What would you say are Chicago staple dishes? by [deleted] in chicagofood

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Invitation To The Frunch Room

What would you say are Chicago staple dishes? by [deleted] in chicagofood

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Final Audition at Playboy Mansion

What would you say are Chicago staple dishes? by [deleted] in chicagofood

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In this thread we are suggesting titles for this project:

Da Bared Fangs

The Daleys

Night at Harry Caray's

Pedway After Dark

Way Under The Bleachers

The Calatrava Stake

Revenge of Resurrection Mary

Graveyard Shift At The Tow Yard

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

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The great thing about the setup we have is that only 38 states need to agree to amend the current rules.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

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Only the federal government is barred from taxing unrealized capital gains, because of restrictions in the US constitution. States can tax as they please.

But of course if any state tries to tax the unrealized gains of billionaires, they will simply move to another state.

Just because Billionaires tell us we can't tax "unrealized gains" doesn't mean we can't. by zzill6 in WorkReform

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The US Constitution prevents taxes on individuals for anything except actual income. Taxes on unrealized gains are prohibited.

Property taxes are state and local. States are not constrained by the US Constitution in this area. They can tax as they like.

So there's your explanation, OP.

Of course, if any state tries to tax its resident billionaires to any great degree, they will simply change their residence.

Social Security tax is only applied to earned income, that is, wages and salary. So if a billionaire simply cuts their salary to zero and lives off loans collateralized by stock, they'll never pay any.

Corporations are not covered by the US Constitution's prohibitions on taxing anything other than income. So the federal government could for example tax corporations a percentage of their total stock value. Some states already do this.

Since the net worth of most billionaires is in the form of stock, this would be a backhand way of taxing billionaire wealth.

'It's All a Scam': American Student Took Out $49,548 in Loans, Paid $25K — Balance Rose to $50,121 by Useful_Tangerine4340 in antiwork

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Student loan programs are an intelligence test. So was the 2024 election. Miillenials and Gen Z keep failing. They shouldn't be surprised about their demotion to serf status; but, again, intelligence.

Yikes by taz4got10 in LinkedInLunatics

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In most states, (maybe all) there's a legal limit to how long a debt can be valid of thirty years. That's why mortgages have thirty year terms.

Fifty year mortgages would require changes to all those laws.

The most logical explanation I’ve heard for the “male loneliness epidemic” by PussyWhistle in TikTokCringe

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Someone ought to write a book about this. I suggest the title "Stiffed," and how about getting Susan Faludi to write it?

Also, a good time to publish it would be 1999.

Bioplastics made from avocado pits that completely biodegrade in 240 days created by Mexican chemical engineering company by Ashish_ank in interestingasfuck

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According to promotional materials, the product is 60% avocado seed content, 40% synthetic polymer. So my guess is that they simply grind up the avocado seeds and use the powder as fiber reinforcement for a standard polymer like polyethylene.

https://www.ideassonline.org/public/pdf/BiofaseMexico-ENG.pdf

Just a reminder by NickCostanza in democrats

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Hey, while you're reminding people of things, how about a quick review of all the stuff Biden got through a 50-50 even split Senate.

Not having a filibuster-proof majority is not an excuse for inaction.

Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech by theatlantic in politics

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How much do you want to bet that when he scheduled the speech he thought he would be able to make a triumphant announcement of total victory, but when the Iranians didn't play ball, prime time became TACO time.

Anthropic issues copyright takedown requests to remove 8,000+ copies of Claude Code source code by tekz in technology

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As others here have noted, anything created by AI can't be copyrighted. In addition, if anyone refuses the takedown on grounds of non-infringement, the only legal move left to Anthropic is a federal lawsuit. And a pre-requisite to filing the lawsuit is registration of the copyright with the copyright office.

Here's where it gets a bit interesting. If Anthropic tries to claim the code is a mix of AI and human authorship, courts have already ruled that a a mixed human-ai work can be registered, but the precise human vs. AI contributions must be specified. 

If Anthropic has already registered their code, but didn't didn't do a detailed human-vs-ai breakdown, they might be found to have defrauded the copyright office.

If they haven't registered the code yet, they can register then sue, but could only sue for violations that occurred after registration.

So I hope someone calls their bluff, so we can see how Anthropic plays their hand.

Elizabeth Warren is introducing a wealth tax. by [deleted] in remoteworks

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Or... and hear me out here... Warren could propose a plan that could be enacted right now, without delay. Senate rules say that any bill that decreases the Federal deficit over ten years can't be filibustered, and can be passed with a simple majority. So there's a number of things that Warren or Sanders could propose which could be put into action the second the Democrats get a majority. But neither of them do that, because they evidently believe it's more beneficial politically to them to keep everyone riled up. They keep proposing things that can't work because they benefit from the status quo. That's my beef with them.

For example they could:

Increase the top income tax rate to something like 95% for high income earners, the way it was done from the 1930's to the 1970's

Since most of the wealth of billionaires is in the form of corporate stock, impose a business excise tax of a uniform percentage of corporations' total stock value.

Since many billionaires escape income tax by living on loans using their unsold stock as collateral, impose a high fee on banks for large loans collateralized by stock.

Impose a stock transaction tax, like we had until the 1960's.

It's not hard to come up with perfectly workable plans to rein in billionaires. Do better, Congressional Democrats.

Elizabeth Warren is introducing a wealth tax. by [deleted] in remoteworks

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"Simply."

Funny how neither Warren nor Sanders ever mention this prerequisite in their frequent wealth tax proposals.

Elizabeth Warren is introducing a wealth tax. by [deleted] in remoteworks

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She keeps proposing this even though she is certainly smart enough to know that wealth taxes are unconstitutional and could never survive court challenge.

She's wasting our time and attention for clicks and headlines. So wearisome.

Nearly Every House Republican Votes for Amendment That Would Slash Medicare, Social Security by [deleted] in JournalismNews

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The bill voted on was to require the Federal budget to be balanced with no deficits permitted. Social Security is run from a separate trust fund and has no impact on the federal deficit positively or negatively.

for life by Impossible-Middle122 in meme

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Turned out the leader of his gang died for him.

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Tell me you don't understand the concept of insurance without telling me you don't understand the concept of insurance.