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Note that each candidate’s plan included a public option, ACA was passed without one, and the lack of a public option was in large part the cause of the poor rollout of the initial years of ACA.
I don’t think Obamacare as passed was the main cause of 2010 midterm failure but it wasn’t nothing.
I don’t think Obamacare as passed was the main cause of 2010 midterm failure but it wasn’t nothing.
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Note that each candidate’s plan included a public option, ACA was passed without one, and the lack of a public option was in large part the cause of the poor rollout of the initial years of ACA.
I don’t think Obamacare as passed was the main cause of 2010 midterm failure but it wasn’t nothing.
I don’t think Obamacare as passed was the main cause of 2010 midterm failure but it wasn’t nothing.
“Worse” meaning “centrist”
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“Worse” meaning “centrist”
I think the cause of the disaster of the 2010 midterm was primarily racism, not health care, but you are simply misinformed if you think Obamacare was simply “Clinton’s health care plan.”
Obama unquestionably passed a plan that was much worse than what he campaigned on.
Obama unquestionably passed a plan that was much worse than what he campaigned on.
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I think the cause of the disaster of the 2010 midterm was primarily racism, not health care, but you are simply misinformed if you think Obamacare was simply “Clinton’s health care plan.”
Obama unquestionably passed a plan that was much worse than what he campaigned on.
Obama unquestionably passed a plan that was much worse than what he campaigned on.
This is wrong. Both Obama and Clinton ran on a public option and Obama passed a plan without a public option.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is wrong. Both Obama and Clinton ran on a public option and Obama passed a plan without a public option.
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Raising commercial real estate taxes + cutting the property taxes of the upper-middle-class people who were able to afford million dollar homes in the last decade is not a meaningfully progressive tax reform. Come on now.
Much better to cut sales taxes or low-income taxes.
Much better to cut sales taxes or low-income taxes.
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Raising commercial real estate taxes + cutting the property taxes of the upper-middle-class people who were able to afford million dollar homes in the last decade is not a meaningfully progressive tax reform. Come on now.
Much better to cut sales taxes or low-income taxes.
Much better to cut sales taxes or low-income taxes.
(Or, if not prop 13 repeal, starting with split roll.)
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
(Or, if not prop 13 repeal, starting with split roll.)
The prop included small business tax cuts and local gov spending so I believe it didn’t have this effect.
Also, property taxes are somewhat progressive so cutting them is regressive. I’d rather cut (low) income or sales taxes.
The key is to make it FEEL like prop 13 repeal helps the avg voter.
Also, property taxes are somewhat progressive so cutting them is regressive. I’d rather cut (low) income or sales taxes.
The key is to make it FEEL like prop 13 repeal helps the avg voter.
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The prop included small business tax cuts and local gov spending so I believe it didn’t have this effect.
Also, property taxes are somewhat progressive so cutting them is regressive. I’d rather cut (low) income or sales taxes.
The key is to make it FEEL like prop 13 repeal helps the avg voter.
Also, property taxes are somewhat progressive so cutting them is regressive. I’d rather cut (low) income or sales taxes.
The key is to make it FEEL like prop 13 repeal helps the avg voter.
Agree with you that this election shows it’s still a third rail, but I think it could have been a better-crafted prop and can and should be tried again.
It would have been better to present it as revenue neutral by cutting taxes broadly and progressively (eg sales or progressive income tax cuts)
It would have been better to present it as revenue neutral by cutting taxes broadly and progressively (eg sales or progressive income tax cuts)
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Agree with you that this election shows it’s still a third rail, but I think it could have been a better-crafted prop and can and should be tried again.
It would have been better to present it as revenue neutral by cutting taxes broadly and progressively (eg sales or progressive income tax cuts)
It would have been better to present it as revenue neutral by cutting taxes broadly and progressively (eg sales or progressive income tax cuts)
Yes, and there’s another way in which this will be the case - cost and prevalence.
Once AI is priced according to cost (as opposed to subsidizing its cost in service of growth), its prevalence will go down significantly.
Once AI is priced according to cost (as opposed to subsidizing its cost in service of growth), its prevalence will go down significantly.
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yes, and there’s another way in which this will be the case - cost and prevalence.
Once AI is priced according to cost (as opposed to subsidizing its cost in service of growth), its prevalence will go down significantly.
Once AI is priced according to cost (as opposed to subsidizing its cost in service of growth), its prevalence will go down significantly.
Dracula is in the conversation with Frankenstein.
1984 is probably the definitive authoritarian dystopia.
The zombie story and/or the pandemic story is up there.
1984 is probably the definitive authoritarian dystopia.
The zombie story and/or the pandemic story is up there.
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Dracula is in the conversation with Frankenstein.
1984 is probably the definitive authoritarian dystopia.
The zombie story and/or the pandemic story is up there.
1984 is probably the definitive authoritarian dystopia.
The zombie story and/or the pandemic story is up there.
I’m cringing slightly but I really think Batman and Spider-Man and maybe Superman are at this level now.
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I’m cringing slightly but I really think Batman and Spider-Man and maybe Superman are at this level now.
One of Stancil’s main points is that “opinion polling does not accurately capture underlying economic reality” and yet when it comes to housing, he gullibly accepts the opinion polling does that claims NYC and Baltimore have comparable demand.
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
One of Stancil’s main points is that “opinion polling does not accurately capture underlying economic reality” and yet when it comes to housing, he gullibly accepts the opinion polling does that claims NYC and Baltimore have comparable demand.
The other thing that’s going on is that the actual answer to “where do people want to live?” is “where is their community or where are they offered a job.” What people say in a survey just reflects what cities have the best cultural identity, not the economic and social reqs for living somewhere.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The other thing that’s going on is that the actual answer to “where do people want to live?” is “where is their community or where are they offered a job.” What people say in a survey just reflects what cities have the best cultural identity, not the economic and social reqs for living somewhere.
Moreover, Yglesias and the other popularists have made it clear they have no core values, so when they have the ability to implement policy there’s nothing they want to do. So they turn back to the only thing the like, attacking liberal values from the reactionary center.
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Moreover, Yglesias and the other popularists have made it clear they have no core values, so when they have the ability to implement policy there’s nothing they want to do. So they turn back to the only thing the like, attacking liberal values from the reactionary center.
Not sure if this is the reason in Montreal, but they can climb higher grades than other trains.
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Not sure if this is the reason in Montreal, but they can climb higher grades than other trains.
It would be helpful for Quantian’s argument if they actually quoted the point they are disagreeing with. Instead it seems like they’re uncharitably misreading or even misremembering a line in the book and using that to attack the book as a whole.
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It would be helpful for Quantian’s argument if they actually quoted the point they are disagreeing with. Instead it seems like they’re uncharitably misreading or even misremembering a line in the book and using that to attack the book as a whole.
Which is perfect?
It’s probably been a decade since I’ve seen them and I’m thinking of rewatching some or all.
It’s probably been a decade since I’ve seen them and I’m thinking of rewatching some or all.
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Which is perfect?
It’s probably been a decade since I’ve seen them and I’m thinking of rewatching some or all.
It’s probably been a decade since I’ve seen them and I’m thinking of rewatching some or all.
There are two l’s in the name… probably a fake account?
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
There are two l’s in the name… probably a fake account?
It’s definitely 2016
November 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It’s definitely 2016
I’d guess if you controlled for every variable, the price on the townhome would be higher due to demand for less noise, less likelihood of an onerous HOA, cultural inertia of valuing “home ownership,” and the financial question.
The real benefit of stacked flats is you can stack 4, 5, 6 floors…
The real benefit of stacked flats is you can stack 4, 5, 6 floors…
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I’d guess if you controlled for every variable, the price on the townhome would be higher due to demand for less noise, less likelihood of an onerous HOA, cultural inertia of valuing “home ownership,” and the financial question.
The real benefit of stacked flats is you can stack 4, 5, 6 floors…
The real benefit of stacked flats is you can stack 4, 5, 6 floors…
How dim does one have to be to see Trump so transparently getting rolled by Mamdani and think that’s evidence of Trump being smart?
Even if one thinks Mamdani was strategically unwise here, the meeting is self-evidently further evidence of Trump being dumber than a toddler.
Even if one thinks Mamdani was strategically unwise here, the meeting is self-evidently further evidence of Trump being dumber than a toddler.
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
How dim does one have to be to see Trump so transparently getting rolled by Mamdani and think that’s evidence of Trump being smart?
Even if one thinks Mamdani was strategically unwise here, the meeting is self-evidently further evidence of Trump being dumber than a toddler.
Even if one thinks Mamdani was strategically unwise here, the meeting is self-evidently further evidence of Trump being dumber than a toddler.
Yeah that’s all fair. The real improvement in transportation is buses and trains. But it’s the reason ICE cars can heat the cabin from the engine is because they’re so inefficient that they’re always wasting energy as heat. EVs are always using the vast majority of their energy efficiently.
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Yeah that’s all fair. The real improvement in transportation is buses and trains. But it’s the reason ICE cars can heat the cabin from the engine is because they’re so inefficient that they’re always wasting energy as heat. EVs are always using the vast majority of their energy efficiently.
On top of that, there are new battery technologies that are already being adopted or expected to be adopted soon (LFP, solid state) which should also significantly decrease extraction per unit of energy.
November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On top of that, there are new battery technologies that are already being adopted or expected to be adopted soon (LFP, solid state) which should also significantly decrease extraction per unit of energy.
Yes, the demand for new batteries outstrips the supply of dying batteries. That’s because of two things, both good — 1) big demand for new batteries and 2) low amount of old batteries dying, as they hold their functionality longer than expected.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Yes, the demand for new batteries outstrips the supply of dying batteries. That’s because of two things, both good — 1) big demand for new batteries and 2) low amount of old batteries dying, as they hold their functionality longer than expected.
This is happening already and will continue to improve and expand.
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Redwood Materials built record grid storage project using old EV…
The EV battery recycler determined it could make good money by repurposing old battery packs for the grid, and found an eager data center customer.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is happening already and will continue to improve and expand.
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