Why is taxing gains to wealth any more absurd than taxing income? I'm being a productive member of society earning plenty of money. And the government takes almost 50% of it. Why should capital … (View Post)

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Look, I prefer our s… (View Post)

Part of politics is narrative. Part is policy. And part is execution. Starmer never even seemed to grasp that narrative was an important first step, beyond 'not the Tories". And that is par… (View Post)

Because Congo followed by Mexico is considerably easier than Portugal followed Spain? Yes our prospective quarter finals is tough if we get there. But that's offset by a potentially easier semi … (View Post)

Yep if your plan is to decarbonise the electricity grid (more or less) then A/C will have minimal impact. Especially as peak A/C demand in the future will correlate almost perfectly with peak solar s… (View Post)