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average dual-income household
My memory of the 90s was that dual income families were rich, not average.
Watching that movie as a kid, we all kind of understood that they were wealthy (not tech billionaire wealthy like today, but rich kid wealthy like they had a housecleaner).
I come from big families (at least three of my cousins have five kids each, one has seven, a few have four or three). No one has a nanny. But we do all homeschool. I would say none of them had that many kids as a status thing: they did it because they want to take over the world (I'm only kind of kidding).
I like this mindset, but I have questions:
Are use taxes just?
How about tariffs?
What is your preferred method for funding a government?
Healthcare also has a bit of a trump card feel to it: who wants to be the one to say it costs too much to save (extend) this person's life, or that much needed procedure isn't worth the cost for you. There's always a way to phrase a call for new healthcare spending so that you can't morally say no to it.
Yeah, I suppose the idea of "non-theft" taxation is that it is self imposed. We have the phrase "no taxation without representation" because it implies that taxation with representation is consented to and therefore not theft. Maybe there was a world where this was true, but it doesn't much feel like it anymore.
Definitely in the case of this proposed tax, it feels very much like theft, and it caught my eye because of how blatantly the person in the quote was willing to say it.
In intrigued by your idea that the goal is actually to drive rich people out of the state. I think the main reason there might be getting rid of competition -- maybe the bureaucrats and politicians in CA feel threatened by tech billionaires, and so rather than losing to them in politics, they are just trying to force them out of the state.
I find it less plausible that the backers of this bill are able to accurately predict the economic outcomes of this bill.
This is a very successful life form these days. there seem to be a lot of them critters running around.
I think I may need to check out the origin of my nym...or at least I don't get the rest in peace reference.
The real Scoresby died in March, 1857.
Yes, but it only applies to this year.
According to an executive order issued last week, agencies may require certain federal employees to work on those dates if necessary for national security or other public needs. The order also does not change any existing laws. To establish a permanent federal holiday — which Christmas already is — Congress must pass legislation and then have the president sign it into law. - Yahoo News
It really seems like more of the no consequence fluff our politicians love to do these days.
According to the order, which only applies to 2025, some federal workers get Dec. 24 and Dec., 26 off but others may be required to work at the discretion of their leaders.
And, the days off for 2025 are not permanent. That's because in order for a federal holiday to be designated in perpetuity, Congress would need to pass legislation, which then must be signed into law by the president. -NBC
Yes, post Christmas brain.
I would love to have overheard the naming conversation:
"How about cypher wallet?"
"No, sounds too nerdy."
"What about fortress wallet?"
"Too medieval"
"Laser wallet?"
"Too scary."
"Veritas?"
"Too Latin. That doesn't even make sense."
"Haven't you ever heard of don't trust, verify?"
"Yes! Trust wallet! That's excellent!"
My fun answer is that I would write fiction.
However, a more serious answer is this:
Full time SN evangelism. At least for six most months. Posting about what is cool about SN on x, on reddit, on nostr, and LinkedIn. More time at meetups, maybe even more time conferences (Lord help me).
What's odd is that this would probably mean I would spend less time on SN (my clone would get to do it all, which really isn't fair...I'd probably order my clone to do all the above and just keep doing what I'm doing here).