The reason the category is popular in Japan is I think in large part due to them being cheaper to tax and insure if they stay within given size and engine capacity limits. We could probably adjust ou… (View Post)

Even in the US some things don't get reversed -- Biden didn't reverse Trump's tariffs and policy on China, for instance. That one seems to have solidified into a cross party consensus … (View Post)

Personally I think the "basic principle" is that the government taxes where it can practically speaking get its hands on the money and where it can build or rely on a social consensus that … (View Post)

Yes, I expect and am OK to pay more tax (and mostly would simply like it to be done in a way that isn't a massive calculation headache at tax return time...). I think the biggest of Labour'… (View Post)

Did you know some of them have a "disaster response" mode where they can be set to hand out free drinks to earthquake survivors? (Though TBH I suspect this is more corporate PR and giving p… (View Post)