Surprising that Texas is not on the list.

I assume it’s a technicality.

Forget about the abject inhumanity of this. Title X is one of the best financial deals for the government and the American public.

By paying for healthcare for the poor, particularly poor women, society earns back dividends many times over. For every $1 we spend on Title X, we save $7 in future government expenses. This decision will cost us billions.

The hero we need

I know this goes without saying, and applies to many Trump actions, but people will die because of this.

People will die.

Here it is. The only part I missed was Musk leaving the company. But the day is still young.

Are we still pretending this wasn’t the plan all along? I predicted this a long time ago, and I’m a dummy.

Possession of any amount for a first-time offense is a misdemeanor punishable by 6 months imprisonment and up to $1,000 in fines

Possession of any amount of marijuana (subsequent offense) is a felony punishable by 3.5 years imprisonment and up to $10,000 in fines

The cultivation of 4 plants or fewer cannabis plants is a felony punishable by 3.5 years imprisonment and up to $10,000 in fines

The cultivation of between 4 and 20 cannabis plants is a felony punishable by 6 years imprisonment and up to $10,000 in fines

Some of the most punitive laws I’ve seen.

Being in an international relationship, I’m sure you understand how tricky and stressful some of these paperwork matters can be. Just deciding what type of visa to apply for when you are in a relationship can be taxing.

You are right that for the majority of people, the bureaucracy works as long as you file things correctly. They should have done it right from the start. But there are a lot of personal situations that can complicate it.

As an aside, it is mind boggling to me the number of immigrants who wholeheartedly support Trump, even with family ties that are endangered by his actions.

Chaotic evil

Someone forgot the first half of the bread and circuses equation.

Understandable, although it is difficult and time-consuming to moderate such links, and nearly impossible if they are allowed outright. In this case, there was already significant discussion before it was identified (as well as other factors), so I made a judgement call to permit the rule violation. This is a user who should know better.

You may be interested in using the tesseract lemmy client, which provides a smart linkbox on every post which includes archive links, etc.

Excuse me, I have a face. It is clearly a lemming astronaut holding up a peace sign. * huffs off stomping in my space boots *

Mod:

Please link directly to articles, and provide archive links in the body or comments. I’m not locking or removing this at this time, but please take note in the future.

bAck tHE BLue

Imagine if your whole life was only a laser light show, then one day you break free of the gogo cage and discover the DJ who has been laying down that phat beat the entire time… That would be pretty trippy, right?

So… Lemmy Lite™?

That guy had a real pair of stones.

That is a common belief, although it doesn’t stand up to academic rigor. There are many studies that show UBI does not negatively impact productivity or innovation, and may even stimulate more.

It seems counterintuitive, but when people have basic needs met, they tend to spend more time improving their skills, experimenting, starting new businesses, and finding better employment matches.

Governments already spend o lot of money on providing services to individuals, such as social security, pensions, healthcare, childcare, education, policing and corrections, food security, housing subsidies, etc. As it turns out, often the most efficient way to provide services to people is to give them money to provide for themselves.

On the other hand, I’m not aware of any studies that show wealth aggregation increases productivity after businesses leaders are paid more than ~50 times their average employee. The typical CEO today earns 351x more than the average employee, which is more than a 1000% increase from the late 1970s.

The point is not the taxes, it’s the UBI. The wealth taxes are just how you pay for it.

You also need to ensure certain consumer protections, especially in real estate markets, in order to make UBI work well, but let’s start there.

You can run either one from a server or locally. LibreOffice allows realtime collaboration in spreadsheets only. OnlyOffice I think allows it in all programs. Both have web editors. Both work with Nextcloud /OwnCloud. It depends on what you want to do with your server.