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Dragon

@ Dragon @lemmy.ml

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  • Saint Luigi

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  • It depends on the state. Massachusetts actually does have a flat income tax, so maybe it would be easier to do there. But even so, wealthy people might prefer to buy private plans, and see the tax as redundant.

  • Saint Luigi

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  • That may be the case, but do you have any evidence or reasoning? There are a certain number of people right now who don't have insurance or who have very bad insurance, and a universal insurance would have to have to make up what's missing for those people.

  • Saint Luigi

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  • I said under current progressive tax models.

  • Saint Luigi

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  • Maybe. It's worth trying.

  • Saint Luigi

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  • It's only cheaper if you consider current healthcare costs. It would require tax increases, and under current progressive tax models, those would be disproportionately high for the upper class, for whom the increase would not offset the elimination of their healthcare premium.

  • Saint Luigi

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  • Capital flight.

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    Voting for the lesser evil is still evil

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  • That would help

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    Voting for the lesser evil is still evil

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  • IMO the only way around this problem in the USA is to either (A) get a third party to the point of legitimacy where people will take them seriously be winning seats in the house and senate, and eventually running for the presidency, or (B) win a primary in one of the two major parties. By election day there is nothing to do but vote for the least worst option.

  • Fresh elements of enlightenment and progress

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  • Ironic

  • Fresh elements of enlightenment and progress

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  • Good point, fixed

  • Israel closing Dublin embassy over 'anti-Israel policies' (RTÉ News, 2024-12-15)

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  • For context, the US still has an embassy in Russia.

  • Fresh elements of enlightenment and progress

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  • Exactly. And they will be highly educated and bring new ideas to the revolution.

  • same as it ever was

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  • I don't know, can you make them out?

  • same as it ever was

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  • I visited a 17,000 year old cave painting site in France, and the whole walk into the cave there are modern day graffiti signatures like "Bob, 1992" etc. but then you start to notice that the years go back further and further...1827...1761...1597. Then you get to the old cave art and it kind of feels like a continuation of the same shit, just some people leaving their scribbles on a rock like they have been probably since they discovered how to do it.

  • My blog now has Lemmy comments

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  • Theoretically Lemmy could open a pop-up or redirect to sign in through your instance.

  • My blog now has Lemmy comments

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  • It would be nice if you could sign-in/comment directly from the blog. But I'm guessing the Lemmy api doesn't provide that without making the blog it's own instance

  • An uphill battle destined to go downhill

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  • On c/memes?

  • An uphill battle destined to go downhill

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  • Are you doing that on Lemmy? In what communities?

  • Capitalist logix

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  • I mentioned examples. I don't know of any counter-examples.