Comments by "Zach B" (@zachb1706) on "Vox" channel.

  1. The Devil’s Bandit body fat or muscle it’s not good to have too much. The worlds biggest weightlifter struggles to move around with the huge strain on b his heart.
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  2. spel king you won’t. That’s it. The only issue with BMI is for professional athletes, and chances are if you’re worried about your BMI, you’re not one of those.
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  3. Paying off the massive $28 trillion in debt?
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  4. 115k people liked these lies?
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  5. The92 along with bmi, a body:fat ratio needs to be taken into account.
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  6. @Jakonate the green new deal is very socialist. “Guaranteed, high paying jobs for all”, “government funded healthcare”, “government housing for all”. I agree, it all sounds very sane.
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  7. Brainwashing starts young.
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  8. @Jakonate sure it will, all socialism does.
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  9. It's pretty simple. 2. Not 200
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  10. Cole’s Game’s that’s a lie, how heavy are you, and what’s your height.
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  11. Bingo! It’s almost as if the founding fathers despised democracy and the mob rule that comes with it and sought to make the system more fair so that smaller states don’t feel left out of the equation.
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  12. The government should stay out of the student loan business,
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  13.  @jareddacosta5579  it isn’t socialism, but it does share some similarities. Essentially it’s taxing everyone who is successful to redistribute to the poor - it’s socialist.
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  14. The gun show loophole has been exposed many times. You get your background checked anyway. Private sakes are private, how can you e force them?
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  15.  @TheTrainmobile  a person without a Y chromosome
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  16. You can’t expect to earn 500k a year working as a cashier. Do you want to know why? It’s easy It’s not very valuable There’s a lot of available workers and very little open jobs. However if you put the time and effort, go to University, study medicine, you could become a doctor. It’s hard, in high demand and there’s little available to work. You can take you money, and then invest it in the stock market and now you’re filthy rich (if you play your cards right) in 10-20 years. Capitalism rewards choice, it rewards difficulty and it rewards risk. Working a 9-5 job in an office isn’t anything special. Owning that office, investing in assets, working out wages and solving issues - that takes time, money and commitment.
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  17.  @slik_  huh?
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  18.  @TheTrainmobile  well to start with, saying "them" implies a group.
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  19. Minimum wage should be state run, each state knows better how much money their citizens need, and the cost of living is different everywhere.
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  20. No
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  21.  @slik_  I'm not religious, I just have common sense.
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  22. I don’t live in the US, I live in Australia. My state has had its GST taxes stolen and sent to the more populous cities, while we see messily returns of 10%, other states are seeing huge returns of 200-300% of their total GST output. If it wasn’t for our debate, which is equal to every state, I highly doubt that we would have seen the changes that we are seeing today (the federal government finally being fair). So what does this have to do the the IS and it’s Electoral College? Because it shows you how important it is to have smaller states get a small leg up. For the sake of all citizens.
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  23. Why is that not the point. The could include an accidental discharge from an officer, to a man shot outside a school by police.
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  24. Slightly violent? Was Hitler only slightly racist?
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  25.  @BuildinWings  how do you legislate against courtesy?
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  26.  @TheTrainmobile  absolutely not.
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  27. It wasn’t just the white supremacists that were violent. And he did call them out.
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  28. It’s not the republicans going an protesting
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  29. Because tasers are 100% effective and don’t ever fail... Rayshard Brooks shooting?
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  30. Ancient Greek Philosopher well letting teachers carry would be a good start
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  31.  @TheTrainmobile  well for absolutely everything else they are treated as if they are not capable of making adult decisions.
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  32. Boring as frick burning down buildings, looting, attacking police, the odd shooting.
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  33. Search up online, but basically there’s three systems: Capacity (Litres) Distance (Metres) Weight (Grams) From there everything has prefixes. Like kilo: kilometre, kilogram Kilo means one thousand So 1 kilogram = 1000 grams Or maybe cent- Centimetre Cent- means a hundredth So 1 Centimetre = 1/100 metres It’s confusing until you see a diagram. From there it will make a lot of sense.
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  34. The reason why we’ve seen such a rise in inequality is competition with other countries. Other countries have more workers, and those workers get paid a fraction of what a American is paid. This means ever since 1969 we’ve seen more and more jobs be lost to China, and other third world countries - which in turn has hurt workers wages. To try and keep America competitive taxes went down, and in 1980 when we started to cut taxes the us saw a massive boost in productivity, which benefited everyone. As long as everyone is getting richer and their life longer, it doesn’t matter if the inequality is high.
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  35. Not a zombie apocalypse, but a tyrannical government.
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  36. Mububban23 we cut taxes on clean energy, raise taxes a bit on carbon energy and push other incentives for investors. Then as the energy gets cleaner, and electric cars get cheaper - emissions will take a big hit.
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  37. RinoaTheRiverBoa Kamala is “radical”
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  38.  @boldiegoldie  in extremely rare cases.
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  39. You have more chance of dying driving to the school than in the school itself
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  40.  @gabriellelu7843  well neither candidate is advocating to hinder further decline in CO2 emissions
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  41. No they are a lobbying group.
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  42. Даниил Хрящёв um no, they are lobbying to protect the 2nd amendment
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  43. Income inequality isn’t a bad thing, it’s natural... wait no, it’s desired in a functioning economy. Those who do better should earn more. Otherwise there is no incentive for doing better
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  44. Somerandomdude4.2526 what research can be done on gun control? Figuring out the loopholes? Do you mean gun statistics, thief’s plenty of those.
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  45. Reloader why? Banning guns will lead to only criminals having guns
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  46. Essentially, Hillary lost a lot of states. The “blue wall” was destroyed, as tromp took Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. He also took Florida and Arizona, giving him to win with over 300 electoral votes. Sure, she got a lot of votes - but that was mostly California. California had a difference of 4 million (to Hillary), yet nationally she only had 3 million more votes. It really goes to show how powerful California would be if the electoral college wasn’t around
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  47. What’s an air 15? Though it’s quite funny how much the media attacks this so called “assault rifle” (it’s not, you can’t buy assault rifles without a license)
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  48. Susana Yau ok
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  49.  @Jack-sq6xb  you have the president living in your territory. That’s enough
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  50. Empty housing is at an all time low. It’s not investors driving up prices but regulations making it harder to build homes
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  51. Sane? The same guy who kept praising the dictator of Cuba... ok man
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  52. In a public business they are the same. All shareholders own a part of the business, and can vote in company elections.
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  53. That’s fair.
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  54. Productivity rise and wages halted? There’s a few reasons for that, automation and global competition are two main contributors
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  55. And that’s what we see, everyone getting richer.
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  56. It sounds nicer than “centimetre” but god damn it is it a pain
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  57. Zulhardika Rendy Permana and you aren’t worried that the only people who have access to guns are government agencies or people who abide strictly by the country? Look at Venezuela, the only people that were allowed guns there were people that vowed allegiance to the president. And now it’s a complete dictatorship with a growing poverty level, and corruption. Were guns banned because the government wanted to take over? It doesn’t matter, because banning the guns lead to the result we have today. People in the US have every right to be fearful of a government overusing it’s power.
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  58. iamkulit1 CS no military would use civilian weapons. The weapons civilians are allowed to use are semi-automatic and have strict restrictions on the attachments.
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  59. iamkulit1 CS yes, semi auto pistols .
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  60. iamkulit1 CS most school shootings are done with pistols. Most homicides are done with pistols. Actually rifles are used less than you think, knives and sharp objects murder 4x more people than rifles do all together.
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  61. Conceal carry?
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  62. No thanks.
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  63. EliteSpark 6947 then work? Because if no one works - you can’t buy anything
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  64. Well they bloody learn faster than you bud
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  65. Clashfer_GameZ Germany, China, Russia, Cuba, Venezuela. That’s why.
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  66. Which you don’t need for a bump stock which is figuratively the same thing.
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  67. Greg marshall do you need accuracy if your plan is to mow down a large crowd close around you? If guns are to truely be used in defence, why allow such a attachment in the first place? As you said it’s inaccurate - so how is it to be used in hunting or defence? I see the fun, I might try it one day, but I just don’t like the downsides.
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  68. The electoral college is meant to stop big states from controlling the most powerful seat in the country
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  69. Or we could reduce the barriers to entry fit building homes so that private investors can build more
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  70. Sure, look at federal minimum wages. Why not show us the state minimums?
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  71. There’s plenty out there... just leave
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  72. Mamoswineage 18 every state has background checks
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  73. Caio Fleury oh it just has, look at democrat views from 10-20 years ago. They would be considered Center-right, some even right completely.
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  74. Amie Boakye if we armed our teachers I would feel safe that that would deter such acts
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  75. The truth is, people don’t want to see huge tax hikes, massive utility bills, and many don’t want to support someone financially who is “unable or unwilling to work”.
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  76. Alyssa Traina that’s in mostly every school over in Australia (though the star thing is quite creative)
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  77.  @Angel24Marin  And then pay taxes on the house, and any profits they make? Real Estate is still taxed
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  78. holodoctor1 nuclear power is a lot cheaper than solar and wind power, and has the benefit of also not emmiting CO2
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  79. Then the smaller states get too much power, their needs to be balance
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  80. Well said. The government should really just step out of loans all together.
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  81. The right to bear arms isn’t harming anyone, it’s what people do.
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  82. What did the us do?
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  83. It’s the energy of the future.
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  84. Norman Thornwood yeah in the us housing is also provided - you just have to work for it! The price of living in the us is so much lower, and with less taxes it means people can buy more.
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  85. In 2016 71 people died to mass shootings (that includes everything, not just schools) You have more chance of drowning, or catching cancer, or getting a cardiovascular disease, but none of those can help defend yourself. Guns do.
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  86. Anthony King that’s pretty lame.
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  87. And interest rates given by the government change.
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  88. I forgot that it was in the great American dream to pay as much tax as humanely possible.
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  89.  @juliahartshorn2473  personally I like the electoral college, the founding fathers feared a mob rule, and wanted to satisfy small states so that they do t feel left out by a popular voting system. Those 2 values still hold today, and with the urbanisation of much of the population- even more so. I believe in a smaller federal government. It’s shown tune and again that it doesn’t truely represent enough of the country, most elections have around half of the population against the winner. States don’t have that divide, they are more personal - that’s why the states should be more powerful.
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  90. Trump supporters are all racist and sexist... because they voted for a successful businessman over a corrupt democrat?
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  91. ExoticGamer because they are statistically poorer
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  92. Counting illegal immigrants in the census incentivises states to keep it’s illegal immigrant population strong.
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  93. Wallace Bell being bien into poverty isn’t the problem, it’s your attitude and work ethic. In the us, you get free k-12 education. If you work hard, and get into a good university you can go far. Heck, even if your not intelligent you can get a trade, or start your own business.
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  94. l h you mean student loan prices are extraordinarily expensive? I agree, and much of the problem is the government. They give out loans left right and center, and universities take advantage of this to bump up their prices. Correcting for inflation, 4-year private university prices have tripled since 1960 (the enactment of the federal student aid). Where you once were able to pay off your university education with a side job, you now have to cut into years of your income down the line. How to fix it? Cut off federal aid, leave it to the private sector... or the universities themselves!
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  95. Maybe if Cuba wasnt so authoritarian they would be able to freely trade with the US.
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  96. pvtblue no we wasn’t, the economy was the strongest it ever was.
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  97.  @SpecterCaelum  And? Work two jobs, eat less, buy less luxury items and use less utilities like electricity. Make basic sacrifises and you too can have a great future.
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  98. Buybacks are a normal part of our economy. Companies will dilute and buy back stocks as they see fit, depending on if they are in need of money or are have a great financial year. Some companies will buy back stocks as an alternative to paying dividends. It essentially wires the same way.
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  99. Agreed, but instead of pushing it at college which gives poor people the same advantage, do it in schooling.
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  100. 50 degrees Celsius is more than hot
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  101. $500k is what a doctor makes in like 5 years. His doctor is bad with money
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  102. There’s always a way to get guns. Australia has the luxury to not have to worry about illegal immigration, smuggling, ect. I know this because I live here. There is still gun crime, actually a Monty who there was a gang related drive by shooting.
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  103. The issue is the senate. Washington DC is full of very liberal people. It’s political from both sides Personally, I think it should remain not a state. In Australia we have our capital a it’s own territory. I believe that should be the norm (unless your capital is massive, like London)
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  104. The US offers the best higher education in the world. Why? Because these universities must compete.
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  105. Why do we care about student debt to much? Students signed the deals and now have to pay back what they borrowed.
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  106. How?
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  107. Will Budries but it’s not based off of anything concise. A 72 degree range is good enough for describing basic weather. Plus as Fahrenheit has no basis, large calculations are done mainly in Celsius.
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  108. You don’t need a licence to drive, you need one to drive on public roads.
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  109. coffee beans and? It’s not like he said he would date her. It was a joke.
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  110. Why not? Rifles are great for defence, not so great for attack. A pistol is much easier to conceal, and a lot easier to control. That’s why 80% of gun homicides are done with them. And again, what’s a hunting rifle? Every rifle is a hunting rifle.
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  111. Just because one looks scarier doesn’t make it more dangerous, case in point a AR-15
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  112. We didn’t have the technology “ages ago”
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  113. Michael Kagan no they haven’t
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  114. The us has been reducing it carbon footprint faster than any other nation, but we see other nations like china (who contribute more CO2 than any other country) continue to rise.
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  115. Simon Dahl it’s a bit unfair to compare per capita when Chiba has 4x the population. The point remains the same, China produces around 2x the CO2 of the us, and more than both the US and the entire EU combined - and while both the eu and the us have been reducing their footprint, Chiba is only accelerating. The industrial revolution happened 300 years ago. Yes China is starting to industrialise, but that doesn’t automatically excuse the CO2 they are creating. At the rate they are going, the entire world could stop CO2 emissions all together and still the world would not reach its climate target.
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  116. Simon Dahl tax cuts on all energy, but enforce a much higher carbon tax
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  117. Get people investing into renewables
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  118. Simon Dahl it’s my idea on how the us can continue to reduce its footprint without crippling the economy.
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  119. It’s not easier. It’s not more precise. What it is is more natural. But Celsius is more precise.
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  120. That’s for multiple reasons, doctors are paid less, the quality of care is lower, the hospitals are less “luxurious”
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  121. Meat has kept us alive this long
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  122. Because if your only reason for voting democrat is to tax the rich, you are greedy. You don’t deserve what they have, they put the work in to building a massive multinational corporation. Look at amazon, it delivers products worldwide extremely quickly and has hired over 800 thousand people.
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  123. Capitalism incentives innovation by rewarding those who innovate. Capitalism does none of that, and is why it just doesn’t work.
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  124. What?
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  125. 0.85%? What’s the point?
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  126. Man you are truely a genius
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  127. Horsepower? Many cars show horsepower and kw. Inches (I believe) is because it sounds better What tf is a quintal? It is all based on the base-10 system
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  128. Hp is used in conjunction with kW. The only other imperial unit is inches for tvs and feet for measuring someones height (but centimetres is more common for height)
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  129. Zulhardika Rendy Permana because you can only trust someone as far as you can throw them. An unarmed nation is at the mercy of its government. It’s not that Americans are scared of their government, they’re scared that their rights and freedoms will be stripped. Like what we see in China, a completely unarmed population under a dictatorship rule. No privacy, no rights, no freedoms.
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  130. iamkulit1 CS it’s 2 clauses, one about militias and another declaring that the right of the people to own and bear guns must not be infringed. It’s pretty obvious the meaning, but still the left likes to attack it for any little leverage they can get to give the only power that the people have to the government.
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  131. Lol what?
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  132. $60 -$93 trillion, depending on the estimates and what actually happens in the final bill
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  133. By putting in that 30k investment you are opening doors. People with degrees still make 2-3x as much as people without.
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  134. Ian Erickson well it really is, but sadly this isn’t always the case. I’m a strong advocate for teachers to be able to conceal carry and protect our students
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  135. Aliens From PR didn’t see any republicans riot when Obama won... but when trump won those baby’s who call themselves Antifa took to the streets
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  136. It’s not more specific, quite the opposite. Celsius was made to standardise temperature.
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  137. We shouldn’t aim to make every time well off. People without a job shouldn’t be “well off”. People working a brain dead low effort job shouldn’t be “well off”.
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  138. Coming from where?
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  139. SS Robs the only problem is that it would take to long to remove the gun
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  140. My idea about it is that a countries capital shouldn’t have equal representation as it could lead to being to powerful.
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  141. coffee they are in the same territory.
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  142. coffee Washington is already home to the president and congress. There is already enough representation just by having these members of congress and the president live there.
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  143. coffee they live there, they can be influenced by the lobbyists, ect. The people of Washington do already vote for president, the Democrats want seats of parliament as well. Washington DC is already represented in the fact that they hold the Houses of Parliament
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  144. Affirmative action has lead to higher rates of college drop outs in black people.
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  145. The wealth tax is probably the worst form of tax as it actively discourages economic activity.
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  146. Jeff Bezos doesn’t make $11 billion a year. Heck he doesn’t make much money at all - all if it is shares in amazon.
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  147. Not only that, but if you own shares in YOUR OWN BUSINESS, like Jeff Bezos, you have to cough up a percentage. Jeff would have to pay $11 billion in wealth taxes a year... more than amazon even profits. He also doesn’t take dividends... he would have to sell his own business
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  148. They do...
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  149. You are in the perfect weight range
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  150. The average is 28.6 which is “overweight” so you are not “normal” but in a good weight range
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  151. Sree S reliant on oil? Norway is reliant on oil and its one of if not the greatest countries in the world.
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  152. Pay varies amongst states because of cost of living, the wealth of said state and of course supply and demand.
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  153. Australia has 2 political parties. Labor and Liberal have dominated politics since 1941.
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  154. Yes!
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  155. Can I have some?
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  156. That’s why tax brackets exist, the wealthy gets out in a higher bracket so get taxed more. The wealthy also provide jobs to the poor.
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  157. Then why not base it off of the socioeconomic circumstances of the individual rather than just looking at the colour of their skin? Even more, if a student scores lower in an exam - whether or not they went to a good school - isn’t that indicative of their knowledge at that time? Why guess about how smart they are by adding points, when you have a score that is related directly to how knowledgeable they are.
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  158. Ok
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  159. Teachers may “work” for 9 hours, but remember 1 hour of it is sitting around whiles there’s a break, and most teachers will then have another free 1 hour period.
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  160. And what about people who work from pay check to pay check to pay off debts? Or people in third world countries?
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  161.  @alexanderishere6205  for third world countries
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  162. Billions? It’s a numerical system not a space station. It would get slowly phased in to reduce costs, and basic things would have both conversions for older people
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  163. It’s political because it would cost over 93 trillion dollars in 10 years to accomplish this plan
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  164. George D the plan would phase out all petroleum cars, require our entire grid to be converted to clean energy, for every house to undergo energy efficiency upgrades, ect. It’s a ridiculous plan. Not that it matters, China used more CO2 than both the US and the EU combined. And while the us and the EU are reduce their footprint, China’s is only accelerating.
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  165. And what does that solve?
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  166. Genius. Eliminate the successful so we are left with only the least productive of people
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  167. Swordsman Gallade yeah from OUR perspective it was skewed right, but to world in 1950 this is a radical left climate. It’s all about perspective.
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  168. Richard Ball no they don’t. Tax breaks aren’t “control” or trying to hurt poor people, tax breaks incentivise spending and investing, which leads to jobs, profits and down the line a stronger economy with more tax. On the flip side you increase taxes and businesses look to invest elsewhere, get rid of jobs and increase prices - raising living costs, reducing jobs and reducing economic growth leading to a weaker economy in the future with less taxes. The us needs to get a stable growth, with low unemployment and rebuild its industry sector before they talk about raising taxes.
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  169. Clashfer_GameZ by removing the only tool that citizens have to overthrow a tyrant. Why in the world would you let the government control the biggest tool that stops them from overreaching Without guns our constitution is useless. It’s like international law, without a military or force there’s nothing to stop the breaking of it. We’ve seen this over and over again, Germany, Italy, Venezuela, China, Cube, Russia. Tyrannical governments that overthrow the constitution and control every citizen
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  170. They are unarmed
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  171. Aditya Kailash yes, they have very strict gun control. Plus all of the gangs and criminal agencies are probably profiting somehow
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  172. Greg marshall it is without a license.
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  173. China has made bucketloads from the disease. And no didn’t go into a heavy recession (from all I know).
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  174.  @jacobdaniels3246  yes she is
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  175.  @flamingpi2245  HAHAHA
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  176. Like what, the assault weapons ban? An assault weapon has no defined meaning and the ban did nothing to stop actual shootings. Rifles represent such a tiny announcer of overall homicides in America
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  177. Snail Kale do you not know what the assault weapons ban was? It was “reasonable” regulation on weapons - mostly based on their looks. For example, pistol grips weren’t allowed on any semi automatic rifles. Even banning rifles wouldn’t do anything, as so little actual homicides are committed with rifles and said rifles are amazing for someone looking to defend themselves. It would harm the law abiding citizen more than criminals
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  178. Jack Stahl the thing is gun free zones don’t stop shootings. If you want to shoot someone, nothing is stopping you from bringing a concealed gun in a bag. The only thing they do stop are law abiding citizens and their ability to stop a threat. You could force teachers to practice gun safety and put the gun in a gun safe to keep it away from the students.
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  179. Crumbles first off, not all shooters are kids. You’re not prepping to shoot a kid, your prepping to defend yourself and your students. And the gun safe would be in a cabinet, keto out of reach of children and only to be used in specific situations. Teachers wouldn’t be forced to take a gun, but instead would have the option to.
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  180. Crumbles gun free zones haven’t stopped a single shooting, they only stop the law abiding citizens from defending against one.
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  181. Jack Stahl and I’ll say it again, what does a gun free zone do to prevent that teacher from bringing in a weapon to school. Nothing, it just means that another law abiding teacher cannot defend himself and his students against that shooter. Gun free zones have never prevented a shooting - what they have done is prevented others from defending themselves.
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  182. Jack Stahl gun free zones do work is some circumstances, like in bars where people can get drunk and in the spot a guy might decide to shoot someone. But school shootings are planned, most aren’t spontaneous bursts of aggression. And a gun free zone doesn’t stop someone from bring a gun to school concealed.
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  183. Jack Stahl it will reduce the fatalities of a shooting, plus deter someone from committing one in the first place. Those are 2 bonuses, and there aren’t any apparent negatives.
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  184. Jack Stahl training for what? You don’t need training to take a gun and put it in a safe. And gun safes could be provided by the teacher, the gun if for their comfort. Ok let’s say you want it to be state funded, just take that budget out of where you get the security guard budget. You don’t need security for schools if the teachers are armed.
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  185. Jack Stahl if they don’t want it then they aren’t forced to take it. It’s a luxury, not a rule. And gun training should be also on the teacher, it’s not the schools job to train a army of teachers.
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  186. Jack Stahl um no, it’s not as hard as driving a car. It’s point and shoot
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  187. Snail Kale they would use it and save their own life. Amazing I know.
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  188. 3 months time off per year is loads. That’s a quarter of the year.
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  189. Why? Paranoia much. Anyway if you armed teachers you would have to hide and hope, you would have someone there that would defend you. School shootings are terrible because it’s pretty much a person running around killing people with nothing to stop them.
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  190. Teachers get paid quite a lot. Average salaries are around $61 000 a year, for 9 months of work.
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  191. I mean when a large part of the would would be considered extreme poverty our standards, it’s a very reasonable reality.
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  192. Dividends are the more conventional route, but stock buybacks can be used as compensation. Stock buybacks directly remove shares from the market, while dividends are just simple payments.
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  193. Polio has been around for centuries.
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  194. Blame Obama
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  195. Rhodesian Wojak what depreciation? Their stock price has boomed in 2020
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  196. oops lol and they are
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  197. TerraTN it’s not a myth. The average US citizen makes much more than any other country, due to low taxes, low unemployment and a strong economy.
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  198. TerraTN yeah right now, it will bounce back. The economy always does.
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  199. Who cares
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  200. Lucy Baughman your right, no one NEEDS 50 million, it’s that people WANT it. And this want is in human nature, and drives innovation. And these highly successful people reuse that money to build up their business. Look at someone like Microsoft, which is one of the most influential tech companies. Or amazon, which offers cheap on the day delivery worldwide. Without this wealth, these companies would t exist to the side today.
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  201. Trump got in by preaching about socialism, then set up a new house to fill completely change the constitution and make him a dictator?
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  202. FVG corporations obviously. But to have almost half of your funding from individuals is huge.
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  203. Im going to guess before i watch: It's because healthcare is run by the government
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  204. If you think the sanctions hurt more then your sadly misinformed. The sanctions were put on for the terrible mistreatment of it’s citizens, and the anti democratic practices of the government. In simple terms, it was a dictatorship- and like NK, or China they cannot be allowed to profit off of the us and take us jobs.
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  205. I don’t know about income tax loopholes, usually because it isn’t based off of income but rather just the money you receive as a citizen.
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  206. Usually when prices increase, more supply comes. More houses are built. Why aren't they being built?
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  207. Your point?
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  208. Bullet proof vests? Money doesn’t grow on trees. Just arm teachers.
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  209. If everyone had heat seeking mission launchers 9/11 wouldn’t have happened
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  210. Workin Alday how would you enforce laws? How would you make laws? How would you stop corruption from influencing both of those things?
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  211. “Free education” And no it wouldn’t. People with the skills and desire to become a doctor do become a doctor - it being free would mean people who have very little to no chance of being a doctor jump on - costing the taxpayer billions. People who get a college education are richer than people who don’t. I don’t think it’s fair that a majority which makes less subsidies a minority that makes more.
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  212. We can blame China, they emit more CO2 than the US and Europe combined. And according to their pledge in the Paris Climate Agreement, they will continue to rise until 2030
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  213.  @gabriellelu7843  people are sitting around doing nothing? The us has been cutting down its CO2 emissions for the last 12 years - its currently at its lowest point since 1992.
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  214.  Howard Bueker  so we shouldn’t shame countries, even when they are terrible?
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  215. Jeff Bezos who built up a trillion dollar multinational corporation that employs millions worldwide. Yes, he worked for that money - if anyone else had built up such a successful business then they would have been rewarded for it. That’s what low tax rates does, it incentivises innovation, boosts productivity and gives the people more purchasing power so they can invest in their business. And a 70% income tax wouldn’t hurt Bezos, he’d just fund some loopholes. Because when you start stealing a majority if someone’s income to put into your government that cannot valence it’s own budget, you incentivise investments elsewhere
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  216. Yet, per beneficiary, public healthcare is more expensive than private. But why is healthcare expensive? The government is the answer. Government regulations have killed off competition, introduced huge amounts of needless red tape and will continue to raise healthcare prices until
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  217. What?
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  218. Technologic they are prepared to be used, but that’s not their purpose
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  219. Not always. I Belize genetically modifying animals to make them immune to many types of diseases could make the works much safer
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  220.  @PROJECTxIC4RUS  and swings states don’t change?
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  221.  @PROJECTxIC4RUS  heck, Texas was a swing state (according to the MSM). They change, alot
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  222.  @PROJECTxIC4RUS  trump won states in 2016 that had been democrat for many decades. Its a sign that states do change
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  223.  @PROJECTxIC4RUS  or you can do what Nebraska does
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  224.  @PROJECTxIC4RUS  the presidential election cannot be gerrymandered in every state except Nebraska and Maine. The WTA system prevents that
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  225. Not really. The actual problem is that this would have disastrous consequences on the US economy - and add on the fact that taxing anything over 10M at 70% wouldn’t even come close to cutting in on the almost $1 trillion (more like $3trillion for 2020) budget deficit.
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  226. Its just part of their culture. Money could also play a role
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  227. Page Jenkins they pay as much taxes as the bottom 90% combined
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  228. Plus their businesses provide income, jobs and resources to the economy
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  229. I disagree. The us COULD increase availability, quality AND affordability if they took off the bureaucratic red tape and let companies compete. Get rid of the ACA and bring in a system that gives the consumer the control. Support small insurers, or get rid of private insurance altogether and rely on the consumer to pay out of pocket. It’s the most regulated, “socialist” system in the us - and people still like to believe it’s free market. If it were free market it would be good!
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  230. Rather the us honestly.
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  231. Cod4 Wii the top 10% contribute 70% of federal taxes. On top of that the businesses they own are taxed separately.
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  232. Cod4 Wii not wrong, it’s fact. The top 1% alone contribute more than the bottom 90%. Thats because of higher taxes and higher incomes. Here’s a thing, inequality isn’t bad. These rich people are heads of massive multinational corporations that employ thousand to millions of employees- and contribute heavily to the economy.
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  233. There’s a lot less rules for shooting a gun. You don’t need to learn about your indicators, about roundabouts. I’m a way it’s a lot easier. It’s point and shoot. However I agree everyone should be trained, you’re more safe the better you are at defending yourself.
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  234. Nine Ball as a person that takes medication for my anxiety, I can’t explain to you the the stress I no longer feel.
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  235. Let me guess, you don’t like vaccines either?
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  236. And your very conditioned to having your rights controlled by the government. So what? There’s many studies showing they people like the laws they are given, even when they can appear absurd to outsiders - for example many people fought against Virginia allowing people to fuel their own cars... like seriously. The problem is that without the ability to fight against a tyrannical government you have no rights. That’s the essence of the second amendment.
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  237. Not a chance,m
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  238. Australia still has shootings, just a lot less of them. Instead we have stabbing.
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  239. STEM subjects are the best subjects for your ROI (return on investment).
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  240. Depends what you deem unviable for a gun purchase. What mental issues should exclude you from having a gun, and will that make you less likely to seek help?
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  241. Why not focus on giving the law abiding citizens this instead of convicted criminals.
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  242. Giorno Giovanna libertarians are politically and economically right wing. I find it very hard to call someone libertarian if they vote for a socialist like Bernie.
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  243. Are we forgetting state minimum wages, or is it right to treat everywhere the exact same. Because it’s not, different areas have different costs of living and different rates of unemployment
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  244.  @TheCountess666  tying minimum wage directly to inflation would only lead to more inflation.
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  245. Ninja Star you still have to have the demand.
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  246. Celsius is easy to understand and is based off of the freezing and boiling point of water, which is easier to measure than dead or alive. Btw 30 is hot, 35 is boiling and over 40 is an oven (not literally)
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  247. Winner takes all is good, and can work in conjunction with ranked choice voting.
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  248. How is it stock manipulation? A stock in itself is just a part of a company , that company can sell off parts if itself, and if it wants to it can buy back those parts.
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  249.  @anthonymort5202  they can’t reintroduce sticks at the bigger price though. Companies will sell sticks belie market value, and the act of diluting a market may have a far greater impact on share prices than a equal Buyback. In essence, they lose money.
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  250. “Stashed”. That’s called investing
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  251. Now deduct the welfare they receive and you see how progressive the system is. Poor people get so much welfare
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  252. no online harrassment a maximum benefit for a family of 4 is $680 a month. On top of that you get Medicaid, and access to other forms of welfare.
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  253. no online harrassment $170 should get you through 1-2 weeks of food if you budget properly. That leaves the other 2 and a big weeks that you spend your own money.
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  254. Congressmen + Senators = Electors Is that too complex for you?
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  255. Tax brackets are great, they relieve the poor of taxes while hitting the rich harder.
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  256. Cod4 Wii the top 1% pays more federal taxes than than the bottom 90%.
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  257. Cod4 Wii the bottom 90% paid 30% of all federal taxes, while the top 1% solely paid 50%. They pay almost double the tax even though they are 1/90 the population.
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  258. Cod4 Wii the rich pay their “fair share”
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  259. Cod4 Wii I never said that low and middle class people were the problem. And again, no. The rich pay more tax. 50% of all federal taxes are paid by the top 1%.
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  260. Cod4 Wii Jesus Christ, if the IRS day the rich pay tax - they pay tax! And yes, without the “poor” (no one in the us should be poor) you wouldn’t be rich. So what?
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  261. Cod4 Wii not that I stand behind free college, I think that if you choose to go with a private college you are commuting yourself to the debt that ensues. It’s not the governments job to pay off your loans. In all honestly governments should step away from student loans. Let private institutions take over. Ever since 1965, tuition prices have risen rapidly due to the government giving money away like candy. No financial institution would take half the risks the government is with student loans.
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  262. There is, the IRS (I believe) does an annual report on taxes paid by different percentiles. The top 1% paid more tax than the bottom 90% combined.
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  263. Даниил Хрящёв I think protecting people’s rights to self preservation is more important. And above all, protecting the ability of the people to fight off a tyrannical government. You would know seeing as you’re Russian how important it is to be able to stop a tyrannical government. Guns were heavily restricted in the USSR, and even today. There’s many questions over the head of Putin, and the fact that the population is disarmed means there is no chance it will ever be resolved.
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  264. Many forget that ~80% of gun homicides are drug and gang related, or that an average of 500 000 - 3000000 crimes have been prevented by the firing of a gun, and probably more by just having one present.
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  265. Most countries, especially well established first works countries, have 2 major parties. The US, Australia, UK, New Zealand just to name a few.
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  266. Stef Stokman you do it your way, we do it ours. It doesn’t mean anyone is over or underrepresented. It’s natural for governments to slowly form 2 major parties, it’s easier to choose for voters. Not a single country I mention is a two party system, it just naturally is. And unless the Netherlands somehow suppressed certain powerful parties, then it will eventually happen to.
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  267. So we should charge higher sales taxes on people because they make more?
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  268. Lol, the top 1% pay more than the bottom 90% combined. Most poeple get more in welfare benefits than they pay in taxes. I'm not saying that's a bad thing - but stop with this "rich eating the poor" narrative. It's not even remotely true.
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  269. So it can be gerrymandered?
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  270. How does trump legitimise hate?
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  271. VIII Maus so no direct examples?
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  272. Jack Ward what do you mean “not to this degree”?
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  273. Jack Ward I haven’t seen any issues arise. In fact, I see the lower and middle classes better off now than every before.
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  274. Jack Ward wages are rising, taxes were being cut, ect. Before covid, America was in the best spot it was. Not just for the rich, the poor have steadily been getting richer over time. How many people had cars, or tiny portable computers in their pocket back in the 1950s? What about tvs. Heck, at that time a radio was a luxury.
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  275. Jack Ward I say we should cut this wasteful government spending, cut taxes and leave these private businesses with more money to innovate and build jobs.
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  276. Jack Ward businesses that just store money get left behind. Trump has brought millions of jobs into the us, and cut unemployment. And not only that, he got more people back into the workforce. Under Obama, workforce participation was dropping steadily. Under Trump, workforce participation was increasing... and so was unemployment (unemployment is only measured by those who are willing to be in the work force, so having both a rise in people looking for jobs and drop in unemployment is great). Wages were finally growing, after being rather stagnant for the past few years. Taxes were cut across the board. The only thing trump did badly was spending - but democrats are worse.
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  277. GodOfCows trades or STEM. Getting a 100k debt for drama and communications is completely your fault.
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  278. They aren’t underpaid. If anything, they are overpaid.
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  279. Explain to me how it doesn’t protect small states? Wyoming wouldn’t even get 1 vote if it was done on a per capita basis, but they get 3 votes.
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  280.  @obiwansherlockclousseau5107  again, how does it not protect small states?
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  281.  @obiwansherlockclousseau5107  the people in big states getting all the say would lead to mob rule.
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  282.  @obiwansherlockclousseau5107  why should people in California control everything people in snakier states do?
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  283.  @obiwansherlockclousseau5107  they would.
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  284.  @obiwansherlockclousseau5107  they do actually. Every state is run different differently, with differing cost of living, major industries, ect. Places like New York City do not understand or even feel the effects of the laws put on say middle America. I’m a strong advocate for states having more responsibility. Why? Well it gives the people in that state more of a say over how they are governed, and will encourage a sort of “competition” between states. Let’s say California real eases a M4A plan, other states would need to improve their systems as well to keep up. As we have it now, nothing really happens. People who want Medicare for All don’t get it, people who want a free market system don’t get one, it’s not working for anyone.
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  285.  @obiwansherlockclousseau5107  keep on dreaming
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  286. And... your proof?
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  287. Have you been under a rock for the last year? Rioting, looting, record crime rates and THIS is when you want to take guns.
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  288. rohan and the police being walking bullet vests with batons
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  289. What if they’re faster, stronger or you’re trapped?
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  290. It’s pretty obvious that buybacks don’t work for GM. Their stick might go up, but no ones going to invest if your market value is dropping and your stock is overpriced.
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  291. People like their right to own and bear guns
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  292. Paying teachers more doesn’t solve the problem. The problem I see in the US (from an outsider point of view) is the lack of consistency, and the fact that students graduate with less knowledge than other countries around the world.
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  293. It’s pretty true, corporations use political influence to bring in unfair regulations. That’s why I’m against overly invasive regulation
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  294. We have this debate about Medicare for all, and ACA. The divide is so great around the country - why not leave that power to the states. Californians can do their own healthcare plan, and Texans their own healthcare plan.
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  295. Swordsman Gallade haha, no.
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  296. Arming teachers will do.
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  297.  @jsebby2284  the fact that it’s awfully inconsistent, and tends to favour those who have money and go to a wealthy school over those you are intelligent.
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  298. Liberals don’t
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  299. Not very precise. On the Celsius scale 0 is the freezing point of water and 100 is the boiling. If you need precise measurements decimals, but rarely do you need more than the whole number.
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  300. This isn’t based off of discrimination. This law was passed because someone saw a lack of a certain group. It wasn’t taken into account life choices and the intelligence of applicants, just that there wasn’t enough blacks.
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  301. People don't want to live in shoeboxes.
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  302. By?
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  303. Regressive taxes are bad, so is a wealth tax. And compared to many other countries, the US is quite progressive. Taxes for the lower-class are very low in the US, while other countries like the UK will jump to 40% at just 50k pounds (69k USD). That's without considering their massive payroll tax. It isn't perfect, but it is up their as one of the best.
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  304. The cubing Chicken a BMI of: <18.5 is Underweight Between 18.5 and 25 is Healthy Between 25 and 30 is Overweight >30 is Obese You are healthy
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  305. And democracy is the friend of mob rule? So what? The us is a constitutional republic. It’s democratic, but not completely. And that’s both intentional and a good thing
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  306. Paul Jablonski aren’t assets added onto your net income, thus are taxed as normal?
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  307. The electoral college isn’t the problem. Giving a small boost to smaller states is important so that they don’t get stepped on. But we could do with a change in how we vote for these electors, like a proportional voting system?
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  308. Parker Varin it’s not as good as Uranium.
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  309. Uranium has an energy density of 83 140 000 MJ/kg Compare that to thorium: 79 420 000 I do see the benefits, but that is why it’s not mentioned, its not that different.
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  310. I’m not American, but I can emphasise with that statement. My school puts such an emphasis on sporting events and achievements and then wonders why we are behind the median level of my state. It’s really strange. All this emphasis on something that will lead people nowhere.
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  311. King Deer nah, just having armed teachers or even a cop there would be enough to scare off most shooters. If there was still a shooter, chances are they would be dead before long
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