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CheezeIt··on TQQQ is up 7,298% in 10 years – you don’t want it (2020)
53% annual gain wins many arguments.

But I’ll add (an hour later) that I think there are better, riskier options.

CheezeIt··on TQQQ is up 7,298% in 10 years – you don’t want it (2020)
Retirement accounts, for people making good salaries, are the ideal place for risky investments, because they’re tax-advantaged and a small proportion of your savings.
CheezeIt··on Tesla Erases $199B in Worst Two-Day Rout in 14 Months
The tweet doesn’t have material information about the company. Also, holding a poll about selling shares would probably be upheld as protected speech under the first amendment.
CheezeIt··on Inflationary Hikes
Yes, with credit cards, there’s little reason to keep money in checking unless you have a low credit limit. I hold physical cash for real tail risk, and you can always deposit that if need be.
CheezeIt··on They don't even know the fundamentals
Why would it be balanced. Nobody said it was a search tree.
CheezeIt··on Sex Differences in Adolescents’ Occupational Aspirations
> That would only cause a demographic difference if STEM was more likely to the boy's one area they scored highly at compared to girls.

It is.

CheezeIt··on It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientific publishing is
Sci-Hub Girl.
CheezeIt··on Roblox has been down for days and it’s not because of Chipotle
Good grief. It's a game for kids. Nobody needs updates. They could even take the weekend off.
CheezeIt··on Warren Buffett's billionaire partner funds windowless dorm. An architect quit
Look up the location of the UCSB campus. It is an ideal place for bedrooms with open windows.
CheezeIt··on Poor parents receiving universal payments increase spending on kids
No, conservatives think transfer payments are theft. It’s not that it’s simply taxation.
CheezeIt··on Poor parents receiving universal payments increase spending on kids
The conservative argument is that it’s theft.

And that it would be spent in rent.

CheezeIt··on Tim Sweeney: Tax bill would likely end founder control of independent companies
So having suppliers instead of being vertically integrated gets taxed repeatedly.

This is the whole reason the VAT taxes value added, not the whole transaction.

I have to wonder whether you’ve even looked at existing tax systems, or spent any time sketching out what the consequences of yours might be.

CheezeIt··on The ‘semi-rich’: Millions of high-income Americans may not feel wealthy but are
One isn’t retired, the other is.
CheezeIt··on YouTube deletes rapper's 'Let's Go Brandon' song claiming medical misinformation
It’s not the “bros” who are doing this.
CheezeIt··on Leaving Google
Revenue growth means customer growth which means more people benefit from google’s product (advertising). This is not some sort of bad thing.
CheezeIt··on Is nuclear power our best bet against climate change?
> The waste that comes out at the end is less radioactive than the material we started with, albeit much more concentrated.

This is not true. Nuclear fuel not highly radioactive. Their use in nuclear reactors stems from the fact that they emit two neutrons when hit with one, producing a chain reaction. Their byproducts are much more radioactive than the original fuel.

CheezeIt··on UK Home Secretary considering removing right to anonymity on social media
It sounds like the residents should move out.
CheezeIt··on LAPD declares ‘ghost guns’ an ‘epidemic,’ citing 400% increase in seizures
It’s just motors and belts. You can’t stop them from being directly controlled.
CheezeIt··on SEC Set to Allow Bitcoin Futures ETFs
Companies are imaginary assets.
CheezeIt··on Twitter is being sued for letting Saudi spies inside the company
Well, the U.S. Government isn’t likely to steal IP from American companies. For things like customer data or encryption secrets, it’s also perfectly reasonable to avoid hiring former spooks.
CheezeIt··on Twitter is being sued for letting Saudi spies inside the company
That’s the big problem. It’s absolutely insane that tech companies can’t keep foreign nationals and people with foreign ties from sensitive positions.
CheezeIt··on Former Boeing 737 Max Chief Technical Pilot Indicted for Fraud
There is such thing as too much regulation. If they had more funding, that would lower industrial output simply by sucking engineers away from productive activity. That’s even if it doesn’t negatively affect aviation with too much regulation.
CheezeIt··on Meat and mental health: Meat eaters suffer less depression, anxiety
The complaint I’d register with this explanation is that neurotic and conscientious are psychological buzzwords. There is certainly some truer way to describe vegans just as briefly.
CheezeIt··on Canada imposes Covid-19 vaccine mandate on federal workers, transportation
You don’t need vaccination to have no lockdowns.

And you misspelled backward.

CheezeIt··on Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots amid schedule meltdown
Opposing mandates isn’t anti-vaccine or anti-science.
CheezeIt··on Google employee fired for questioning equity training
This is from June.
CheezeIt··on College cites ‘scientific racism,’ renames Linnaeus building
The ideology of naming buildings after scientists.
CheezeIt··on Poll finds more than half of Bay Area residents plan to leave for good
Berkeley is part of Alameda County, but San Francisco has its own county.
CheezeIt··on The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids
I think you see stuff at this level in every country.
CheezeIt··on Cybersecurity: EU to Ban Anonymous Websites
Because he wants to punish people.
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