That this forces simplification of the tax code.
Since when does the IRS decide what the Federal Tax laws are?
That is easily the most insightful comment in this discussion so far.
Presumably, they're getting some double-hush-hush info from People Who Know. I guess.
So again, it comes down to what you want to believe, having absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with anything that you have facts to support the belief in.
Not that I actually care, mind you:
As cousin Balky says, don't be ridiculous. We all know this is your top conspiracy conjecture. You didn't post it just to get eyeballs and comments over here, you posted it because you believe it will help your quest to bring about a premature end of the current POTUS.
is the insurance industry spent half a billion dollars in 1 year on anti-single payer campaigns.
And that was just on money that went straight from the industry to politicians, in the form of campaign contributions or outright bribes. Imagine how much they would have spent if they didn't already own congress and had to play fair...
They were fighting for their lives, and they won.
And the rest of America lost.
That, and if I discover they remove/edit comments, is when Slashdot will lose its real value.
I agree that the discussions are (usually) the more valuable part of slashdot. However, since there is no functional way (using slashdot, google, or any other mechanism that I know of) to search comments by text, the archived comments aren't that enormously valuable unless you have some way of keeping track of them yourself. Once a comment is more than ~2 weeks old or so finding it again is a huge PITA. They should be retained, but they should also be searchable.
These two houses are in full compliance with the relevant national standards
National standards in China are not what they are in most western nations. If manufacturing standards are what were applied these buildings could have been printed with asbestos and leaded paint (amongst other things that would not be allowed here) and the structural rigor of the design and material might well not be what would be viewed as acceptable here.
That said, it is a good start. Now if we could 3d print a house that is safe for human occupation, that would be an even more significant step.
It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.