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dantheman

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About dantheman

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    Comment #48598185

    One bad apple does spoil the bunch. Apples release a gas when rotting which accelerates the rotting of nearby ones. And in politics corruption spreads.

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    Comment #46151985

    Getting a diagnosis to get more time to complete tests. https://accommodations.collegeboard.org/how-accommodations-w...

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    Comment #45819888

    Rent control increase the rent for everyone, lowers the amount of housing stock, and reduces its quality.

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    Comment #44298942

    The majority of medical care and expenses are not emergency.

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    Comment #44298935

    Medicine is one of the most regulated and least capitalist markets.

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    Comment #44082436

    Hint it has - the standard of living is far higher now; medical care is far better; and the number of people subsidized by those working has greatly increased (this may not be cons…

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    Comment #43948550

    Throughout history there are very few monopolies and they don't normally last that long; that is unless they get are granted special privileges by the government.

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    Comment #43511803

    Why? to increase productivity and improve the human condition. If AI can do research then technological and scientific progress will increase dramatically.

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    Comment #43216628

    I wish people would actually read the Budapest Memorandum and see what it actually promises. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publicati…

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    Comment #42271014

    You might like: Discrimination and Disparities (2019) by Thomas Sowell

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    Comment #41597510

    Perhaps you're not aware of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management...

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    Comment #41574563

    What benefits?

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    Comment #41514798

    Yep for instance: 1932–1933 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

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    Comment #41499240

    The EU is more of a problem than any sort of solution.

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    Comment #41499232

    It's not a funding problem, it's a spending problem. Taxes are insanely high around the world.

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    Comment #41442375

    The answer is the court rules that the FTC overstepped it's power. It's now back to congress to grant that power if that's truly what they wanted, or hell they could have written a…

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    Comment #41188050

    If the public thinks it's a federal issue then just pass an amendment granting the federal government the authority to handle it.

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    Comment #41038593

    What are you talking about - that is deregulation. This was a government granted monopoly - you don't get more regulated than that.

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    Comment #40992210

    Only 18% of degrees are in STEM https://nces.ed.gov/programs/raceindicators/indicator_reg.as...

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    Comment #40859741

    Completely agree :)

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    Comment #40858634

    You mean like Obama assassinating a US citizen?

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    Comment #40858615

    It's fundamentally immoral and something the US should repeal.

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    Comment #40826753

    You do realize that real problem is the prison guard union and public prisons right? Private prisons represent 8% of all prisoners...