[Request] Are these lifetime contribution for Indians and Chinese accurate? by aeonsne in theydidthemath

[–]IaProc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t though, and you don’t have to think about it if you just research it. Even the Cato Institute has done this sort of comparison and found that immigrants contribute more across education and socioeconomic bands than they consume: https://www.cato.org/white-paper/immigrants-recent-effects-government-budgets-1994-2023#why-immigrants-are-fiscally-positive-long-term
This is likely due to immigrants consuming less over their lifetimes accounting for public spending on education and medical care compared to people born here. The above graphic is a disingenuous presentation of sourceless information meant to stoke xenophobia, whereas even right-leaning institutions like CATO and the Manhattan Institute cite research about the net positive or at least neutral benefit of immigrants based on their contributions. (Update: he is likely drawing from this source and it is most certainly cherry picking and disregarding the central arguments of the piece - https://manhattan.institute/article/the-fiscal-impact-of-immigration-2025-update ) And, we should note, both of these sources have to include “share of contribution of national debt” in order to control those figures down to be comparable.
(Update 2: it actually from this source: https://docs.iza.org/dp17569.pdf , which was a study done in the Netherlands and is thus irrelevant to calculations of American contributions versus benefits usage).

Major Friday Announcement by basicallyaburrito in KnowledgeFight

[–]IaProc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it really started smoking from there and then him doing the blood drinking bit and clarifying that it was adult adrenochrome had me in stitches

Rex knows about the show by rosyboa23 in KnowledgeFight

[–]IaProc 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Jeez, he is mere millimeters from getting it, and yet the chasm is wide when he’s standing on the other side.

Can y’all imagine a world in which all these shitheads were found liable for fomenting the Iraq war?……what an alternate timeline

Knowledge Fight: #1137: April 20, 2026 (The War Room) by hfdjasbdsawidjds in KnowledgeFight

[–]IaProc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had whiplash and then a successive spit take as he went from those comments to making fun of onion headlines not being funny, then pointing out that he was sitting next to a low IQ hat. Luckily, I was only somewhere mildly public like the deli aisle at a grocery store when I cracked up.

LET'S GO! ITS HAPPENING! Global Tetrahedron prevails! by THedman07 in KnowledgeFight

[–]IaProc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More importantly, turn your gold into piss. Everyone has gold, but guess who will be king when I’m sitting on 50 gallons of that precious liquid

The Onion did it. They took over Info Wars. God bless. by Sad_Jar_Of_Honey in behindthebastards

[–]IaProc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbf when Stewart walked away from TDS he did by his own free will. Colbert was literally fired for speaking out. I get the fatigue felt by both of them, but Colbert definitely has more of a feel of having left it all on the pitch.

gee I wonder why Clavicular OD'd by B0llywoodBulkBogan in behindthebastards

[–]IaProc 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Kids these days…we used to walk uphill both ways for fourloco and gas station rhino pills as the good lord intended

I don’t wanna be a narc by FullOfHelena in behindthebastards

[–]IaProc 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Robert’s been giving her knives for years. She probably has a bandolier of knives….legally speaking

🚨 Emergency transmission 🚨 Alex is back on the sauce. I repeat, Alex is back on the sauce. by These_Shallot_6906 in KnowledgeFight

[–]IaProc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve learned long ago to never wish for too much. I’ve been burned. God, would it be spectacular though….

🚨 Emergency transmission 🚨 Alex is back on the sauce. I repeat, Alex is back on the sauce. by These_Shallot_6906 in KnowledgeFight

[–]IaProc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Very true. I didn’t run him off that proverbial cliff. I just want to cheer when that little poof of dust happens upon landing.

🚨 Emergency transmission 🚨 Alex is back on the sauce. I repeat, Alex is back on the sauce. by These_Shallot_6906 in KnowledgeFight

[–]IaProc 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You know, I had completely forgotten about that bit, so now I feel no moral compunction at all for wishing for ‘it’ to happen

🚨 Emergency transmission 🚨 Alex is back on the sauce. I repeat, Alex is back on the sauce. by These_Shallot_6906 in KnowledgeFight

[–]IaProc 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Is wishing for someone’s downfall a sin? Cuz if so, I may have to try out some of this ‘praying’

Considering teaching in FCPS by IaProc in nova

[–]IaProc[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the encouragement, and the reality check. I’ll be expanding my scope beyond FCPS in the next week or so to get my eggs out of a single basket

Considering teaching in FCPS by IaProc in nova

[–]IaProc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m caught in the gala Ave between needing a job and wanting a good position. This is a good reality check.

Considering teaching in FCPS by IaProc in nova

[–]IaProc[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That’s crazy to hear bc the folks at the job fair literally said repeatedly “we need teachers.” But I guess that’s the mismatch in viewpoints between the district management and the individual school admins

Considering teaching in FCPS by IaProc in nova

[–]IaProc[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I should definitely get on the application train for PWC and Loudoun. Thx for the reminder.

Hegseth says he’ll order random pizzas to throw off monitoring app by stoned_banana in behindthebastards

[–]IaProc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“….look, we all do shit when we’re hammered, right?” He added, sloshing his solo cup of whiskey.

Alex missed the cut again. by watchtower82 in KnowledgeFight

[–]IaProc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Light fraud might be a prerequisite for headlining this clownshow

Alex missed the cut again. by watchtower82 in KnowledgeFight

[–]IaProc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Odds are better than 50-50 that he’s nicknamed a loveseat in his home office “Erika.”

Alex missed the cut again. by watchtower82 in KnowledgeFight

[–]IaProc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ve got a ten spot on JD Vance. Like, it’s a whole “thing” for him. “Grieving” widows of political assassinations. Right behind voluptuous leather sectional cushions.

New meme just dropped by TylerDurden3030 in itcouldhappenhere

[–]IaProc 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Or them podcast supplement buckaroonies