The scales have fallen from my eyes, and I now realise how all those soldiers, nurses, firemen and primary school teachers have been f***ing me, a lawyer, over all these years. What a bunch of bastar… (View Post)

I agree that tax messes with complete free market equilibrium such that there are transactions that would happen in the absence of the tax don't happen with it, and the welfare gain that would h… (View Post)

A very morbid subject and let's hope not. But I am absolutely sure Carter (if well enough - he's 96 now), Bush, Clinton and Obama would all go to the funeral of either candidate. In the cas… (View Post)

You can worry about making South Carolina competitive (if you're a Democrat) or Oregon competitive (if you're a Republican) for three and a half years of the electoral cycle through policy,… (View Post)

If you believe 538, these have a serious chance of being tipping point states (i.e. the state where the 270th EV will be won and lost) - they have Pennsylvania at 30.8% probability, Michigan 9.8%, Ne… (View Post)