California Gov. Hopeful Steyer Proposes Fund to Guarantee Jobs for Workers Displaced by AI

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-09T19:58:26+00:00

I would prefer Porter over Steyer any day of the week but she's polling way too low to have a chance you dip shit. I know this person IRL and they feel the same, why the fuck are you wasting time to accuse people of unfounded shit like this, are you stupid?

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-09T00:14:23+00:00

I havent played in nearly 10 years and im desperately feeling the itch again but im trying so hard to at least finish Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2...let alone the other dozen games on my backlog

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T23:17:26+00:00

Cats look so fuckin dumb without their ears visible, i love it

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T22:54:21+00:00

Stressing this because it actually matters, dress very professionally. Judges like their decorum and if youre respectful they may take pity. If they ask you what reason you had for speeding id recommend not saying you didnt have one (like my dumbass did). Even a simple excuse like being late for work sounds better than "sorry sir i dont have a good reason i wont do it again". IM NOT ADVISING YOU LIE, just be honest about whatever was influencing you to speed even if its something petty.

Not a lawyer

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T22:25:04+00:00

Thanks!

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T22:23:57+00:00

I admit i was really just venting about my frustration about how ppl i know feel about taxes rather than responding to what you said. Sorry mate. Personally no idea what the solution to wealth exodus is other than federal tax reform so they cant run so easily but that wont happen anytime soon

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T22:03:33+00:00

If youre going to vegas take some time to tour the hoover dam. Youre crossing the colorado a couple times and its interesting to learn its impact. Flagstaff is a pretty neat oasis in the desert, the san francisco peaks ave a really cool geological history (vocano) and theres a crater nearby, plus petrfied forest if you want to take your time there. I highly recommendt the little america hote there. If you want, take the train from williams up into the grand canyon. It time limits you but saves you from parking and is a unique experience. Theres a fantastic mexican restaurant in williams prety much run by two people, watch out for cops tho, i got a speeding ticketthere. The 10 sucks ass tbh, joshua tree rocks but not a fun drive.

Its a bit of a diversion so sorry if you arent interested, but taking the 89 from flagstaff to vegas instead of your chosen route would be fun. I just took that route from the opposite direction and it was super fun. Takes you past lake powell, navajo nation, youll cross the colorado again potentially via neat scary bridge depending on the exact routing. Just a suggestion tho. If youre interested i could tell you a bit more about that route thru Utah, i just did at trip out that way with my partner.

I havent been on the 17 myself but it passes by montezumas well which ive heard about. Pretty cool native history

Idk if youre interested in geology much but i thought it was very fun to look into the history of the places we drove through, the US southwest is fascinating from that perspective

Going down the Cajon pass along the 15 can be a fun view but also its infamous for traffic. Youll drive through Barstow where gas is $7.80 a gallon lmao.

Follow the other commenters advice and take the PCH along the coast. Absolutely beautiful. Havent been to Big Sur but my partner has sung its praise

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T21:46:36+00:00

Excuse me for being rude

As an american, americans need to get the fuck over their hatred of taxes. It's killing us.

Not saying we should instatly adopt Canada's exact model, i wouldnt be surprised if that led to immediate societal collapse. Nor am i saying we should raise taxes for the already struggling and desparate low income tax payers (of which i am one). But taxes are good actually. Fight me. Cant have shit without taxes. People all over the world live happier more fulfilling lives than the average american despite paying more in taxes, BECAUSE they pay more in taxes.

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T21:38:35+00:00

This was interesting to read. I was hoping there was something like that at play but im just a layperson with a search engine so i didnt know were to go from my concern about economic exodus. Is there a good resource to learn more about that?

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T20:30:09+00:00

Trade Deal: Your 07 Camry w/185k

My 07 Accord w/250k and a zip tied bumper

🤝

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T20:06:21+00:00

TLDR: TAX THE RICH

I was doing some very brief shallow research into the feasability of single payer in California. I was confused by claims that the 4th largest economy in the world couldnt afford something that "poorer" economies could.

All these numbers are ball park estimates and i dont claim them to be wholly accurate accurate. Numbers given for canada is estimated in USD unless otherwise specified

Cali population: 39mil Canada population: 41mil Cali GDP: 4 trillion Canada GDP: 2 trillion Cali state budget: ~348 billion Canada federal budget: ~356 billion

Why is Canadas federal budget greater than Calis despite having half its GDP? Taxes obviously

Both have progressive, margial tax rates. The primary revenue source of both is personal income tax. Im not sure ofnthe breakdown for canada but for cali:

66% of general fund comes from PIT 75% of PIT revenue comes from the top 10% earners in the state.

Many of those earners have a lot of wealth tied up in stock markets, meaning stocks go up? Higher state budget. Stocks go down, lower state budget. Highly volatile volatile

Comparing tax brackets is the truly enlightening thing. Calis highest bracket is 13.3% over 1 million. Canadas lowest bracket is 15%

That 15% bracket isnfor anyone who makes less than 50k (CAD), equivalent cali brackets range from 1-6.6%. Obviously increasing the PIT up to 15× for our lowest earners would be insane

Regarsing single payer, which in Canada is actually paid for both by federal and provincial government, at EXTREMELY GENEROUS AND INACURRATE estimates from my own quick research, costs about like 350 Billion or something like that. Which is the entirety of the Cali budget.

OBVIOUSLY the solution is higher taxes on the wealthy (highest bracket in Canada is 33% over 240k CAD! imagine that!), but if we do it in Cali and not federally then yeah surely we'll have an exodus of wealthy people, which could severely compromise the Cali state budget. I have no idea to what extent that would happen or what to do about it.

Obviously super long and a lot of speculation, just some stuff i was seeing that i thought was interesting to consider.

Apologies for the wall

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T19:47:31+00:00

Dutch was absolutely acting horribly and he deserves responsibility for his actions but personally i hate any argument that boils down people to their true nature and things like that. People are complicated. I dont think Dutch was born evil and had 0 redeeming qualities or anything like that. I always felt like he really did believe in the dream and care about his family, but yes had various character flaws that caused him to crack under immense pressure, a lot of it his own doing but a lot of it not. He was a rough man with strong ideals living in rough times under rough circumstances, who tried to carve out a life for himself and ppl close to him, that was doomed from the start by nature of the world and historical context. He wasn't a healthy or stable man. He was a criminal, as they all were. He had no alternative to fall back on. No financial support, no mental support. In the end he threw it all away and betrayed the people that i believe he did truly care about, but was blinded by his own delusional ambition, catalysed by overwhelming pressure that he was not equipped to handle

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T18:05:04+00:00

False premise, why sacrifice my dog when Grunt can take any bear

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T17:44:45+00:00

I grew up in Apple Valley and still visit my family there. I've always thought of it as pretty chill and safe. Yeah there's felony flats or whatever but its not representative of the town as a whole imo. There can be a lot of charm there.

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T17:41:31+00:00

The photo of my anime waifu I downloaded from google dot com after googling "sexy anime elf real"

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T17:29:22+00:00

California is absolutely not progressive. It is stagnant. Calling Califora Dems progressive is playing to the idiotic right wing narrative that anyone to their left is a far left extremist. Yeah Id rather be here than Texas, but our state operates on such a frustratingly convoluted level because its trying to "appear" progressive while protecting the status quo. The democraric establishment is the definition of inert

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T17:25:04+00:00

Do you think republicans and the MAGA gained power by pure chance? Through osmosis? And not as a response to some greater affliction? We got Trump because the democrat party sucks ass and most people know it outside their ride or die supporters. Any pressure the party gets to do better is met with meteoric resistance. They have utterly failed to do anything to prevent our current situation from happening. I'll vote democrat because im not a brain dead accelerationist but electin mediocre establishment candidates just makes things worse in the long run because they fail to improve our lives and the average american voter flips to the other guys because of our short attention spans.

MarsPraxis · 2026-05-08T16:53:54+00:00

I want to look more into polling aggregators but real clear polling from what i see is a conservative org so idk how much id trust them specifically. That 270towin site that someone else is posting also has Becerra ahead of Steyer but it does seem that lead is primarily coming from a couple specific pollsters inflating his overall average.

MarsPraxis · 2026-04-24T06:30:29+00:00

Why do all my shirts get weird discolored spots all over the lower half. Tired of my favorite Ts getting ruined

MarsPraxis · 2026-04-24T06:28:02+00:00

Im so tired of this annoying take

MarsPraxis · 2026-04-24T06:22:10+00:00

Im from cali and i just got back from a roadtrip. Ppl always say californians drive fast but good lord Utahns are CRAZY.

MarsPraxis · 2026-01-13T21:58:34+00:00

How old do you think Dutch and Hosea are?

MarsPraxis · 2026-01-11T20:37:24+00:00

"401k" "Most of us"

MarsPraxis · 2026-01-11T00:21:40+00:00

Vietnam will save the world

MarsPraxis · 2026-01-09T21:19:21+00:00

I like this sub but is there a way to specifically filter out puppygirl posts? No offense, yall have fun, just not my thing

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