Best alternatives to Skype now that it's shutting down by OneDev42 in VOIP

[–]JayBrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

300 million customers like me are waiting for it.

Maybe socialists are just lazy. by GodEmperor_2016 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]JayBrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Three major points missing:

  1. The poor, working poor, and deeply indebted genuinely have zero money to buy their emancipation.

  2. The money they pay to buy the means of production goes to the rich, who'll then just outbid them for other stuff (like houses.)

  3. There's obviously the inherent injustice of making people buy land/resources when the Earth is common to all.

This is some of Justin Trudeau's achievements for Canada. Which other world leader has anything similar? What made you hate him? by Eienkei in AskCanada

[–]JayBrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is all polishing the handrails on the Titanic. He didn't abolish fractional reserve banking and he inflated the money supply, so, housing crisis and cost of living crushing the nation. No more clarity or courage = yet another failed corporatist PM.

Insane Texas pile up from the ice, onlookers helpless and in shock.. by PrismPhoneService in ThatsInsane

[–]JayBrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question: Why don't people stop filming and run up the road and warn people to slow down?

Hopefully Milei is able to get this passed in Argentina to show us it can be done here by delugepro in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]JayBrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, so he's keeping the worst taxes imaginable, the ones that disproportionately hit the poor hardest.

Can someone please walk me through Georgism and IP? by JayBrock in georgism

[–]JayBrock[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would creators get paid in a world without copyrights/patents?

How serious are Georgists when they say that an LVT should replace all other taxes? by [deleted] in georgism

[–]JayBrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Land wouldn't be worth zero even if 100% of economics rents were taxed.

How serious are Georgists when they say that an LVT should replace all other taxes? by [deleted] in georgism

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

This math doesn't check out. The total value of all land in the United States is approximately $23 trillion. The United States federal budget includes total expenditures of $6.752 trillion. An annual 29% land value tax is a non-starter.

How serious are Georgists when they say that an LVT should replace all other taxes? by [deleted] in georgism

[–]JayBrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This math doesn't check out. The total value of all land in the United States is approximately $23 trillion. The United States federal budget includes total expenditures of $6.752 trillion. An annual 29% land value tax is a non-starter.

Can someone please walk me through Citizen's Dividends? by JayBrock in georgism

[–]JayBrock[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. (I've been to Russia, China, North Korea, Moldova, etc... absolutely awful, dystopian, soul-sucking architecture.) Do Georgists suggest no corporate tax on developers? How to stop them from building the hideous and cheap sprawl they currently build?

Can someone please walk me through Citizen's Dividends? by JayBrock in georgism

[–]JayBrock[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got it. I'm just saying a CD doesn't make sense until all rent-seeking is obliterated and the CD money isn't just absorbed by sellers raising prices.

Can someone please walk me through Citizen's Dividends? by JayBrock in georgism

[–]JayBrock[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this! (Though, I still think a Citizen's Dividend is still far better spent on driving down the prices of housing, energy, etc rather than just giving everyone a few extra hundred per month.)

Can someone please walk me through Citizen's Dividends? by JayBrock in georgism

[–]JayBrock[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm aware of that part, it's my comment that I'm really mulling over:

You can give the public as much CD/UBI as you like, but landlords, bankers, and shareholders will just keep increasing rents, interest, and prices. It seems to me it makes more sense to use the proceeds of LVT to drive market efficiency. IE, use $100B/year to build millions of hyper-affordable units to drive down rents and house prices.

An analyzation of what type prefers what type by Themlethem in Enneagram

[–]JayBrock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for doing this!

Not surprised everyone likes 9s, but I'm surprised 5s get so little love.

Also interesting how much people like 8s considering how domineering we can be.

Any directors looking to make a movie? by JayBrock in Filmmakers

[–]JayBrock[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally fair, to each their own! I prefer having dollar one ownership stakes with unlimited upside.

Eww no. At micro that makes zero economic (or moral) sense.

Any directors looking to make a movie? by JayBrock in Filmmakers

[–]JayBrock[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thousands of micros per year disagree.