Comments by Jacob Tothe (@jacobtothe) - Proof of Brain

Jacob Tothe

Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha

"Tothe" rhymes with "cloth." I write whatever is on my mind, whether puerile or profound.

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RE: The Inevitability of Taxes The federal income tax started as a millionaire tax. Roads are supposed to be covered by the taxes built into every gallon of fuel we buy. We had roads and pridges long before…

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4 days ago

RE: The Rip-Off Cost of a University Degree It's a vicious cycle. Subsidies to education per early raise spending, and thus costs. Students paying tuition need more money, and often turn to loans. These loans become an…

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4 days ago

RE: Gullibility and Information Exhaustion That suicide drone story should have been instantly dismissed by anyone after a moment of reflection, but people are primed for confirmation bias and foreign threats now. There…

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6 days ago

RE: Strange Childhoods and Book Writing You could edit your various posts together to form a series of anecdotes about life as a perpetual expat. You could even collect your musings on life and personal growth and…

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7 days ago

RE: The Fed’s Dilemma The "skyscraper curse" trend is due to kick in by the end of the year with Jeddah Tower topping off just as the easy credit dries up. We're still dealing with unprecedented money…

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8 days ago

RE: My Bank just fired me Honest banks might charge a fee for their on-demand services, or have a clear contract stating whether they lend your savings at interest to finance their operations and then…

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9 days ago

RE: The Fed’s Dilemma It's the Cantillon effect in full force.

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9 days ago

RE: The Fed’s Dilemma Welcome to stagflation, something mainstream economists insist should be impossible, because they think there is an inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation. This…

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11 days ago

RE: The End of Work? Maybe it was Pohl, but I'm pretty sure Asimov also had a story about the luxury of meagre living in a superabundant world of a utopian future.

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13 days ago

RE: The #BeerSaturday Challenge - Week 453 No post, but this is not bad at all.

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