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newzisgud

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    Comment #43152988

    >The market price is the market price. If corporations could raise prices further (even without new taxes) without losing customers, they would. If corporations end up being taxed …

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    Comment #43152803

    Corporations exist to generate profit, they have no other reason for being, and they will do anything to protect those profits - including using any loophole, accounting process, b…

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    Comment #43152782

    If profit is always protected, it really doesn't matter where it ends up going - the fact that profit is protected means that it is an expense passed to the consumer (and employees…

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    Comment #43152691

    I'm not aware of any efforts to reduce law enforcement in the DOGE effort or within this administration. Quite the opposite, in fact. I agree that republicans, probably more than d…

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    Comment #43150212

    Who 'pockets' the profits is not relevant. Fact is corporations exist to generate profit, and they will do anything to protect those profits - including using any loophole, account…

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    Comment #43150158

    Corporations protect their profits above all else. They will lie, cheat, steal, and change their revenue models to protect profits. Customers pay the taxes, just indirectly.

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    Comment #43150147

    Most of the problems you call out here would be addressed by actually enforcing anti-trust laws, which is something we need to get way better at on both sides of the political isle…

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    Comment #43150135

    1) I conflated debt vs GDP with spending vs GDP. Debt levels are at WWII levels. I was wrong here, but directionally accurate. We've been spending way too much. 2) USAID has nothin…

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    Comment #43143579

    The core question is less about the cuts themselves and more about if we the people are getting what we're paying for. 1) It kinda doesn't matter if it was caused by the pandemic o…

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    This... this sounds like a torture device.

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    Comment #19674335

    https://github.com/historicalsource/zork1/blob/87a3b787d166a...

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    Comment #19455928

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Briatore#Personal_life

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    Comment #18655586

    I remember being 8 years old, having a real copy of this magazine and typing this into my TI-99/4A. It worked. It was amazing. This silly program undoubtably helped me get interest…

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    Comment #16958447

    https://taotedev.com An "interpretation" of some writings applied to software development. Not very serious, but sometimes rather interesting. If I have to pick a favorite it's pro…