks refusing American customers. American companies such as Fidelity, Vanguard, Charles Schwab and so on won't open investment accounts for Americans abroad…

The same crowd also appear to be the ones worried about voter fraud, so they're consistency has limits.

>avoiding taxes, perfectly legally Given the undemocratic and privileged positions many enjoy in the house of lords, some could say the legality of their methods is nothing more th…

My point about the US is that at least the option of good beer is available pretty much everywhere, which is a big improvement over the last few decades. I left the US for the UK a…

The US used to be known for terrible beer (and there is plenty of that still) but there are now thousands of microbreweries producing great stuff. I hope there could be a similar a…

Food banks exist already, why would UBI change that.

Ireland may be where many corporations are registered but is not necessarily where the employees are located. Similar to how many companies are registered in Delaware.

Getting to use a car quickly becomes having to use a car in much of the U.S. There is a lot of middle room between suburbia and NYC for build environments.

I love how vanguard.com will redirect to vanguard.co.uk, which will then proceed to inform that they do work with US persons.

Out of curiosity what SIPP provider do you use? Interactive brokers are the only broker I've found to actually advertise as for expats, but the 10k min is a bit much for me.

I find myself in the odd position of hoping for republican tax reform to happen, if only for the repeal of FATCA (S. 869)

It's not a big deal if you haven't made the egregious choice of investing any extra money you may have earned, perhaps via an ETF. Furthermore, good luck finding a place to invest …

Isn't that an argument for more urbanisation and less destruction of habitat via suburban sprawl?

Whats wrong with urbanisation?

The tax cuts were sold with the phrase, "supercharge growth". So yeah, that kinda was a bit of the point.

While I do empathise that people are making a living, I look forward to the day when the black cabs are gone. The amount of pollution they put out is awful.

Which country are they leaving and where are they going?

Yeah, one and two are obviously tory/labour, after that it gets confusing.

The SNP are the third biggest UK party.

One factor nobody has mentioned yet, social stigma. Busses in the US are often associated with poor people who can't afford a car or have lost their licenses. Trams do not have the…

I grew up on a farm in Kansas outside of a town of 650 people. No minorities, 7 different christian churches. One thing that stuck out, we had a gay tennis coach who everyone loved…