jumbopapa

I agree that there is fat to be cut, as with a lot of the government. That said, hasn't it been pretty well documented that these areas that experience the riots have a drop in police presence after the fact and typically have worse conditions? I just think this will have insidious externalities that wouldn't help the way people intend it to.

Interesting news. I've heard that real estate prices haven't budged much and with the stock market remaining relatively strong, I wonder if we will see a corresponding rebound in rent sometime soon.

> “Here you are free to criticize the government as well as to fight fake news. We have a great startup and tech ecosystem, your company would be a perfect fit and I will open any doors for you!”

As if that's not the case in the US? Trump's threats don't hold any water and, if we're being honest, our legal restrictions on speech are less stringent than Germany's.

Yeah, but how many people come back to make a purchase after the site is back up? I don't think you can just extrapolate that 1 minute down equals $500k lost revenue.

The economist comes out weekly.

You mean like Walmart?

I think I overall enjoy WFH, that said, my quality of life would be greatly improved if I lived in a larger home rather than my one bedroom apartment.

I've seen some people predict that a surge in home buying may follow the pandemic because people will realize how much better off they would have been in a larger space.

I will go ahead and move into a 2 bedroom in the next few months to allow me to have a more private office space.

just buy VTI. No use in speculating when VTI alone will go buy 50% to reach the previous highs.

I think handing out checks during a crisis is vastly different than doing it all the time.

> In today’s world, the physical store can no longer compete with the web’s infinite selection, but can still offer value in curation and presentation.

Could not agree more. I always feel like I'm taking a risk when ordering an item from Amazon, but never feel that way when shopping at say, Costco. I trust Costco's buyers to curate and vet the quality of a product for me.

I'm pretty sure you've fallen trap to the pie fallacy mentioned in the interview.

At what point does this logic stop? I see it all the time to justify taxes, but I'm sorry I think there is an upper bound of justifiable tax and a 40% exit tax certainly seems egregious.

The Bogleheads wiki should really be the first stop for financial questions. It's a fanatic resource and I found the answers/content to be higher quality than Reddit.