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pwnicholson , 3 hours ago to Work Reform in Universal basic income is 'straight out of the Karl Marx playbook,' financial guru Dave Ramsey says

He was always a grifter. When I was in college in the late 90s he had a financial responsibility program for college students to help them learn how to get out from college debt they were in the process of racking up. It was something like $40-50 a session for a 6-8 week course. That would be roughly $75-90 today.

I watched way too many of my friends give away money to that guy.

pwnicholson , 8 months ago to Personal Finance in IRS will launch free online tax-filing pilot in 13 states next year

They don’t know how many deductable donations you made in the year, major purchases you want to write off the taxes for, other deductions you qualify for, tax credits from home improvements, etc. You’d have to do a simple flat tax system with no deductions or credits for that to work.

pwnicholson , 9 months ago to Work Reform in Hollywood studios, writers near agreement to end strike, hope to finalize deal Thursday, sources say

Even if the writer strike is resolved, the actors are still on strike, right?

pwnicholson , 9 months ago to Ask Science in What are some popular sci-fi gadgets that are actually possible to construct in theory?

Depends on how far you want to stretch the “barring the limitations of materials and energy” bit, but there are several working theories of gravity drives and things similar to ‘warp drive’ out there. They just have massive energy consumption requirements it would require materials so dense that they approach carrying around a black hole with you. And they would go very, very fast, but not actually faster than light.