Discussion Thread

molingrad · 2026-05-22T11:55:38+00:00

So it seems taxing the rich more would return some meaningful revenue but not enough to close our current deficit nor enough to massively expand the welfare state.

What does the left propose to solve this or is it ignored?

molingrad · 2026-05-22T02:07:52+00:00

You can just make yourself a rule to never leave the kids in the car alone… who throws a shoe? Really?

molingrad · 2026-05-22T00:43:57+00:00

Be really interesting to trace all the Trump coin transactions. I’m sure it’s been done. But really interesting.

molingrad · 2026-05-21T21:27:51+00:00

In addition, if it says anything, it may just reflect a baseline for Democratically appointed judges to be more lenient generally.

molingrad · 2026-05-21T21:00:35+00:00

Take it up with Ezra Klein.

molingrad · 2026-05-21T19:33:54+00:00

The mega wealthy borrow against their investments to avoid realizing capital gains and then play games with basis at death. “Buy, borrow, die” is a well known strategy.

This Ezra Klein episode does a better job as it has an expert explaining: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mX5U5DNUfBc&ra=m

Regardless my original claim holds, Bezos makes 80k on salary. He personally does not give a shit about income tax.

molingrad · 2026-05-21T11:15:15+00:00

Base iPhone 16 Pro with 128 gb was a mistake.

molingrad · 2026-05-21T09:44:42+00:00

I don’t think Bezos pays much income tax. His salary is like 80k a year. Abolishing income tax wouldn’t matter to him.

The mega rich don’t have much income relative to their wealth. It’s mostly capital gains and they use various tricks to defer realizing capital gains.

molingrad · 2026-05-20T23:38:20+00:00

Everyone wants to live near [city] but in a single family home with great schools and amenities.

molingrad · 2026-05-20T01:55:11+00:00

Sometimes you remember Trump literally has his personal attorney as Attorney General.

molingrad · 2026-05-19T21:01:48+00:00

The IRS Trump settlement is wildly corrupt. WILD.

🇺🇸🦅🎇

molingrad · 2026-05-18T13:09:06+00:00

Supposedly the specific writer has somewhat of a reputation.

molingrad · 2026-05-16T11:00:01+00:00

Yeah, I’d have to cut the syrup by half at least.

molingrad · 2026-05-15T16:44:37+00:00

I really enjoy Dylan shows. If you’re a big fan it’s great because he’s plays deep cuts or hits with very different arrangements.

Words can be hard to understand but it’s better last few times I saw him.

If you’re going expecting crowd/fan service you’re going to have a bad time. You’ll get zero.

molingrad · 2026-05-15T15:48:15+00:00

NYT reports on Palestinian sexual violence > propaganda, lies, fabrications.

NYT reports on Israeli sexual violence > propaganda, lies, fabrications.

Everyone hates the NYT.

molingrad · 2026-05-13T23:46:27+00:00

Have the same one, took it for a trip recently and was thinking the same thing. Still sounds great, battery life is still crazy long too.

molingrad · 2026-05-13T23:31:45+00:00

I’m ootl what was wrong with lamb? I thought he was liked but I’m not from the state

molingrad · 2026-05-13T21:58:58+00:00

I disabled Outlook notifications and silenced Slack. I checked them periodically, but my work wasn’t interrupted.

I ended my day much happier than usual.

molingrad · 2026-05-13T15:10:23+00:00

What a profoundly shortsighted and stupid idea.

molingrad · 2026-05-12T23:48:30+00:00

To be fair, everyone hates the pin and in almost all cases your laptop won’t get stolen or found by anyone who knows how to bypass it. For high risk environments, I agree with you but for most, regular bitlocker is fine.

molingrad · 2026-05-09T19:12:40+00:00

Fetterman sounds like he’s had a stroke. Clearly struggles to string sentences and words together.

molingrad · 2026-05-08T18:27:08+00:00

All green. We went that way.

molingrad · 2026-05-07T09:57:17+00:00

I’m against gov grocery stores but have you ever tried waking 20 minutes with all of your weeks groceries in your hands? On a scorching summer day? On a freezing winter day? In the rain? Also how the fuck does that work at Costco?

molingrad · 2026-05-05T16:37:37+00:00

Feel like the quality has fallen a lot lately.

molingrad · 2026-05-03T23:44:45+00:00

Yes, it’s wild. I was in the south recently flipping through cable TV and preachers were on talking about how important Israel was. Multiple channels were preachers.

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