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A union in this case would benefit the majority, but at the cost of people not in the union. Tighter/more strict immigration would benefit the people in the country in terms of reducing downward wage pressure, but it would remove opportunity for people abroad/non-citizens.

1) Rubio is bought by Microsoft. They're his biggest donor. (or 2nd biggest depending on how you dice the numbers) MS' profit margins would benefit from driving wages down. 2) The job of the politicians of the United States is to make life better for American citizens, not people abroad.

It doesn't solve the problem of the combination of gov't corruption and private sector corruption, so private safety regulators/inspectors would never be able to keep anything safe.

I don't see how licensing makes a difference.

1) Charge someone for dental work. 2) Injure them. 3) Profit?

We have laws against injury.

It's constrained by laws, ethics, and economic forces.

I've developed a system that's supported webhooks and it was actually easier to create webhooks (and have users submit endpoints on specific events) than it was to create a proper public API for the same service.

The lack of inventory didn't help either. The one closest to me had about 10,000 options for bath mats and bath robes. Everything else was out of stock and the food section had limited selection and higher prices than other nearby stores.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Depression

unemployment stayed low, very slight deflation persisted, and over the 30 years GDP per capita and GDP of the US grew considerably.

Some tax shelters were eliminated/reduced in their effectiveness, shifting some of their wealth gain through the year to being classified as actual income.

Comparing a 90% tax bracket then to 90% tax bracket now is comparing apples and oranges.

Increasing the supply of labor while not increasing the supply of capital can drive down productivity and wages in the nation getting migrants. If they come with accompanying capital, it could help maintain or improve productivity.

Despite large cuts in corporate income tax and a reduction in consumption tax coupled with temporary increased spending, Canada's debt to GDP ratio is where it was before the '08 crash. The debt increased about 50% during this time, but so did the GDP. Companies stayed in Canada/came to Canada and with growth came more tax revenue. The fear was that the books would never get near balanced again with drastically reduced tax rates, but 2014/2015 was roughly balanced. (Arguably about -$3 billion for the whole year)

Everything based on junk mortgages were junk.

The best we can do in the long-run to increase working conditions is to increase demand for labor. In the short-term, all they can do is strike.

I'm pretty sure it doesn't mean nothing and that it actually is more than just symbolic.

I've never heard it said this way. I learned this lesson the hard way.

I struggled with weight for a few years after highschool. No matter how much more activity I added, I couldn't lose the fat.

Then about 6 years ago I drastically changed my diet for just 4 months (paleo) and dropped from 240lbs to 185lbs. At that point, I was almost sedentary but still eating at least 1-2 very large meals a day, every day. Even though I've recently been less disciplined about my diet and exercise I've still kept most of that weight off.

I understand the distinction: CS students get geared up to understand algorithms, languages, and theory. A web developer understands his tools, his workflow, his practice, and people's needs.

You're likely right. My guess is that they'll find ways to put more pressure on Turkey aside from threatening direct confrontation.

Then they'd be lying.

People are getting their bandwidth allotment AND additional services. Your contempt for them doesn't mean that they're anti-competitive.