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They're not jumping through any hoops, I think they're simply complying with reporting requirements. It's not on their balance sheet because being recorded as strait debt would its…

This is, IMO, quite the insightful thought experiment. I suspect, however, that it is very difficult for most people to face.

The first two look interesting , the last looks like a huge slum. They all look like bad places to live . IMO, of course.

While mildly humorous, I don't understand why people on HN are voting this up. The pie chart is misleading at best.

"Our economic system fundamentally chooses to reward such behavior". This is true, but what people seem to fail to grasp is that rewarding such behavior == buying the product. If p…

Sounds like a good way to ensure less capital in total.

If the vast majority live at a "borderline biblical" standard of living, then there is simply not enough excess wealth to pay for the data centers (or more accurately, the industri…

Lol, you know this is sorta sad but true.

IMO, it's similar but worse. at least dogs and cats are living beings.

So every time your side loses a vote is equivalent to "cannot vote for"? Interesting perspective.

It actually is an addition marginal expense. They have to pay for infrastructure and possibly licensing fees.

People have literally started revolutions and wars over taxes. Empires have fallen because of taxes. People are often emotional and don't even want to think logically about taxes. …

Because, for white collar jobs, that is so rare that it's reasonable to say that it never happens.

It sorta does, that's one of the primary points of a federal system.

Yes and no. it's not like they ever extracted taxes from most of the natives living in the amazon jungle. Saying that you rule over people that have literally never heard of you is…

I see. So by "cannot vote for" you meant "did not vote for". Thanks for clearing it up.

Your statement doesn't make sense to me, perhaps you could clarify it? Did you mean that 85% of the population didn't vote for the current leader of the executive branch? If so the…

All of it.

Most people live in asia. thus most foods are both produced and consumed in... you guessed it asia.

I disagree.

It's like you didn't see where I agree that current enforcement is too aggressive. Why are you writing in a tone that implies we disagree when we agree? This is the sort of thing t…

Giving something away for free and then whining that people use it for free confuses me. I mean, what did you think would happen?

Yes, but it's essentially just a re-branded INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service). They were conducting raids to catch undocumented immigrants (often at workplaces) for as l…

It saddens me that your rather innocuous comment has been down-voted so aggressively. Immigration enforcement is required. Illegal immigration should be discouraged. ICE's current …

You are conflating legal and illegal immigrants. The visa restrictions are on legal immigrants. And while, as a legal immigrant myself, I would like to think that the vast majority…