Very good thread as all the other ones have been, even though one can quibble with some of this detailed arguments (bumping us up in the PISA education rankings by getting teachers to produce literat… (View Post)

I agree with all that. The taxes to raise that are least harmful to long-run economic growth are VAT and excise taxes. Payroll and corporate profits taxes devastate it. But weirdly those who tout the… (View Post)

Amusing voodoo Internet poll: What's [sic] your favorite [sic] tech innovation? Illegal cab company - 16% Illegal hotel chain - 15% Fake money for criminals - 32% Plagiarism machine - 35% Too bad the… (View Post)

The problem is, it's NOT a blatant attack on free speech - it's an indirect, ambiguous and relatively subtle attack on free speech. Kimmel wasn't arrested and ABC didn't say "we're doing this be… (View Post)

That's probably because our prosecutors are much less trigger happy than theirs, rather than because the treaty is unbalanced either way. I don't object to the treaty because it is unbalanced myself.… (View Post)