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> Being poor is 2 nights in jail because of a clerical error Tell us more

No no my feminist Internet friend, that isn't what I'm saying. I'm not melding socialism with their sentencing. My point is: Stop using Scandanavia as an example of something that …

Sure we are. "Socialism works so well there! We should do it here." "They have such low recidivism there! We should use their sentencing as a standard!" I think violent offenses ar…

I find their population bares little resemblence to Chicago's.

I suggest reading about http://www.projectprevention.org for a less coercive version of the same concept.

In the case of drug crimes, I agree with you. Appeal of the logic starts to break down when you scale it out for violent offenders. In fact, I find the lax sentencing in Scandanavi…

Things have changed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_policies_of_Americ...

Looking through the comments, I see a combination of anecdotal evidence about Unions being bad/good and a few (very logical) statements about how collective bargaining leads to hig…

Is the kid executing this purported forgery from his parents' basement?

I thought Cornell was? It was part of the M.Eng in ORIE.

Especially true in Paris these days...

Good ol' Illinois in the top 10. Represent! Cook County kinda sorta expected, but why Lake County? Waukegan really that bad? EDIT: http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Waukegan-Ill…

The author's suggestion - temporary work visas to refocus on labor mobility - does not consider strain on public services and entitlement programs.

In the absence of federal support programs, are people who would drive for Uber or any of these gig-type apps better or worse off with the opportunity to earn $4.40/hr? If you rais…

> Isn't this kind of what happened in the 2008 collapse? Not at all. The housing crisis resulted from credit expansion. Specifically credit was extended to people that should not h…

One has nothing to do with the other. The financial crisis was the result of expansion of credit. What I suggest is a reduction in the tax burden of owning a home. There are many v…

Sounds like we should increase it to make home ownership more attractive, resulting in greater civic engagement from the population ("skin in the game").

Lol. Comparing incisors to ability to rape. What a fucking douchebag.

Quick question for anyone who actually studied Baumol's theories: Did he bring into consideration how some services, such as education and health care, exist in an awkward limbo be…

I don't support free trade when the comparative advantage is the cost of labor. I don't support Europe's socialist ideals. Edit: awww, downvote. One less fake internet point :(

Yep, and if you look at the carders in Russia, they have some very close ties with government. Perfect infrastructure for this shit.

I think that is likely the case, but I don't know if that is an exclusive thing anymore. A lot of what I read about reminds me of 1970s sponsorship of various terror entities and r…