Net worth taxes are stupid.

Just tax loans collateralized by stock as income, and give a deduction on the interest when they pay back the loan.

That’s currently the biggest loophole the wealthy use. They use their stock portfolios as collateral for loans, which are untaxed. Then as their portfolio grows they take out more loans to cover the old one and fund their lifestyle, or they liquidate some of their assets at the much lower capital gains tax to pay it back.

Just tax collateralized loans as realized gains and be done with it.

Gonna be real fun to see the crash test rating.

Without crumple zones, all of the kinetic energy goes into the occupants.

I mean, GREEN does stand for Getting Republicans Elected Every November.

He’s always been a shit head like this. He just got rich enough that he thought he could get away with showing his true colors.

The dude comes from a family of slave owners and was born with a silver spoon up his ass.

Exactly. If you’re gonna make a chemistry joke, at least get it right.

Something like “Alcohol isn’t a solution, but it can be a solvent for the right problem” would be clever and true.

But, it’s not. Alcohol is not a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances, nor a substance dissolved into another.

It’s its own chemical category of one or more hydroxyl groups bound to a saturated carbon atom.

This.

The only negative thing about the whole situation was that Apple didn’t publicize it, not that they throttled the devices.

Get a new battery for it and the thing works just fine.

The difference is HBO is a media company that largely operates in the US, and Jon Oliver making fun of them isn’t going to hurt their business at all. Apple is a hardware company that also makes media. And selling hardware in China is critical to their business. Since the CCP owns China, they can get their panties in a twist and just ban Apple. Like they did with government devices.

As a publicly owned company they have a legal responsibility to maximize profit for shareholders. It’s the same reason why Twitter had to agree to the sale to Elon Musk and why they had to force it. It was a terrible move overall but since Elon was buying all outstanding shares and taking it private, the board literally had no legal choice but to take it since he was offering well over market value.

Public companies don’t get to take moral stands when there’s money on the line. They legally have to put shareholders first.

It’s actually usually the opposite. Women get custody more because men are less likely to fight for custody. When men do fight they tend to get custody more often.

Yeah Judy Garland was horribly abused. Physically, mentally, sexually, forced to take drugs to control her.

That’s even more than I thought she would have made though. That’s $11,000 a week adjusted for inflation.

Nothing compared to the $66,000 a week the others earned though.

It’s just vitamin C.