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Correct. Corporate income tax is really a tax on shareholders (alternative to paying tax is paying shareholders a dividend). The corporate tax rate hits all owners regardless of in…

Effective US tax rate is higher in 2025. The 2024 tax number was inflated due to a one time payment relating to Ireland which actually dates back to 2016.

Their 2025 US taxes are actually higher. In Q4 2024 "Apple paid a one-time income tax charge of $10.2 billion in order to resolve the tax issue with Ireland, which dates to 2016." …

“The BLM did not cancel the project. During routine discussions prior to the lapse in appropriations, the proponents and BLM agreed to change their approach for the Esmeralda 7 Sol…

The article misstates that Tesla redacted when ADAS was in use, which is incorrect. They redact which version was in use.

They redacted the version of driver assistance (autopilot vs FSD), not that there was driver assistance. The article is does not make this clear, but another poster linked to the a…

The reason this isn't getting more attention: There are 99 fatalities per day in the US from car accidents. There have been 17 fatalities from Teslas in AutoPilot mode since 2019 p…

The legacy argument is a fallacy at this point. What's true is children of professors/admins get preferential treatment, as do 7 figure donors. Legacy has barely mattered for the l…

Well this isnt going to help Chicago gun deaths.

Westfield SF is not like the failing / dated suburban malls most people think of. It's extremely nice. High end stores. Beautiful architecture. And it's right on Market Street in d…

Yes, and it was disbursed as stimulus under the guise of a "Gasoline Tax Refund." Obvious to everyone that it was a terrible fiscal decision, but clearly the administration thought…

In the US, while the AMA is technically a trade group and lobbying organization, it's goals/methods are similar to those of a union. It's often referred to as the Doctor's Union.

Isn't it the opposite, i.e. share issuance? With lower taxes the government leaves more money in the system (and generally borrows/prints more) which lowers the value of each unit …

The point of the article is that US manufacturers in particular will be negatively affected. More so than tech or service industries for example. The reason being that manufactures…

The number one tax break they refer to is stock based comp. If companies paid their execs with cash (i.e. bonuses tied to share price or company performance) instead of shares, the…

Interesting but a there's a decent chance of correlation not causation. Unhealthy people and people over 65 (i.e. those most susceptible to serious COVID complications) are the sam…

Would it be possible to build devices that could be unlocked a fixed number of times across all units (say 1,000 times). Devices could be heavily hardware encrypted, but unlockable…