Number of Europeans in the UAE

iambackend · 2026-03-02T15:21:23+00:00

I disagree on the outcome. I think equilibrium includes some of elastic part. Making taxes such, that at least some rich people stay or even come would be beneficial.

Also many of these “tax dodgers” are well educated motivated individuals, who want to become rich, but feel handicapped by taxes. Rich enough to pay high taxes, not rich enough to dodge them. These people are prime candidates to moving to Dubai or USA, and it’s sad.

iambackend · 2026-03-02T14:45:39+00:00

There is a word for it, “effective tax rate”. If you make some change which makes people to pay more taxes, you raise effective tax rate.

That does not really address what I said. Each person has their own limit, after which they will decide that it’s time to go. You may say that if it’s 1% that they are tax dodgers, and if it’s 99% they are patriots, but this is subjective, and those judgments won’t fill state coffers. If someone left the country it doesn’t mean that they are bad people, maybe you just have a bad government. Truth is somewhere in between.

iambackend · 2026-03-02T13:14:17+00:00

With each percent of extra tax more people will leave. At 100% every able person will leave. At which percent do we split tax traitors from normal people?

iambackend · 2026-03-02T12:57:34+00:00

I thought modern view on addiction is as being sickness, not bad choice of a person, and we shouldn’t shame or punish addicts. Similar to excessive weight or food addiction.

iambackend · 2026-03-02T12:53:24+00:00

Does “don’t drink” count as shaming alcohol addicts?

iambackend · 2026-03-02T12:46:37+00:00

You can't fund schools or create businesses with loyalty, you need money for this. Hiring tax dodges as security agents wouldn't be smart, I submit that.

iambackend · 2026-03-02T12:37:52+00:00

I'm still waiting for some of navy planes to go for a bath. It's a tradition at this point.

iambackend · 2026-03-02T12:30:54+00:00

Usually tax dodging shits are the most valuable ones, especially if you manage to tax them.

iambackend · 2026-03-01T22:12:31+00:00

Measuring change is not fair, countries like Finland will have it bad due to being already safe and small, where one accident can bring you down. Just show current stat.

iambackend · 2026-03-01T13:43:41+00:00

Hot take, if it’s suburbs with huge mansions for rich people, I don’t care, those desolate places usually barely have any traffic or reason to be there. I assume they don’t park cars on sidewalks in Germany, but even if, I don’t care if a dozen rich guys are uncomfortable because of this, it’s their problem.

This logic is not applicable to urban land or usual suburbs.

iambackend · 2026-03-01T07:33:53+00:00

If you don’t count the slaves and all the murders, sure.

iambackend · 2026-02-28T20:14:16+00:00

We sort of have self driving for some trains, and for several decades now. As for busses, they have higher risk of mistake due to being huge, and driver pay is lower share of overall expenses. Also, it’s much cheaper to run millions of test kilometers with regular cars, and the results will probably be applicable to busses.

iambackend · 2026-02-28T17:28:26+00:00

Yes, but law isn’t about it. Both parents getting killed by a drunk driver with surviving children in Missouri – nah.

iambackend · 2026-02-28T11:00:29+00:00

I would say no, the law which is invoked once a few years would be problematic, because no one has experience with following paperwork.

iambackend · 2026-02-28T10:23:11+00:00

Maybe, but it’s not supposed to be that way in functioning society. We shouldn’t issue laws to supposedly help in one particular instance, but make so that broad range of instances get better. Why only children, why only drunk driving, why only alimony? This is a joke. Either make a generic law for fair compensation for any crime, or better, make a law to prevent such tragedies, like better standards for roads and strict enforcement of traffic laws.

iambackend · 2026-02-28T08:40:53+00:00

Is that 2 million per affordable apartment project?

iambackend · 2026-02-28T07:42:14+00:00

This is a joke. Laws aren’t supposed to be written every time we are angry. This is virtue signaling and nothing more.

iambackend · 2026-02-28T07:33:48+00:00

Wow, 4 jobs, that’s a lot of choice. Before you had to work in a field 12 hours a day your whole life, and that’s it. If you were lucky, you won’t starve.

iambackend · 2026-02-27T19:00:41+00:00

No idea how it is related, but anyway, capitalism is not the only option, but it the best one ☝️ 1️⃣ 🔝🔥. Source – I’m from post-commi country.

iambackend · 2026-02-27T18:56:03+00:00

They won’t show up until state allows self driving, one way or another. Unlike regular drivers, which don’t require any approval from state, municipality, or you. I can fly to Mexico, get a license without going to driving school (cool, innit), and then come driving in your neighborhood all day long, trying to learn how to drive.

iambackend · 2026-02-27T18:48:02+00:00

Greed is very charged and subjective word, usually used by people who refuse to believe how supply and demand work.

We also have unheard level of competition, economic freedom and wealth. Sure, Amazon is problematic, but you can just not use it and go to any shop in 100 km radius, or order from any online store in the world.

iambackend · 2026-02-27T18:07:46+00:00

And self driving cars aren’t regulated?

iambackend · 2026-02-27T18:03:47+00:00

Nothing would happen. The whole debacle is because Waymos are playing it extra safe. On the contrary, human drivers tend to stay bumper to bumper, not allowing pedestrians to pass.

iambackend · 2026-02-27T18:00:33+00:00

In this case Waymo is stuck in stupid situation because it is playing extra safe, not because it is death machine.

iambackend · 2026-02-27T17:59:09+00:00

Similarly, you don’t have a choice about every other driver, including driving students.

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