RFK

Economists’ prediction that work will stay plentiful over the next 20 years (through the true AI boom) is less reassuring, especially over a long horizon. Money is already consolidating in the companies set to benefit from AI, and the current construct means it will stay there and never be allocated back to the average worker (you and your family).

3 things must happen to soften the impending and inevitable blow:

1. Higher taxes on capital and lower taxes on labor.

2. Public wage insurance, which smooths out falls in income after job losses as workers find better opportunities (and therefore eventually pays for itself).

3. Tax reforms to establish inheritance tax for the ultra wealthy to prevent the entrenchment of capital-owning elites (the true 1%).

I’m sure the average poster will not be too adversely affected given our average age. But those with children are handing them a world that will be vastly different than the one we grew up in.

Imagine a poster quoting the Koran.

Trump has been made an absolute fool by Iran. He should have bomber them weeks ago like he promised but held off because “they wanted to negotiate.”

:taco:

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Bridges and power plants as promised weeks ago.

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Let’s start with War Crimes for 200, Alex…

This was always so confusing to me.

If he passed from Covid that validates that Covid was a legitimate threat since he was otherwise healthy.

But his base is MAGA so they aren’t supposed to acknowledge Covid. Does this make sense?

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Yeah, the ones with the billboards: 'Have an accident? Call us Now!' are crooks from the beginning

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:lol: gonna have to ask you to expound on this one…

You know redistricting is based on politics. Admit it.

What event are you referring to, specifically?

Louisiana’s official position, via the 2008 Louisiana Science Education Act (LSEA, Act 473), permits public school teachers to use supplemental materials that critique or question established scientific theories like evolution.

Evolution is one of the most robust theories in biology, backed by fossils, genetics (e.g., shared endogenous retroviruses, chromosome 2 fusion), comparative anatomy, and observed mechanisms.

From a scientific/evidence-based perspective, the probability that humans evolved from microbial ancestors over ~3.8–4 billion years is effectively 100% (or as close to certainty as science gets).

The alternative—that humans were created by God in one instant act (e.g., the creation theory in Genesis)—has a probability of essentially 0% under empirical methods.

I understand Genesis may be an allegory and is not to be taken at face value (because it was written by men). However the LSEA allows the propagation of theories not supported by any evidence.

I support changes to the LSEA to ensure public schools. If you want to attract large businesses (Amazon, Google, etc.) you have to entice them with common sense educational reforms. Their CEOs and workers are not going to want to put their children in our schools.

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No one wants to say New Orleans won’t be there in 200 years.

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I think everyone here knows this.