It's a shame there aren't better ways to communicate in traffic. Sometimes if I'm in the right-hand lane and I slow down for something I wish I had a little sign that could flip out fr… (View Post)

In Japan we have Fixed Asset Tax which is 1.4% of the value of land and property (assessed according to a slightly mysterious formula). It's not much from the point of someone living in a house … (View Post)

That would more-or-less align with the upper rate of income tax which seems sensible? (View Post)

On topic it doesn't seem like Trump will be locked up before the election? It seems like the charges in the business records case wouldn't normally produce a jail sentence even if he's… (View Post)

There's a practical benefit to the electoral college in the current environment which is that no state can rig the election by more than the electoral votes held by that state. Swing state by de… (View Post)