The finishing point is normally an arbitrary point in space, but not in time. Time is the variable you are measuring. In almost all races, the finishing point is an arbitrary point in space, and whoe… (View Post)

But that makes no sense whatsoever as a descriptor. It invites comparison with a race where a particular location is the winning line (like the 100m), but it's a race where who runs furthest win… (View Post)

I agree with your assessment of the problem. My focus on the 45% tax bracket is that it appears to me to be peculiarly self-defeating. It looks to me like you would raise more tax simply by abolishin… (View Post)

Oh, certainly. I was just disputing the 'it's failed every single time it's been tried' angle with the first example which came to mind. Tax cuts can be self-funding if - rather t… (View Post)

On which subject, I was idly wondering last week: what happened to Krist Novoselic, the bassist from Nirvana? Kurt shot himself, Dave went on to become the biggest rock star in the world, Krist ... b… (View Post)