When I was young, flattening taxes like that was impossible, evil etc. Apparently. Then the Baltics states (among others) did this, in their post Soviet rebuild. The it became its impossible, evil et… (View Post)

I row on the Tideway (tidal portion of the Thames). We sometimes have a bit of a shout at the RNLI - it’s improved since their volunteers got the message about being a bit more careful with speed dur… (View Post)

Back before the US Republicans went insane, they proposed a reset on the income tax system - personal allowance, two rates and *no* exemptions. Bill Clinton made a rare mistake and blurted out the qu… (View Post)

Nope. Barrat having been building shit for years. With Polish labour. And all the other Eastern Europeans. It’s a simple thing, that the Victorians understood. Hell, the Medievals had a clue on the s… (View Post)

Sigh. Kessler Syndrome probably doesn’t work. It *provably* doesn’t work in very low Earth orbit. The atmospheric drag at that altitude pulls anything not under active control out of orbit very fast.… (View Post)