I think it would be more pleasant, but way more dangerous. No doubt Mike is happier than the rest of us right now.
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Anecdotally, all of the happiest people I’ve known have been on the dumber side. Life’s a lot easier if you don’t think about it much.
The dumbest person I ever worked with was definitely the happiest person I ever met. Never had a care in the world.
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I have been laughing at the name BioNTech for months now, but they’re probably going to save the world.
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At some number a substantial tax on current income makes sense. Pick your numbers. 50% over a billion as a minimum.
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An ongoing wealth tax at some low percentage.
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A very substantial inheritance tax. Generational wealth is bullshit. We might as well be the manor/serf system.
If you only want to produce goods and services if you get to hoard all that wealth then you are by definition a piece of shit and I think we can assume that better people will step up.
It’s very much a false straw man to say- if you can only get really rich but not filthy rich then you will not contribute to society AND no one else can do what you do.
The accumulation and hoarding of wealth has a cost on society. A pretty big negative one. Gotta look on both sides of the balance sheet.
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For income, take the Federal Minimum wage x 2000 hours x 1000. Tax every dollar in annual income over that amount at 90%. Zero loopholes, all income is income.
For wealth, take the median net worth of a family in the US x 1000. Annual wealth tax of 10% for any amount over that + 50% inheritance tax.
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Trickle down economics is such a terrible idea and everyone who fell for it should feel bad. Capitalism by nature results in wealth capture by those who have an inherent advantage of some kind. So if we know wealth capture is the result no matter what, then money should always be injected into the economy from the bottom up, because it will be captured by those higher up in the food chain so to speak. When you inject money into the economy top down it is inevitable that it will just exacerbate inequality in wealth.
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The Czech Republic is imposing a new three-week partial lockdown from midnight (22:00 GMT) to combat coronavirus, shutting schools, bars and clubs and restricting restaurants to deliveries and takeaways.
Kindergartens will stay open and special provision will be made for the children of critical care workers.
University dorms are also being closed temporarily.
The country has Europe’s highest rate of infection, adjusted for population.
The shutdown will last until 3 November, under the new rules agreed by the Czech government on Monday.
Public consumption of alcohol will be banned until then.
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i remember during the first usa shutdown some places forgot that liquor stores had to stay open so the drunks didn’t withdraw. whoopsie
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If any country wants to get real and fight Covid transmission in next 3 months, which they’ll have to, then pubs, bars, restaurants and gyms will close - last resort will be schools (under 16yrs) too - sad
Stopping Trump Clan Rallies reduce R by 2.0-3.5
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I thought this graph illustrates why blue states haven’t locked down harder, in this case Illinois.
The first couple months is basically flu season. You see the initial March surge, but then everything drops down to the baseline and largely stays there. The summer numbers should probably drop below winter and the nature of COVID means more deaths, but not an order of magnitude more deaths.
So you can see why Dems aren’t willing to increase restrictions when by this measure, COVID is under control. Even though IL has consistently been above the median in cases/capita.
Pandemic assistance (and later UBI) should be marketed as trickle up economics. If those at the bottom are suckers and losers they will get at least one cycle with the money and then it will float to the top anyhow. At least this way they get to spend it on some things like food and housing and medical care (until M4A/SP).
Trickle down—an incredible is just captured at the top and the rest get pissed on.
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Relative values mean shite. Absolutes.
https://twitter.com/mbakertbtimes/status/1315020347377422336?s=21
A couple days later…
https://twitter.com/andy_staples/status/1316113061477056518?s=21
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That’s bullshit though, why should the rich have to wait a month or two for the money to filter its way through the economy and into their bank accounts when they’re used to getting direct deposits from the government?
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was going to post exactly that
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Went camping two weekends with my wife and no one else and a moderately busy public campsite.
Visited my dad and stepmom on 4th it July
And
That’s literally it since feb
We used to go to at least 30 concerts a year. Had tickets to see the 1975 five times in 2020. Once at bonnaroo where they were playing the same day at tool, glass animals, young the giant
Nope. Fuck me
But enjoy your football game mike.
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the video if y’all want:
https://twitter.com/kyle_burger/status/1315097945017065473
get fucked mullen
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Someone add the Curb music to it and get those likes
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lol, who cares if a couple of students catch the rona and get some university employees sick? it was a major factor in the loss of a game!
florida never disappoints in keeping it real.
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Yup FU Dan. Saw this and thought instant karma bitches.