FULLNODE is already root

FACT: sets are bags of things CONTROVERSIAL: when you reify the bag you get dumb shit like the null set

@WeGlibertarians @jdcmedlock Surely when we stop sending SS checks, all those retirees will promptly stop consuming any resources and won't shift the burden to their social networks instead.

@jdcmedlock The best compromise is to end the Ponzi Scheme called Social Security.

I agree that they earned that social security income, and as such, it should be taxed like any other income.

@SpaceKoala ITT: lots of people who I would simply conquer with my tax funded, coercive State

Libertarians out here reinventing the Tragedy of the Commons from first principles.

@OuchThatsSharp @SpaceKoala who enforces those consequences on the individuals

@SpaceKoala Jokes on you, with consequences allowed on the individual level, not borne by everyone, tragedy of the commons falls apart.

@NekoKirito7 @SafetyAlpaca @SpaceKoala > charities night step in Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

@SafetyAlpaca @SpaceKoala What kind of crime? It literally says it charities might step in. Also if its something like assult chances are that you are just going to be ostracized from society because nobody wants to associate with you

@ApoStructura @McGunbus The rich pay their taxes with *my* money.

@McGunbus Yes at least most people would realize rich people pay for everything

If we taxed the rich we could have a system where the majority of the income tax is paid by the top 5% ! Ah wait, that’s already the case.

@ChrisMartzWX Counterpoint: pay your rent

Anyone who thinks that the property tax is wonderful AFTER YOU HAVE PAID THE LOANS OFF, is a retard! You should not have to pay RENT to the government forever. You should be able to actually own your house and cars.

@utilitymstrmash @drethelin $100 bill delayed a month is worth... $100 * (~3.5% / 12 ) = 29 cents

@drethelin Jit payments on due date saves pennies each payment each month which rapidly get wiped out if there’s ever a minor hiccup in automation or the account ever gets locked even briefly. Not worth the hassle.

I know it's financially Incorrect of me but I really don't like that mercury defaults to sending payments the day before they are do instead of the moment I approve them

The economic incidence of payroll/self-employment taxes varies by income and market. The people who get the largest benefits later have the lowest tax incidence and the people getting the lowest benefits later have the highest incidence.

@tonyvarriale @michblueeyes @ChrisMartzWX Private schools cost more for one kid than what 98% of households pay in property taxes. How about instead you put a 20k head tax on each person under 18, that would have about the same effect

@michblueeyes @ChrisMartzWX How about we take schools private so we can pay 1/10th and improve our education. Then we can pay for the basic services that are essential. But the taxpayers need to have a direct seat at the table with caps. No more pensions. They can open their open defined plans.

Can anyone explain to me why we have to continue to pay property taxes on our land and motor vehicles AFTER we have paid them off? As far as I’m concerned, it is indefensible because it is theft.

@LiberAtheist @ChrisMartzWX Complaining about tax as an abstract system is like complaining about your turbocharger taking too much power away from your engine.

@ChrisMartzWX Income tax punishes people for working. Consumption tax punishes them for trading. Property tax punishes them for having. The only morally consistent anti-tax position is opposing it all.

Paying taxes on income is dumb. There is absolutely no justification for punishing people for working and being productive members of society. But of course, the pro-tax turd nibblers will reply with the usual deflection, “But muh, what about government programs and services?” I don’t care. ✋ For one, the vast majority of government programs and services are inefficient. Second, the only things that the government should provide are the most basic functions and services: law enforcement, the courts, and national defense. That’s about it. To fund those things would require some revenue sources. That is, taxes. But taxes should only be consumption-based. The more you buy, the more tax you pay. There should be a national sales tax on all items that are not needed to live. Food (not including junk food), clothing (basics), medical supplies and medications, basic home appliances, and petroleum should be exempt. If you are unwilling to compromise and insist that there must be an income tax, then the alternative proposal is a flat tax such that everyone has the same percentage of their income withheld for said taxes, regardless of income brackets. Any other opinion on this issue is wrong. We are overtaxed, over regulated, and the government wastes our tax dollars.

@Therichardralph @HeroDividend Networks of dealerships is not the same thing. Ford selling and delivering 2.2 million cars directly to customers is not a trivial operational change!

@AnalyticD @HeroDividend They already have this...

car dealerships should not exist I should be able to go to Amazon dot com, add a truck to my cart, and checkout with Klarna

@Therichardralph @HeroDividend So every car manufacturer has to set up their own national scale logistics system with their own user logins and payments and integration with other services. For what?

@HeroDividend Nah mate. You are wrong on this one. Great if you can order your car online, but why do Amazon need to get in the middle of it. If you know you want a ford, order from ford otherwise someone is taking a cut and what value do they add?

@meowingabyss @jane_plainly @satchelmaloney Baumol

@jane_plainly @satchelmaloney Yes, the average hour wage has gone up substantially in the last 10 years

Why do you think $500 is an unreasonable cost to do surgery on your dog

@ThePaulineIndex @AndriaDont99498 @VillainessEve > plenty of people will work for less worker indigence and precarity is not a macroeconomic super power

@AndriaDont99498 @VillainessEve The people who will get paid more because you, and people like you, aren't willing to work (well enough) for less in such a "necessary" job that your employers will be forced to pay more. But your job is likely not as skilled as you think so plenty of people will work for less.

I make $14 an hour in healthcare.... I did the right thing. I went to school. Paid for it out right. Worked hard. I have a second job. And I'm furthering my education while I work to make more money. My job isn't considered entry level. I'm below the poverty line. I recieve no assistance. But please. Tell me how poor people are just lazy and leeching. I'm a registered republican btw.

@AdamVergara13 @sarg_nt @guyinchi982 @bowtiedgerman Basically, that same money would get higher return not sunk in a slightly larger house. Parents forgo a huge amount of saving; the individual opportunity cost of raising a child is enormous.

@sarg_nt @guyinchi982 @bowtiedgerman Yeah that’s some house as an investment mindset that most people don’t do.

lmao they included the square footage of the kids bedroom as part of the mortgage payment in this to effectively double the number

@mbostic0 You gotta annualize the monthly rate to 6% to make it more sensational.

March PPI: 0.5% m/m, 4.0% y/y (3.4% y/y in Feb) Core PPI: (Ex food & energy) 0.1% m/m, 3.8% y/y Ex food energy & trade: 0.2% m/m, 3.6% y/y Highest headline PPI since Feb 2023 Core highest since Nov 2025 Energy prices rose 8.5% in March, gas up 15.7% cnbc.com/2026/04/14/who…

@sprachspiele @LVTYIMBY ?? I thought the argument was that taxing improvements, sales, income, payroll, etc inefficiently changes how resources are used, that an LVT naturally "reverts" those changes.

@AnalyticD @LVTYIMBY Ok. Though I should point out, the whole rationale behind an LVT is it's supposed to be as close as possible to a pure transfer, and not change how resources are used.

"One of the downsides of LVT is that firms would choose more efficient/intensive ways of using their land, which is bad" is certainly a take.

@sprachspiele @LVTYIMBY Oh, I just hate downtown surface parking lots and they would get absolutely clowned by an LVT

@AnalyticD @LVTYIMBY ???

@Robotbeat @AlmostArchitekt Europeans like dying from heat stroke in the same way that Americans like dying from guns

@AlmostArchitekt Parts of Switzerland. Spain has rules against setting the air conditioning too low. UK will, reportedly, take away the rebates for heat pumps if they have cooling capability.

Obvious self-owns by Europe: 1) shutting down nuclear power. (Germany especially) 2) banning frakking, but still reliant on coal and Russian natural gas (bunch of countries) 3) banning or shunning air conditioning 4) Banning GMOs. All these do is make the average European poorer

@sprachspiele @LVTYIMBY Did downtown surface parking lots write this?

@LVTYIMBY LVT would actually lead to less efficient land uses. econlib.org/archives/2012/…