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I think that is true of the GOP, but not Democrats. Dems consider immigration a losing issue. By and large, I think they would love to neutralize immigration as a campaign issue.
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I think that is true of the GOP, but not Democrats. Dems consider immigration a losing issue. By and large, I think they would love to neutralize immigration as a campaign issue.
This just isn’t correct. There have been multiple sincere attempts at immigration reform that have been tanked by xenophobes. Even Bush’s immigration plan couldn’t survive the hardliners in the GOP.
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This just isn’t correct. There have been multiple sincere attempts at immigration reform that have been tanked by xenophobes. Even Bush’s immigration plan couldn’t survive the hardliners in the GOP.
Two state solution with a truly sovereign Palestine.
October 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Two state solution with a truly sovereign Palestine.
You can’t defend Israel’s treatment of its Arab population by ignoring its treatment of Palestinians. I think a single multiethnic state (where there would presumably still be Jewish involvement in government) would be preferable to the status quo. I’m just not sure it would be preferable to a
October 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You can’t defend Israel’s treatment of its Arab population by ignoring its treatment of Palestinians. I think a single multiethnic state (where there would presumably still be Jewish involvement in government) would be preferable to the status quo. I’m just not sure it would be preferable to a
Personally, I’m skeptical that a one state solution is workable, at least without flipping who gets oppressed. But I’m also pretty dumb so I’m open to whatever works.
October 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Personally, I’m skeptical that a one state solution is workable, at least without flipping who gets oppressed. But I’m also pretty dumb so I’m open to whatever works.
Most want a single state populated by both Israelis and Palestinians.
October 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Most want a single state populated by both Israelis and Palestinians.
However, I think it is far more plausible that profit would absorb the majority of any price increase rather than worker salary. Whether that is true depends on industry dynamics I don’t profess to understand.
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
However, I think it is far more plausible that profit would absorb the majority of any price increase rather than worker salary. Whether that is true depends on industry dynamics I don’t profess to understand.
Sorry if I wasn’t clear. We all agree that execs are overpaid. That is distinct from the original point. Which is whether higher game prices will be absorbed by executives or lead to higher salaries for developers. Seems unlikely that exec salary would jump from .8% of game price to 30% game price.
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Sorry if I wasn’t clear. We all agree that execs are overpaid. That is distinct from the original point. Which is whether higher game prices will be absorbed by executives or lead to higher salaries for developers. Seems unlikely that exec salary would jump from .8% of game price to 30% game price.
Right. But without knowing profit margins for all of these other companies, you can’t really put a number on it. And it doesn’t really have any bearing on whether higher prices would translate to higher pay for workers.
October 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Right. But without knowing profit margins for all of these other companies, you can’t really put a number on it. And it doesn’t really have any bearing on whether higher prices would translate to higher pay for workers.
I don’t think anyone is arguing labor is being properly paid. That wasn’t the OP’s point either, but people just assumed it was. But defining taxes, server costs, etc as purely rent seeking at the expense of labor seemed odd to me, so I was just checking if I was interpreting you correctly.
October 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I don’t think anyone is arguing labor is being properly paid. That wasn’t the OP’s point either, but people just assumed it was. But defining taxes, server costs, etc as purely rent seeking at the expense of labor seemed odd to me, so I was just checking if I was interpreting you correctly.
Not sure where you’re getting that. Are you counting all costs aside from labor costs as stolen? Cause most of that remaining revenue appears to be going to non-labor operating expenses
October 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Not sure where you’re getting that. Are you counting all costs aside from labor costs as stolen? Cause most of that remaining revenue appears to be going to non-labor operating expenses
His point isn’t that execs aren’t overpaid. It’s that based on current costs, there is no reason to assume that revenue from higher game prices would accrue to exec compensation and not to devs. The chart supports that, but doesn’t resolve whether higher prices wouldn’t accrue mostly to profit, IMO
October 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
His point isn’t that execs aren’t overpaid. It’s that based on current costs, there is no reason to assume that revenue from higher game prices would accrue to exec compensation and not to devs. The chart supports that, but doesn’t resolve whether higher prices wouldn’t accrue mostly to profit, IMO
I can’t speak for how others interpreted that interaction, but to me it didn’t seem so much anti-Biden as valuing supposed impartiality over actually informing readers. Personally, I find the latter worse than the former. Even a negative piece on the IRA would have been better than “not my problem”
October 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I can’t speak for how others interpreted that interaction, but to me it didn’t seem so much anti-Biden as valuing supposed impartiality over actually informing readers. Personally, I find the latter worse than the former. Even a negative piece on the IRA would have been better than “not my problem”
That whole thing started with an anecdote about how his friends hadn’t heard about the IRA. When people pointed out his actual job, he conflated “inform readers about consequential economic policy” and “do PR for Biden.” I would say that does suggest he is maybe not the best Econ reporter.
October 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
That whole thing started with an anecdote about how his friends hadn’t heard about the IRA. When people pointed out his actual job, he conflated “inform readers about consequential economic policy” and “do PR for Biden.” I would say that does suggest he is maybe not the best Econ reporter.
“Additional taxes” is commonly used to describe either a new tax or higher tax rates. In this context, IMO it should be read as the latter since it’s plural.
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“Additional taxes” is commonly used to describe either a new tax or higher tax rates. In this context, IMO it should be read as the latter since it’s plural.
Leave it blank during the primary seems the correct way to handle it, right? It communicates the number of pro-Palestinian voters w/o costing Harris votes in the general.
October 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Leave it blank during the primary seems the correct way to handle it, right? It communicates the number of pro-Palestinian voters w/o costing Harris votes in the general.
??? Trump was facing trial when the Trump v US decision killed it. The SC granted him immunity.
October 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
??? Trump was facing trial when the Trump v US decision killed it. The SC granted him immunity.
I believe they would need 60 in the Senate? So they likely can’t pass it via appropriations. As far as pedantry, I mean the OP was simply that it would be flagrantly unconstitutional, which is true.
October 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I believe they would need 60 in the Senate? So they likely can’t pass it via appropriations. As far as pedantry, I mean the OP was simply that it would be flagrantly unconstitutional, which is true.
Covid money was passed via Congress. This would be a case of the president completely usurping a fundamental (and explicit) power of Congress.
October 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Covid money was passed via Congress. This would be a case of the president completely usurping a fundamental (and explicit) power of Congress.
Most economic historians don’t think tariffs caused the Great Depression, though. I think the modal position would be that tariffs made a bad economic situation worse.
September 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Most economic historians don’t think tariffs caused the Great Depression, though. I think the modal position would be that tariffs made a bad economic situation worse.
I think one issue is that it is a very strange creative choice. I have assumed that Cena would turn before his retirement. If that is the plan, it is odd to do a fake turn 4 months in advance. Still seems more likely it’s a ruse, but it’s a weird enough choice where I’m not sure.
August 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I think one issue is that it is a very strange creative choice. I have assumed that Cena would turn before his retirement. If that is the plan, it is odd to do a fake turn 4 months in advance. Still seems more likely it’s a ruse, but it’s a weird enough choice where I’m not sure.
Who announces for them? The “love child of Billy Wilder and Toots Mondt” line was genius.
July 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Who announces for them? The “love child of Billy Wilder and Toots Mondt” line was genius.
Not in Presidential elections. Because of our electoral college, each state (with a couple of exceptions) is winner-take-all. B/c of Duverger’s law, the party that wins a plurality in each state will be Democrats or Republicans. Lee is correct that we need something like RCV to allow more parties.
June 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Not in Presidential elections. Because of our electoral college, each state (with a couple of exceptions) is winner-take-all. B/c of Duverger’s law, the party that wins a plurality in each state will be Democrats or Republicans. Lee is correct that we need something like RCV to allow more parties.
I will die on the hill that Hangman’s title reign was booked well. To me, his feuds with Danielson, Cole, and even Archer carried his story past winning the title. All the flack his reign gets comes from Punk’s star power overshadowing Page and people just not paying attention.
May 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I will die on the hill that Hangman’s title reign was booked well. To me, his feuds with Danielson, Cole, and even Archer carried his story past winning the title. All the flack his reign gets comes from Punk’s star power overshadowing Page and people just not paying attention.