I'm on the same page as you and I'm totally not ok with it. I'm an OG Ron Paul Libertarian and we both know the FED is the heart of the problem. The market left on it's own will do pretty good on supply/demand. But government increasing demand with QE and such is the root of the problem. Government shut downs for covid, massive deficit spending, and the FED itself are the main issues here. And yes, we all pay dearly for their actions.

Neither of these things affect inflation. Inflation is defined as an increase in the money supply. Only the government can cause inflation by printing money and decades of ultra low interest rates. Inflation is not a consequence of printing money, it's the expected and daresay intended result. Your two points can affect prices in terms of supply/demand and costs/profit, but not inflation.

Violent assault is less bad than murder. We should not be penalizing those who help people avoid being murdered. Come on AC. Please send money those who used Juul since you advocate that and probably work for them.

I've often wanted to get a job with 4 days a week. I'm salary so the hours don't matter all that much. With WFH, this seems possible. But for those who don't work from home and they have kids, how does this work? Do the kids also stay in school or extra day care? On the surface, 2 hours M - Th are taken from the family time, especially children. If both parents are working 4, 10 hour days, then what?

Trying to think this through a bit deeper...

Yep, another problem to be solved. And recycling of said batteries as well. See the other prerequisites I mentioned above.

To be clear, I'm not against this. But have to solve the significant issues underlying issues first.

That was more a general comment on what politicians are doing these days. I definitely care about AGW. I also happen to be an EE. I'm all in on a future where electricity comes from renewable non polluting resources.

Current situation is electricity comes mostly from fossil fuels. So electric cars do little to change the pollution. They help some, but mostly consolidate and shift electric generation to other sources.

Solar, Wind, etc are not reliable. I live in TX, so I saw first hand last year what happens when power grid goes down.

For me, I'm only interested in a hybrid, because I can use gas when needed. But it also needs to be cost comparable to gas powered car. Here's the valid plan to move this forward. 1. Increase renewable and make it more reliable. 2. Put some serious electrical infra in place. 3. Let market decide if electric car is best. Government can't mandate what's "better". They do it all the time and fail miserably. This plan is missing steps 1 and 2 which are pre-requisite for the ultimate goal of #3 nirvana.

Politicians either think they can mandate stuff like this which is naive. Or more likely, they already invested in companies so they will become even more ultra rich. They need to create imaginary problems, and then fail trying to solve them. "We need even more money now to solve this big problem we created" They seem to have forgotten the $20B needed to upgrade electric infrastructure. Putting chargers into apartment complexes that don't even have enough spaces to park cars is going to be pretty interesting and ugly looking.

Best comment I've read in MANY years. Excellent critical thinking on what really matters on the inside of these Ego maniacs. Mod parent up! Set you as friend...

Never ceases to amaze me how these "free market" companies try to get handouts from the US Government aka Taxpayers. First they move all the factories to cheaper countries like China. Then when those Chinese companies don't provide enough parts, these same companies suddenly want HELP? They created the problem and could join forces to build fabs in this country quite easily.

Fund your own needs and keep your hands off of my stash...

People who don't enjoy or are not having sex for whatever reason won't reproduce. Consequently, future generations will be made from those who do like it. Sadly, this could lead to Idiocracy or something. Would be good to understand from the 5-10 possible factors which 1 or 2 are the dominate reason. We can do with a few less people on the planet from several perspectives. If you somehow didn't see Idiocracy yet, please do. It's meant to be a comedy, but more like a documentary. Just as 1984 was a warning, but was turned into a how to guide...

As the subject says, my account was hacked via a SIM swap. I'm looking for others who have also had their accounts stolen SIM swap or not. If you know any lawyers who have working on this type of case, please reply here with contact info. Morgan and Morgan is working on a class action lawsuit, but that's mostly going to benefit them and not those who need the help.

What's interesting is USA is listed in many sources as "flat tax" which of course isn't remotely true. To clarify, what I'm actually suggested is a graduated system with no loopholes or deductions. make it super simple with 4 tax brackets and nothing else... Even things like mortgage interest deductions, while popular, are regressive.

Fix the damn tax code and make it a fair/flat tax. Then you can't cheat. Don't shred the constitution when you can fix it much easier. This will be used for all sorts of worse reasons. Think again.

Technically possible if not easy to have all of those with IP67 to boot. The market (device makers) have spoken and you'll get none of that. It costs them extra money to design those features in. They extra connectors cost money, and then they don't make as much money on battery replacements or charging high profits for extra memory. But don't think for a second that people don't want all of that. I'd buy such a device at a premium in a heartbeat.

I really wonder how many of the reported deaths are really due to Covid and not comorbidities. I suspect many of the "covid" deaths are people that were really sick begin with. No doubt perfectly healthy people are dying as well. Has anyone seen any data on this subject? Clearly it's hard for a Dr. to know what actually killed a patient when 2 or more factors to consider.