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Comment · 4 months ago
Comment · 4 months ago
They agree on immigration, both illegal (border security) and skilled (H1B). They agree on trade policy and tariffs. They agree on public stakes in AI and semiconductor companies. They used to agree on foreign intervention, though Trump 47 less so.
Comment · 1 year ago
Universal in what country? In the US I've had two MRIs in the last few years for non urgent things and both were scheduled within less than a week.
Comment · 1 year ago
Your evidence is the most absurd "antitrust" lawsuit in history. What law did they break? Macs come with Safari and Android devices come with Chrome, where's the lawsuits?
Comment · 1 year ago
> by any means necessary

This implies that they got rich by pillaging instead of countless people voluntarily giving them money in exchange for what they offered.

Comment · 1 year ago
It definitely always works. If your skills become obsolete then it's time to find new ones or stop working.
Comment · 1 year ago
> Have any of these economists ever tried to scrape by as an entry-level graphic designer/illustrator?

"Equip yourself with skills that other people are willing to pay for." –Thomas Sowell

Comment · 1 year ago
you don't need to bring up trump in a camera thread
Comment · 1 year ago
the people with the highest compensation packages are by definition the least replaceable
Comment · 2 years ago
neither does education, what's your point?
Comment · 2 years ago
> Definitely under appreciated and under paid, but I learned a ton about working for a living.

a lot of the discussion about wages ignores the value of experience; students pay to spend their days learning but it's somehow unfair for someone to get paid to learn job skills that transfer to other jobs

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