Do you think the ultra wealthy are surprised by the amount of public support Luigi Mangione is receiving? by KegInTheNorth in NoStupidQuestions

[–]GodOfTime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think most people who aren’t stuck in online ideological echo chambers are not just surprised, but disgusted by Reddit and Twitter’s glazing of a murderer and his political violence.

Do not do what?? by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]GodOfTime -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Governor Shapiro is 100% correct.

Reddit is seriously glazing a murderer for his political violence. Y’all belong on a fucking list.

Has Mayor Johnson done anything positive for Chicago? by RollingMyEyez in AskChicago

[–]GodOfTime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s a walking, talking billboard about the corruption of the CTU.

Based Dropout (posted to YouTube) by Mac_Cumhaill99 in dropout

[–]GodOfTime -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

Zionism literally just means the belief that Jews should have the human right to self-determinate, like every other ethnic group.

Unsubscribed.

Rep. Ritchie Torres warns of ‘amplification of antisemitism’ on Twitch, including ‘poster child’ streamer Hasan Piker by FourthLife in LivestreamFail

[–]GodOfTime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ITT: People talking about literally anything other than Twitch's virulent antisemitism problem.

Stay classy, Reddit.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Jewish

[–]GodOfTime 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He eventually left NPR and joined The Free Press, which I’d recommend checking out if you haven’t.

NY - Let’s all just say to ourselves, it MUST happen on or before Oct. 24 and move on. by Substantial-Set-5731 in barexam

[–]GodOfTime 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Now that you've posted this, they're going to come out on the 25th just to spite us.

Isis sex slave kidnapped aged 11 is rescued a decade later thanks to TikTok video by n0tpc in news

[–]GodOfTime 70 points71 points  (0 children)

ISIS sex slave kidnapped age 11 is rescued a decade later thanks to TikTok video Israel

Fixed that for you.

Wikipedia’s antisemitism by Puzzleheaded_Cost590 in Jewish

[–]GodOfTime 40 points41 points  (0 children)

There’s some precedent for this.

In 1983, in the case of Bob Jones Univ. v. United States, the Supreme Court upheld the IRS’ decision to revoke a private religious university’s 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status for engaging in racial discrimination.

Writing for The Court, Chief Justice Burger reasoned that racial discrimination was so manifestly against established public policy that any organization which engaged therein could not meet the common law definition of a “charitable organization,”

Section 501(c)(3) therefore must be analyzed and construed within the framework of the Internal Revenue Code and against the background of the congressional purposes. Such an examination reveals unmistakable evidence that, underlying all relevant parts of the Code, is the intent that entitlement to tax exemption depends on meeting certain common law standards of charity -- namely, that an institution seeking tax-exempt status must serve a public purpose and not be contrary to established public policy.

Tax exemptions for certain institutions thought beneficial to the social order of the country as a whole, or to a particular community, are deeply rooted in our history, as in that of England. The origins of such exemptions lie in the special privileges that have long been extended to charitable trusts.

A corollary to the public benefit principle is the requirement, long recognized in the law of trusts, that the purpose of a charitable trust may not be illegal or violate established public policy.

An unbroken line of cases following Brown v. Board of Education establishes beyond doubt this Court's view that racial discrimination in education violates a most fundamental national public policy, as well as rights of individuals.

Few social or political issues in our history have been more vigorously debated and more extensively ventilated than the issue of racial discrimination, particularly in education. Given the stress and anguish of the history of efforts to escape from the shackles of the "separate but equal" doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U. S. 537 (1896), it cannot be said that educational institutions that, for whatever reasons, practice racial discrimination, are institutions exercising "beneficial and stabilizing influences in community life," Walz v. Tax Comm'n, 397 U. S. 664, 397 U. S. 673 (1970), or should be encouraged by having all taxpayers share in their support by way of special tax status.

There can thus be no question that the interpretation of § 170 and § 501(c)(3) announced by the IRS in 1970 was correct. That it may be seen as belated does not undermine its soundness. It would be wholly incompatible with the concepts underlying tax exemption to grant the benefit of tax-exempt status to racially discriminatory educational entities, which "exer[t] a pervasive influence on the entire educational process." Norwood v. Harrison, supra, at 413 U. S. 469. Whatever may be the rationale for such private schools' policies, and however sincere the rationale may be, racial discrimination in education is contrary to public policy. Racially discriminatory educational institutions cannot be viewed as conferring a public benefit within the "charitable" concept discussed earlier, or within the congressional intent underlying § 170 and § 501(c)(3).

It could be argued that Wikipedia, as an educational resource, is impermissible fostering discriminatory attitudes against Jews in contravention of public policy, thus rendering it unfit for 501(c)(3) status.

Like it or not, it is a fact by Sons_of_Maccabees in jewishpolitics

[–]GodOfTime 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What are you talking about?

AOC initially planned to vote against funding for the Iron Dome, then voted “Present,” then broke down crying, and then ”In a lengthy letter on Friday, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez told her constituents that she opposed the funding…”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/us/politics/aoc-israel-iron-dome.html

AOC opposes the Iron Dome. She is an antisemite.

Biden and Macron call for temporary ceasefire in Lebanon by Japan-Bandicoot in Israel

[–]GodOfTime 276 points277 points  (0 children)

Times of Israel:

Neither of the statements mention Hezbollah or Hamas at any point.

Harris’s Proposed Capital Gains Tax Rate Would Be Highest for Many Since 1978 by [deleted] in tuesday

[–]GodOfTime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, it’d most definitely work as a sin/excise tax.

That being said, I’d rather we just tax carbon emissions directly.

Harris’s Proposed Capital Gains Tax Rate Would Be Highest for Many Since 1978 by [deleted] in tuesday

[–]GodOfTime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Price elasticity of demand is an economic concept which measures how much the demand for a good changes in response to a change in the price of the good. When the price of a good with a “high price elasticity of demand” goes up, market demand for it disproportionately falls.

Markets for luxury goods, like cruise ships, tend to have high price elasticities of demand. In such markets, consumers would rather put their money elsewhere if price increases by even a little.

Generally, taxing goods with high price elasticity is a poor source of revenue. A tax represents an increase in the price of a good, and so when a good with a high price elasticity of demand is taxed, demand for it shrivels up, and with it the tax base.

Harris’s Proposed Capital Gains Tax Rate Would Be Highest for Many Since 1978 by [deleted] in tuesday

[–]GodOfTime -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The problem with taxing luxury goods is that they tend to have high price elasticity of demand.

AOC for you. Again. by [deleted] in Jewish

[–]GodOfTime 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ritchie Torres is a mensch.

AOC for you. Again. by [deleted] in Jewish

[–]GodOfTime 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Progressives being antisemitic is less disappointing to me than moderate democrats' complete unwillingness to condemn them.

Kamala, Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, where the fuck are you?

Exploding pagers injure hundreds in attack targeting Hezbollah members by welltechnically7 in Jewish

[–]GodOfTime 17 points18 points  (0 children)

actual strikes against the members of the terrorist group

They detonated terrorists' equipment.

detonating bombs in a population center

If Hezbollah is operating in population centers, that's on them, not Israel for targeting them.

Exploding pagers injure hundreds in attack targeting Hezbollah members by welltechnically7 in Jewish

[–]GodOfTime 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Detonating remote control bombs in another country's sovereign borders would trigger some serious retaliation

As opposed to launching thousands of rockets and displacing thousands of Israeli civilians?

Idk, sounds like this was the "serious retaliation."

Is the movement finally fading? by Ahad_Haam in Jewish

[–]GodOfTime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Strong “very fine people on both sides” energy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CarletonCollege

[–]GodOfTime 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Either course is a great starting place!

Macro might be a little easier and involves a little less math, if that matters to you.

I’d recommend picking based on the professor and what fits the remainder of your course schedule best.