Eric
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Eric
@Eric_MN_
I like science, martials arts, lifting weights and politics. Bernie supporter since 2005.
شامل ہوئے Ekim 2016
427 فالونگ561 فالوورز
@NortonMpls I've seen people literally leave the US to see that Taylor lady in Europe because it costs less money.
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This could be the U.S., but instead Congress will just pass some bullshit like fee transparency and say scalpers need jobs too
Pop Base@PopBase
Ticketmaster Canada will no longer allow tickets for concerts, sports, and other live events in Ontario to be resold above their original price starting next week. Ontario’s newly passed Bill 97 caps all resale ticket prices, including fees, service charges, and applicable taxes.
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@DeRushaJ @LaffyTaffy0112 The cost for who? The person working or some imagined figure that you aren't naming?
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@LaffyTaffy0112 @Eric_MN_ I would not argue for that, but I think a case could be made for a tipped wage of $8 instead of $16. It's sort of a non-starter in MN so I'm not losing sleep over it- just pointing out the cost factor
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I made a chart in my newsletter looking at minimum wage in an all-day restaurant with 10 servers x 12 shifts x 365 days a year - just shows how things add up.
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With statewide property taxes rising 6.8% this year, there’s a bill making its way through the state legislature that would create a property tax task force. kstp.com/tracking-your-…
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@Eric_MN_ No one gets $2.33/hr, if you're not making tips to get you to regular minimum wage the employer has to make up the difference
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🚨 As predicted:
At this pace, MN Paid Leave blows past its cap by August 19.
Then the automatic tax hike kicks in.
Remember - Democrats spent $600 million and raised taxes for this, and it’s already failing.
The Minnesota Star Tribune@StarTribune
Three months into Minnesota’s paid leave plan, interest still higher than expected startribune.com/minnesota-paid…
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@emma_butthole The perceived usefulness of the product vs. the need of the companies offering the service are in a bit of a head-on collision.
I also wonder if companies replacing entry level people are considering the loss of future value as workers gain experience.
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@JackSlackMMA Jack Slack - best known as a podcaster, putting his technical martial arts knowledge on full display for all to hear twice weekly on the Jack Slack Show.
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This guy posting good stuff but he's talking like a clanker
Vintage MMA ☠️@TheVintageMMA
Kazushi Sakuraba x Carlos Newton. The evolving art of combat on full display at PRIDE 3 in one of the quintessential grappling showcases in mma history. (6.24.1998) 🌟
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@animesexbomb @thechosenberg Sick, twisted behavior. I'm sorry to see you're going through this. :(
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@thechosenberg that's what my mom is doing with her inheritance lol she sold the only house in the family, got plastic surgery and is traveling every other weekend while 3 of her 4 kids are on the verge of homelessness
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Wage theft is real theft, and workers deserve every dollar they earn. I created the first wage theft unit in the history of my office to make sure people get paid what they’re owed, to hold bad actors accountable, and we’ve already brought back hundreds of thousands of dollars to Minnesota workers.
Marco Foster@MarcoFoster_
Hasan Piker: “If you steal from the poor, you become rich. If you steal from the wealthy, you go to prison. There’s only one direction where you can do unlimited theft. Wage theft is the most consequential amount of theft that takes place in the United States of America”
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@yumtapwater I see Swedish crispbread at the local Scandinavian shops on a regular basis.
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The last commercially-available form of "hardtack", once a staple of the diets of sailors and explorers. Common in Alaska.
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@VKA848 @MichaelH_MN Yes, allowing people time with their children or sick family members is good. It's helping families now, you dope.
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@Eric_MN_ @MichaelH_MN Good? It is hugely destructive to the entire state. It will hurt families.
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@hellodonavon MN republicans are just whiny cheapskates in every way, aren't they?
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Personally I would save money on my trip to hang out with a bunch of pedophiles by refraining from taking my children to hang out with a bunch of pedophiles, but that’s just me.
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@VKA848 @MichaelH_MN Good, it's 100% worth it. If you disagree, don't talk about caring about families.
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@Eric_MN_ @MichaelH_MN Don't you freaking understand that if fully maximized the amount being paid in won't come close to the amount needed to be paid? There is no real constraint so it could need up to about a 15% tax.
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@HillcrestCardCo I was in Stockholm in 2024 and on the third day way too many Americans were around. When I asked the front desk about it, they said people were coming from the US for a Taylor Swift concert because it cost less to see her in Sweden than in the US, even with the flights and hotel.
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One of my family members has a good job and private insurance. He needs imaging and a surgical procedure. So far he's figured out that it would be cheaper to fly to Norway and stay there for almost a week to get it all done.
Financial Dystopia@financedystop
A round-trip flight from New York to Shanghai next month starts around $1,039, a 5-star hotel averages about $124–$138 a night, and an MRI in Shanghai is roughly $99–$164. That means you can do the whole trip for around $1,400. Plenty of Americans pay more than that for one MRI.
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@hellodonavon @michaelpleahy These are worse than participation trophies, which they don't even get without starting their own little creepy club.
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@michaelpleahy It’s so funny how right wingers have to invent awards just because they got sad about never winning any on their own merits.
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BREAKING: As an award winning journalist, it is my view that Kash Patel has a very strong defamation case against The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick. This morning he filed a $250 million defamation case against them. tennesseestar.com/justice/leahy-…
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6 years of living in Texas and I've come to the conclusion that the no state income tax thing is basically a scam. The property taxes are so high that they negate any savings. We are still paying as many taxes in Texas as we would in California. You save on gas I guess.
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The idea of “low-tax” red states is a myth. Lower-income and working-class people pay higher taxes in Texas than in California. Middle-class people pay about the same in both states. Rich people pay much lower taxes in Texas.
Uzi@UziCryptoo
6 years of living in Texas and I've come to the conclusion that the no state income tax thing is basically a scam. The property taxes are so high that they negate any savings. We are still paying as many taxes in Texas as we would in California. You save on gas I guess.
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@coldpalindrome That's a little more than what we paid. Shopping around for the judge saved us over $100. lol
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