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rbreich ,
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Trump’s tax law cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%.

What did corporations do with the money saved?

They didn’t invest it or raise wages.

They spent a record $1 trillion on stock buybacks the year after the law went into effect.

Nothing trickled down to workers.

Apan ,
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@rbreich Guess that he put the corporate tax somewhere equal to other countries such as those in the EU.

JosephSmith3130 ,

@rbreich thats why Republicans threaten violence to get the Rapist Fraudster’s recession going - more tax cuts!

georgetakei ,
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Would watch!

AddisonAlbright ,
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@georgetakei
I’d watch that, but I’d rather watch an event where people try to roast the ice cream man as hilariously as this little British girl: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPREqNbJe/ 😂

ethanjstark ,
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@georgetakei

Still calling to have a smattering of non-athletes participating in each event, as a point of reference.

Same for The Great British Baking Show, only with inexperienced bakers.

rbreich ,
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The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.”

But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people.

Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.

aadriasola ,
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@rbreich growth like the crypto scammer space, jobs like online trolls payed with crypto

davidhaynz ,
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@rbreich
The economist Warren J Samuels argued the lack of regulation, or deregulation, was in itself a form of regulation.

Because regulation controls the distribution of sacrifice. E.g. if you deregulate air pollution you shift costs from polluters to people who breathe.

I suppose there could be Kafkaesque regulations that don't affect the distribution of sacrifice, or do anything useful. But I would need convincing.

georgetakei ,
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You're hired!

cqd_sos ,
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@georgetakei
The positive attitude is what counts.

chessert ,
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@georgetakei
Team player: bring him right in! Pay that man!

georgetakei ,
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Words to live by.

janneke ,
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@georgetakei paramedics are not humans?

WellsiteGeo ,
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@georgetakei
Is it time for another of the Lancet's collections of "Excuses given for vacuum-cleaner injuries to penises."

Normally it's a number for their Xmas/ NY edition, but there's no particular time frame.
Or is there?

rbreich ,
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What a week of fireworks!

From SCOTUS blowing up the rule of law…

to the Biden/Stephanopoulos interview…

to Trump playing dumb about his own Project 2025…

Heather Lofthouse of @imcivicaction & I get into it all in the Coffee Klatch. Watch this:

Gurre ,
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@rbreich
Imagine the media jumping on Trump after the verdict like they have on Biden after the debate. Crazy thought!

https://mastodon.social/@DebErupts/112739908918904448

lsitongia ,
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@rbreich
Drumpf did say that be wishes Project 2025 luck (not that need it).

georgetakei ,
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wbpeckham ,
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@georgetakei Jerk!

GGMcBG ,
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@georgetakei

Aw, that little fella is showing us the twins he's going home with.
And he'll disappoint them, too.

georgetakei ,
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nemeciii ,
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@georgetakei grounding was the least thing to do.

What I would have done would be that he'd have to come clean about the prank to the girl and apologize. Then as an apology offer money for a fine dining dinner at a central location on his expense from his monthly allowance. He wouldn't be at the dinner.

What a dimwit son, I would have made him do all the chores in addition. 😡

tony ,
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@georgetakei Boys will be boys? Retch. In the 21st century that phrase should have been banished for good.

rbreich ,
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The Supreme Court has greenlit Trump's plan to be a "dictator on Day One." Here's what that could look like.

TAI ,
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@rbreich what gave us this SCOTUS? democracy, What gave us trump: democracy. And still nobody sees anything wrong here

shanen ,
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@rbreich

The is merely correcting our misunderstanding of the Constitution. You thought "execute the Office" was about faithfully following the laws? Silly you. Execute means kill and now the can kill his office and any laws (or political opponents) he doesn't like. No idea why it took the six of them over 100 pages to explain such a silly little mistake.

georgetakei ,
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steinarb ,
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@georgetakei Ooooooo!

CerebralHawks ,
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@georgetakei Bad situation all around. I would contact the host privately and respectfully decline, giving my reason without judgment and asking if they’d be interested in a more personal get together later, if it seemed necessary.

I have allergies, so I can see both sides. Vegans have strong aversions to eating meat (by anyone) that aren’t as deadly serious as allergies, but should be respected in their own home.

georgetakei ,
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SteveJB ,

@georgetakei George, I'm not even going to read the article. I agree with you completely.

huntingdon ,
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@georgetakei

Absent a major illness or long-term job loss, three months is not a stay; it's moving in. If it's her boyfriend, she needs another one. Might be what he was trying to tell her with this stunt. This guy has issues she doesn't need to live with for life.

georgetakei ,
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A true friend! 🍕❤️

mrbruno ,
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@georgetakei What's to select? THICK! End of story.

CrypticMirror ,
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@georgetakei I asked for help once, but they said "get stuffed".

georgetakei ,
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virtuous_sloth ,
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@georgetakei I do not see much discussion of the approach of having a conversation with the other person where you explain how their behavior (lack of initiation of social situations) make her feel and giving the other person a chance to talk.

Might be a little more productive than a more passive approach, giving the latter might verge on passive-aggresive depending on context.

arstechnica ,
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Egalitarian oddity found in the Neolithic

Men, women, and immigrants all seemed to have similar dietary inputs.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/egalitarian-oddity-found-in-the-neolithic/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

scavello ,
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@arstechnica ah yes the three genders

jpaskaruk ,
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@arstechnica

Even if they all ate the same beast, some ate the tenderloin, some the T-bone, and some the chuck and the other tough cuts.

I don't think the remains tell us that much detail on the diet.

georgetakei ,
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vashbear ,
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@georgetakei Hi George, What is the business model of Percolately?

huntingdon ,
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@georgetakei

Note to Dad: Not everyone has to share the same bed. It's a get together, not a menage a quatre.

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