I don't think we want the level of divisiveness we see in the US, just because it boosts turnout a few percentage points. (View Post)

Giving the worst type of prisoner the vote (think mass murderers) is political suicide. Drawing the line as to what prisoners can and cannot have the vote is too difficult. So giving it to none is th… (View Post)

I mean the bolded bit is empirically true looking back historically over pretty much any period (temporary dips in crises notwithstanding). You would expect it to be true in the future too, though th… (View Post)

Sure, but your payments stay incredibly high forever, relative to what you could get for a similarly good vehicle that's slightly older. Or if you kept one for longer. I understand why car manuf… (View Post)

I'm not sure if it's just where I live and work, but there's still absolutely loads of pubs everywhere. (View Post)