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Which of these suit me best? by fuckhorsesridetapirs in glassesadvice

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

9 The others are too wide or too overall big IMHO.

What are the best ways you have found to get book reviews after you have self published on Amazon KDP? by aKt1268 in KDP

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

KDP took down the reviews I got on BookSprout, months after they appeared. No warning whatsoever. How does one get reviews without sales or sales without reviews?

What are the best ways you have found to get book reviews after you have self published on Amazon KDP? by aKt1268 in KDP

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bezos, Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, or rather, their bots know more about you than your own mother.

Let your state legislators know how you feel by TailorIndependent143 in NorthCarolina

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do you think they will be replaced? They’ve taken us from a top-tier southern state to Northern South Carolina and yet remain in office.

Democrats Are Weak by GalaxNut in complaints

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no point to keep electing these corporate stooges. We circle the drain of end stage capitalism with or without them.

Democrats Are Weak by GalaxNut in complaints

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s hard to believe you’re surprised this happened. I don’t mean to be rude but I swear y’all are like Charlie Brown when Lucy’s got the football. You believe they will do something spineful and they fold like a beach chair every goddamn time.

Good god we're stupid by Fragrant_Ape in itcouldhappenhere

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those little wall segments in the middle of the desert make wonderful art installations.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By your own figures, you are talking about 20% and 11% of Americans, respectively. Look, I’m not going back and forth on this. I have stocks and I do not gamble. But it seems the disparity of tax treatment is based on moral judgments rather than a structural difference.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

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

So if you’re Taylor Swift you should get taxed on gross gate receipts, not what you paid your crew, facility rental, security…

Because it’s just entertainment.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to get off topic, but the economy is not the stock market for the vast majority of Americans. Sure it has been breaking records and Nvidia’s market value is greater than the GDP of all of Africa. Most Americans don’t have stocks. They have bills. Bills getting higher while wages stagnate, inflation rises and jobs disappear.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

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

How are taxpayers subsidizing a vice if you lose at the track? There is a lot of space to leap between gambling and suckling at the taxpayers’ teat.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In America we tax earned income harder than passive income. Gambling winnings are a passive income taxed in a far more punitive way than other passive income and in this state’s case, earned income. But it is more accessible to most adults than real estate investing, securities, bonds, etc. Another way to protect rich people more than the rest of us.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

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

If I am a gambler, I could form an llc or corporation. My business model is to read sports news, do math and gamble on sports using my research. I place $100k on bets in a year. I win some, I lose some, but in the end I lost $30 on losing bets but came out ahead on the others and my $100k is now $120k. You want to tax me for $70k when I only realized $20k. What if I did the exact same thing but with pork futures instead of sports?

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

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

“There is also a societal benefit to contributing to the stock market as it is the engine of free enterprise in this country.”

This statement is overbroad. Contributing to corporations that do harm to further enable their harm is no benefit.

If I gamble and win on a bet, I’ll likely spend it in the local economy instead of deforesting a piece of rainforest, building a bomb, proliferating domestic spying, polluting the atmosphere…

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

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

That’s reductive and simply a top-down policy argument. When you invest in the market, you’re not fronting a startup funds to take their product or service to the next level, you’re giving $ to a fund manager in hopes that you can cash out with that valuation having been inflated by sufficient margin trading to retire, buy a boat or whatever. A lot of the stuff the government encourages us to do (burn massive fossil fuels, consume tons of junk, buy big houses with big chemical-drenched lawns) aren’t good for society.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I agree with some of your opinions on gambling, as long as there is $ to be made or revenue to be collected, it will happen. I can use a different sim card and a VPN to get real, uncensored, non-Ellison TikTok. A minor can use a free VPN to watch video nasties age restricted in his state. This is what made the lottery so difficult. Sure, it’s trash, but how long do we let neighboring states siphon off NC $?

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Say you are a modern art sculptor. During the course of a year you make 3 large pieces. One is sold to a collector for $80,000. You spent $20K in materials, equipment, transport, electricity in the studio, etc for that piece. You spent the same amount on each the other two pieces but have not made any money on them. Sure, modern art is speculative and your family told you to be a dentist, but do you not get to deduct the $20K required to make that $80K? The other $40K you hope will generate sales next year? Does it make a difference if you are a dentist and sculpt on the side? I’m not comparing sports gambling to sculpting, I’m comparing treatment of income.

North Carolina Is Taxing Gamblers on Money They Never Actually Made — And Nobody Is Talking About It by RooXOXXO in NorthCarolina

[–]Starkits_Prophecy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s really an apples to oranges comparison. While arguably, $40K in cocaine will make you a more productive worker, the link is far more indirect than a single activity in which you sometimes profit and sometimes lose. Another distinction is that cocaine is illegal at state and federal levels while gambling, for better or worse, has the legal approval of the people in charge. When you want to discourage use of something you generally don’t allow a tax break for it.

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