OT: American Politics
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MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
These fucking people make shit way too complicated.
Step 1: Fight against bad policies
Step 2: Propose alternative policies that are good for people
Step 3: Go back to step 1
Everything gets all fucked up when we start worrying about whose feelings we're hurting by calling a bad policy a bad policy, and which coalition of people may or may not like the policy proposed for step 2. People want leadership. In the absence of good leadership, people will settle for bad or even horrendous leadership, which is how the US got a Trump. A complete moron who doesn't realize he's a moron, so is over confident about every idea that comes out of his mush. 50.1% of the country gravitated to his confidence because the other side is afraid to lead without checking a dozen polls and focus groups first.
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No wonder he bankrupted a Casino
lecoqsportif
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I doesn’t matter. He might “understand”. His base might “understand” (kinda doubt it.)
What they really want is to flip over the table and have a hissy fit. Reality is irrelevant.
What they really want is to flip over the table and have a hissy fit. Reality is irrelevant.
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WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
I will get banned again soon, worry not.
Whether he knows or not, and how much, if anything, he understands, is not relevant.
What is relevant is that he does not care that he doesnt understand and he wouldn't care if he did. All he cares about is waking up richer tomorrow than he did today.
What is relevant is that he does not care that he doesnt understand and he wouldn't care if he did. All he cares about is waking up richer tomorrow than he did today.
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MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
Until further notice, this is the still the world economy's thermometer. Oil prices going down means people at all levels of the economy are doing less stuff.
Cal Gal
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Yep, sterling idea:
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CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
Maybe issue tax credits like every other jurisdiction
zeke
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CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
by Tyler Cowen May 4, 2025 at 7:56 pm in
Of course the proposal is not easy to understand. If it is a Jason Bourne movie, do they add up the number of scenes shot abroad and consider those as a percentage of the entire movie? Does one scene shot abroad invoke the entire tariff? o3 guesstimates that about half of major Hollywood releases are shot abroad to a significant degree, with many more having particular scenes shot abroad.
Assuming the movie would have been made anyway, most of the tax burden falls on the producer, not the American consumer, because the marginal cost of sending the extra units of the film to America is low. Nonetheless lower American revenue will force those films onto lower budgets. Possibly Canadian and also English movies will suffer the most, because they are most likely to have the U.S. as their dominant market.
Of course the U.S: is by far the world’s number one exporter of movies, so we are vulnerable to retaliation on this issue, to say the least.
Of course the proposal is not easy to understand. If it is a Jason Bourne movie, do they add up the number of scenes shot abroad and consider those as a percentage of the entire movie? Does one scene shot abroad invoke the entire tariff? o3 guesstimates that about half of major Hollywood releases are shot abroad to a significant degree, with many more having particular scenes shot abroad.
Assuming the movie would have been made anyway, most of the tax burden falls on the producer, not the American consumer, because the marginal cost of sending the extra units of the film to America is low. Nonetheless lower American revenue will force those films onto lower budgets. Possibly Canadian and also English movies will suffer the most, because they are most likely to have the U.S. as their dominant market.
Of course the U.S: is by far the world’s number one exporter of movies, so we are vulnerable to retaliation on this issue, to say the least.