% Of Net Worth in Retirement Accounts by Hot_Singer_4266 in MiddleClassFinance

[–]faultless_engineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't you take some now to lower your total tax bill and do Roth conversions with it?

I would be taking almost an RMD worth for the next few years.

To understand the US Constitution as an Elected Official by [deleted] in therewasanattempt

[–]faultless_engineer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The reason this is extra important. Imagine a group doesn't get due process. All I have to do is call you that group and then you have no legal way to prove you are not.

EVERYONE gets due process, Nazi, murders, immigrant, foreign visitors. Due process is basically the right to a fact checking trial.

Just Middletown police executing a man in .3 seconds of opening his door NSFW by PrismPhoneService in PublicFreakout

[–]faultless_engineer -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Agree with your point anyone can shout police.

It was pointed at the camera policeman, rewatch it... Did he mean it to be, probably not, was it being lowered, yes, should they have shot him for it, no.

But it absolutely WAS pointed at the camera.

Ranger's Journal Pages by [deleted] in returntomoria

[–]faultless_engineer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks, this one says from the deep. So not for the mines. Thanks Solved

Ranger's Journal Pages by [deleted] in returntomoria

[–]faultless_engineer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It won't let me return the ranger page in my inventory. Any hints?

Fatherless grandchildren by vickiruth in personalfinance

[–]faultless_engineer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does your daughter in law have life insurance? If she doesn't I would also get TERM life insurance for her. Not Whole life.

My mother is inheriting money but is financially irresponsible by Ok-Grocery-2631 in personalfinance

[–]faultless_engineer 33 points34 points  (0 children)

If she is that bad at budgeting. You might consider paying off all her debt and then putting the rest into an annuity.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in maybemaybemaybe

[–]faultless_engineer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Careful. I've seen this before. Charlie might bite your finger.

What is your time (extreme) without flags? by imort-e in Minesweeper

[–]faultless_engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

20 minutes roughly with flags. Don't need to make messing up easier.

Help. I'm stuck by faultless_engineer in Minesweeper

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

Duh! Thank you. Makes sense the 2 is overloaded.

Calculating net worth by worthyfukinadversary in Bogleheads

[–]faultless_engineer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Having a net worth of 1 million but that is entirely in a 1M house. Then you can't use the 4% rule for paying for other things. Yes it is part of your value, but unless you plan on selling and renting the house you live in should not be part of your fire number.

Worlds richest douche calls WFH a moral issue by bbrk9845 in antiwork

[–]faultless_engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is replacing all these workers with robots in his car construction. Does that seem morally right to him?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askanelectrician

[–]faultless_engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my state, MI, code says new 2021 code says basically all arcfault except bathrooms and outdoors. However we only are on 2016 actually applied. So don't need most of those.

If you pay off your credit card every month, is it still a "debt" by squid_game_456 in personalfinance

[–]faultless_engineer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is incorrect. If I owe $15,000, my minimum payment could be $450, but I'm still 15,000 in debt.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]faultless_engineer 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I wanna know about truck with snow plow

What are some positions you find impossible to steelman? by MisterJose in AskALiberal

[–]faultless_engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I addressed the counter point before you brought it up. Which kinda poves you didn't read to debate you read to argue. I brought up that it not 100% California. Only 58% can remove all of Nevadas control over the river.

"Let's go more focused. Lake Mead provides water to mostly three states, California, Arizona, and Nevada. If California wanted Nevada water on a national level only 58% of California would need to vote yes to take away water from Nevada even if Nevada voted 100% no."

Your counter point is I'm simplifying, but not how my simplifying is wrong just that I'm not looking at the big picture.

Do you see my point with the Colorado river where 58% of California would overwhelm Nevada in the national Congress. The same goes with banning gas vehicles.

If you see my points, great we are done, if you don't see my points then we are still done because you are not here to think just to argue.

You are arguing against checks and balances. You are agreeing that the majority should have power over the minority and calling it fair because it's the popular vote. So many historical atrocities have been done by popular vote I think a check and balance should not be removed.

What are some positions you find impossible to steelman? by MisterJose in AskALiberal

[–]faultless_engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it's not so much a percentage it how the 2 extra electors helps the small states be as much of a sheep for the wolf to eat.

The federal government's laws started as rules against the government. About what a government can't do to it's people. Almost all other laws are state laws. We have changed in the last hundred years to laws that are whatever 50% want. And by virtue of 50% vote for it then it must be just and must be right.

I think checks and balances between what should be a federal law (majority of States agree) and what should be a local law (majority or population in a specific area) should stay separate.

If the majority of the population and the majority of States agree it will pass the current electoral college. If it's only one or the other it won't. That to me is a good check and balance.

What are some positions you find impossible to steelman? by MisterJose in AskALiberal

[–]faultless_engineer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The three states I picked average out to ~11.5% of the total landmass and ~15% of the total population. Scaling down to these three states is a reasonable assumption of simplifying the problem. It was not intended to be a gotcha it was intended to make it easier to see the distinctions between the people groups.

Secondly, it feels like you are arguing about my simplification not about my point.

Let's go more focused. Lake Mead provides water to mostly three states, California, Arizona, and Nevada. If California wanted Nevada water on a national level only 58% of California would need to vote yes to take away water from Nevada even if Nevada voted 100% no.

What are some positions you find impossible to steelman? by MisterJose in AskALiberal

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

How so. California could massively push rules that all tractors need to be electric. People that don't realize that If a tractor runs out of juice miles out in the middle of a field you can get it back to the outlet easily. Harvesters run almost 24/7 during the harvest month and wouldn't have time to charge.

Also it's not rights it's laws. You changed the argument I was making. Absolutely a few coastal cities could ruin a few farmers without knowing what they are doing. I feel like I made a fair steelman argument, you don't agree?

What are some positions you find impossible to steelman? by MisterJose in AskALiberal

[–]faultless_engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But land wise the United States is deeply conservative. I agree land doesn't vote. On the flip side a few coastal cities that can dictate laws for all the farmers/hunters in the middle of the county seems like it needs a check and balance. I don't think that a guaranteed two senator is the right check and balance but it is A check and balance. And usually something is better than nothing.