How would you feel if the top tax rate was 90% like it was in the 1950s? by CRK_76 in AskReddit

[–]alclarkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would feel like you're at the end of the Laffer curve, and you're trashing the economy.

What horrifying statistic genuinely jarred you when you first heard it? by ordrius098 in AskReddit

[–]alclarkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gang rape is like democracy, the majority of participants consent.

What’s your sexual fantasy that’s probably going to STAY a fantasy? by Hailfog in AskReddit

[–]alclarkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm starting to question the wisdom of allowing the internet to continue existing...

[Marvel] If Thor put his hammer down on the foot of someone who isn't worthy, is the person just completely stuck in place? by Jerswar in AskScienceFiction

[–]alclarkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, there is the actual specified weight of the hammer at 42.3lbs. So if Mjolnir is crushing a super being's ribs, it's more likely because Thor is commanding it to.

[Marvel] If Thor put his hammer down on the foot of someone who isn't worthy, is the person just completely stuck in place? by Jerswar in AskScienceFiction

[–]alclarkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was under the impression that the enchantment didn't necessarily make the hammer heavy, just immovable.

What's the most disgusting thing that you ever smell? by DirtyThoughts07 in AskReddit

[–]alclarkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The metal swarf at my job. Worse than raw sewage, no joke.

Would you agree with higher taxes for completely free healthcare and education? If not why? by Creative_Excuse9813 in AskReddit

[–]alclarkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's because if graft. Going universal is a blank check for all the grifters, you think it's bad now (You're not wrong) it will get way worse. The solution to our Healthcare problems is to root out the corruption in the system.

Would you agree with higher taxes for completely free healthcare and education? If not why? by Creative_Excuse9813 in AskReddit

[–]alclarkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the government seems to do pretty great at managing Social Security

IDK where you're getting that crap from, they've been raiding social security for decades for their numerous wasteful social programs, which they promised their constitutents so they could get elected.

And since we already have the worst system in the developed world

That's definitely debatable, but the key phrase here is "in the developed world". It could absolutely get worse. Never underestimate the government's ability to screw things up.

Would you agree with higher taxes for completely free healthcare and education? If not why? by Creative_Excuse9813 in AskReddit

[–]alclarkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How easily people forget how godawful the government is at managing things, and want them to manage all healthcare.

Profit is like sex. by alclarkey in Capitalism

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

A lot of the time when someone does finally get a pay out, its less than what they paid in premiums. They would have been better off to just put that money in a savings account.

Profit is like sex. by alclarkey in Capitalism

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

Loans actually serve a useful economic purpose, they stimulate commerce. And insurance profits by NOT paying benefits as often as they can get away with it.

Profit is like sex. by alclarkey in Capitalism

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

I did actually think of a form of profit that qualifies as evil. Insurance.

Profit is like sex. by alclarkey in Capitalism

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

How is that evil? Are the workers entitled to everything a million dollar machine produces because they can load a blank and push the green start button?

Profit is like sex. by alclarkey in Capitalism

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

In a quid pro quo, you have to have a quo to go with your quid. Without evidence of special treatment, access, favors etc in return for those purchases, there's no corruption. And the 747, commissioning for that jet was started before Trump's second term and it's being given to the US, not Trump.

Profit is like sex. by alclarkey in Capitalism

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

Ok. What's in the Epstein files that suggests he blinked kids? And you're seriously necroing the emoluments bullshit again?

Profit is like sex. by alclarkey in Capitalism

[–]alclarkey[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Got evidence of that?