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Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Or retooling the overall transportation infrastructure?
Yes, pollution is bad. Diesel trucks are a highly visible form. However, there are too many unknowns for these sweeping statements about 'true' costs to be taken seriously. It is another example of the economic calculation problem.
Try as they might, researchers can't sit in a bureau and come up with figures to plan an economy with.
Comment · 3 years ago
>California has outlawed new diesel truck sales after 2036, and other states aren’t far behind (you can drag the stragglers along).
When the new fuel is cheaper and suitable for consumer's needs, there will be no need to "drag" them along or prohibit choices. I believe this is what the comment was referencing.
Comment · 3 years ago
Who determines the 'true' cost? How much is that exactly? Are there any other figures or dissent in regards to the premise?
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I don't know how many recursive turtles you want.
You have a debt obligation like a utility bill. You want to pay it with your credit card, but you can't because you are over the limit. The end result is you don't spend that money. Your spending is limited, by the debt limit.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is akin to saying, "Putting a limit on a credit card does not prohibit spending"
Comment · 3 years ago
>You started in bad faith pretending that "cutting the budget" is the sole reason these actors are being called far right.
To repeat: You read that, I didn't write that.
Is there anyone who has not been characterized as "far right" who wants to shrink the overall size of the Federal budget?
Comment · 3 years ago
The EU, Russia, even Quebec has its own passenger aircraft industry. Kind of trite to frame this as China vs. the West. Is it because the narrative fits in better with the current newscycle?
Comment · 3 years ago
"Verified threat incident" detected. I only need to find 5 more to meet my daily quota.
Comment · 3 years ago
There's an error of generalization here. There are some who would cut budgets in either case. These are politicians who are generally characterized as far right in the media.
https://rollcall.com/2019/06/03/sen-rand-pauls-austere-budge...
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/17/rand-paul-oppose-s...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ma...
There may be others, but these are two politicians who come to the top of my mind. However, generally speaking there are many GOP members who are content to approve spending on their own partisan budgets. This is a well known issue.
As for the accusation, "that's why they're being called far right"
I had hoped to avoid this by stating, "I do not dispute the characterization..."
The reasons why some are described as "far right" are beyond the scope of this discussion. I do not attribute motive. It is simply an observation of the status quo. They are described as far right here and elsewhere. They seek to limit the government's budget regardless of which way the pendulum is currently swinging. They maybe described as "far right" for any number of reasons. It is an entirely separate topic which could be debated at length.
Perhaps you are projecting your own elaborate ideas, partisan biases and expectations into what was a simple and concise statement? Furthermore, you assume we should all implicitly understand your accusations and their frame of reference. Only by elaborating on why you feel it is a straw-man are we able to discuss this. Without elaboration we can only assume your intent, which more often that not leads to even more projection and partisan caricatures.
Another interesting ambiguity is "semi-sophisticated". It could have meant that HN was too sophisticated for the stawman you alleged. Perhaps it meant that HN isn't sophisticated enough to read the sentence without inflammatory nonsense. I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.
Comment · 3 years ago
Don't undervalue the less developed countries. Your cost of living may be lower than the property taxes + utilities on a similar house in a developed country.
Consider building sites, apps or other forms of recurring revenue. If you have the tech basics, your next step might be exploring sales.
Comment · 3 years ago
It is it not also true that the hypothetical family would never go bankrupt if we assume they could pay in debt instruments indefinitely?
Instead of balancing a checkbook, they could simply buy groceries with IOUs. Of course, in an emergency scenario those IOUs would be heavily discounted by creditors seeking to make good on the debt. In this scenario, the price of gold as denominated in discounted IOUs would be much higher.
The entire exercise and the term emergency illustrates that there are indeed limits. This is the reason why they claim to hold gold.
Not here for Internet points. Just like to comment and discuss.