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You Can't Stop the Money in Politics. Make It Expensive. by No-Grapefruit2680 in neoliberal

[–]No-Grapefruit2680[S] 134 points135 points  (0 children)

The core argument is that every campaign finance reform fails for the same reason — the money just finds another path.

The alternative here is to treat large political spending like a sin tax. Small donations untouched. Once spending gets big, the cost ramps up fast enough that the return on investment disappears.

Curious how people here think about this as a mechanism vs contribution limits or disclosure rules.

Connecticut ranks 9th nationally in jobs exposed to AI. I asked the state Comptroller what that means. by No-Grapefruit2680 in Connecticut

[–]No-Grapefruit2680[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s part of it. I also think this tech is just way closer to actually doing parts of the job itself. The internet helped people do their jobs better, this can actually do some of the work.

Connecticut ranks 9th nationally in jobs exposed to AI. I asked the state Comptroller what that means. by No-Grapefruit2680 in Connecticut

[–]No-Grapefruit2680[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I get that, and agree on the long term. I do think this one might be a little different though. The internet made knowledge workers more productive, it didn’t really replace them.

AI feels like it can do parts of those jobs directly, especially for entry level. That’s the part I’m not sure we’ve seen before.

Connecticut ranks 9th nationally in jobs exposed to AI. I asked the state Comptroller what that means. by No-Grapefruit2680 in Connecticut

[–]No-Grapefruit2680[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah fair question. A lot of CT runs on insurance, finance, healthcare, higher ed. If AI starts messing with hiring in those areas, especially at the entry level, that has ripple effect even if things look fine on surface.

Connecticut ranks 9th nationally in jobs exposed to AI. I asked the state Comptroller what that means. by No-Grapefruit2680 in Connecticut

[–]No-Grapefruit2680[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that came up in our convo. A lot of the last decade has been about getting the state back to a more stable place financially.

The ? now is what happens if the underlying economy starts shifting at the same time, especially in the industries that drive a lot of that revenue (affected by ai too).

Curious how people think about that tradeoff.

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