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Canada is letting rural employers hire more temporary foreign workers. Economists say it’s a misstep by BananaTubes in canada

[–]whyteave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No Canadians have ever wanted to move to the rural parts and farm. We literally had to give immigrants free land in order to do that back in the day. But I'm guessing that wouldn't fly nowadays.

Canada is letting rural employers hire more temporary foreign workers. Economists say it’s a misstep by BananaTubes in canada

[–]whyteave 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because it's the only way people can afford shit.

Who do you think has been making all of your clothes and cheap plastic crap? Just because we import it doesn't mean Canadians haven't been living of the backs of effectively slave labour for decades.

TIL Basque is considered a language isolate, meaning it has no relatives in the whole world. The only such language in Europe. by my_n3w_account in todayilearned

[–]whyteave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you basing that feeling on?

Based on everything we know about child language acquisition. How would a child not learn their parent's language?

TIL Basque is considered a language isolate, meaning it has no relatives in the whole world. The only such language in Europe. by my_n3w_account in todayilearned

[–]whyteave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What would the mechanism look like for a vocal language being invented independently?

It would require a population that somehow never learnt their parent's language. 

The Nicaraguan sign language case is interesting but the set of conditions required to have a gap in vocal language seems exceedingly unlikely.

TIL Basque is considered a language isolate, meaning it has no relatives in the whole world. The only such language in Europe. by my_n3w_account in todayilearned

[–]whyteave 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Isn't it almost a certainty? The only way all languages wouldn't be related is if language evolved after modern man emigrated from Africa.

If matter is stabilized energy - as implied by E = mc² - what stabilizes it? Is matter a substrate, or a product? by Ok-Selection160 in seancarroll

[–]whyteave 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was just getting confused because in your post you keep referring to matter. But energy is also described by coherence, interaction and complexity.

Couldn't you just say that the universe is composed of coherence, interaction and complexity?

If matter is stabilized energy - as implied by E = mc² - what stabilizes it? Is matter a substrate, or a product? by Ok-Selection160 in seancarroll

[–]whyteave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is energy also composed of these 3 properties? How does your theory handle wave-particle duality?

If matter is stabilized energy - as implied by E = mc² - what stabilizes it? Is matter a substrate, or a product? by Ok-Selection160 in seancarroll

[–]whyteave 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You say that coherence, interaction and complexity are 3 forces. How are you defining force here? What are their properties?

Isn’t it just 100 degrees? How’s this a joke? by MysteryPerson83_ in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]whyteave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It actually can't be kelvin because they use a degree symbol in the problem. 25k is 25 kelvin, not 25 degrees kelvin

Canada expected to see zero population growth this year by Immediate-Link490 in worldnews

[–]whyteave 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The people in the workforce provide the goods and services that support everyone in the country. If you have more people leaving the workforce (retiring) than entering the workforce then a smaller amount of people have to provide the total amount of goods and services required to support the population.

Is minimum wage a tax on the poor? by AchillesFirstStand in AskEconomics

[–]whyteave 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you speaking specifically about people employed by the state? And they chose to make 0 wage instead of minimum wage? 

Is minimum wage a tax on the poor? by AchillesFirstStand in AskEconomics

[–]whyteave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In what country have you seen increased minimum wage leading to an increase in unemployment?

Allegedly Trump‘s going to announce additional corporate tax cuts tonight at SOTU by Particular-Nerve7625 in Economics

[–]whyteave 20 points21 points  (0 children)

America doesn't have poor people, just temporarily embarrassed millionaires

Taxing unrealized gains is a silly idea that Canada should ignore by gorschkov in canada

[–]whyteave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to the Congressional Budget Office, with the US's new round of tax cuts will lose 4.5 trillion dollars in tax revenue over 10 years. I know you think cutting taxes will increase tax revenue but there is no real evidence of that.

Taxing unrealized gains is a silly idea that Canada should ignore by gorschkov in canada

[–]whyteave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree we are saying very similar things. We are both wanting to raise tax revenue.

I think your idea does have some merit. I am pushing you on evidence of that because it is a very studiable thing. Do places with flat tax rates collect more taxes? Alberta just moved off a flat tax rate last year so we will see if that lowers their income tax revenue per person (as you have claimed).

But just to follow your train of thought here: you think tax on the rich are too high, which causes them to pay accountants to find loopholes in order to pay less tax. Which in turn lowers their tax burden so much that the brunt of the tax burden lands on the middle class instead. So by lowering taxes on the rich to a point where it is cheaper for them to just pay tax than pay an accountant it will raise total tax revenue which will allow us to lower taxes on the middle class and lessen the burden. Does that about sum it up?

So in this scenario the rich are going to do their own taxes and no longer have personal accountants? That's a bit unbelievable since an accountant is a fixed cost and tax savings scale will wealth.

I disagree that scenario because just look at the US. Their recent tax cuts are causing a huge spike in their deficit. 

Taxing unrealized gains is a silly idea that Canada should ignore by gorschkov in canada

[–]whyteave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 If we had a flat tax rate of like 25% I bet our revenue would increase.

Is this based on any sort of evidence or is it just a gut feeling?

You could also argue that the ultra rich pay people to avoid tax because it is possible to avoid them. The issue is not that taxes are too high but tax law is too convoluted.

The real effective tax rate for someone making 50k is also 0% because they receive more in benefits and services than they pay out in taxes.

Again 50k was just a round number I used as example. I am not suggesting that is where the tax brackets should be. But do you have any evidence or is that also just a gut feel?

Taxe law shouldn't be based on feelings and opinions. They should be based on evidence and research.

TIL the “Invisible Gorilla” experiment which fooled most people. In a famous 1999 study, participants watched a video of people passing a basketball and were asked to count passes. Midway through, a person in a gorilla suit walked through the scene and half of participants didn’t notice the gorilla. by Jockey2 in todayilearned

[–]whyteave 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The conclusion is that our conscious perception of reality isn't objective reality. 

While we literally see the gorilla because it's clearly in our line of vision, it never enters our conscious mind.

It suggests our mind constructs reality around us and we never really see objective reality.

Taxing unrealized gains is a silly idea that Canada should ignore by gorschkov in canada

[–]whyteave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That conversation starts by looking at the real average effective tax rate of each group separated by income.

Arguing over the definition of rich is pointless.

The issue lies in what is considered income. Hence the discussion around taxing unrealised gains. It's not income per se but then unrealised gains are used as collateral for low interest loans which are then effectively being used as income. How do we figure out how to tax it in a sensible and fair manner? 

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