Head tax (per capita) is regressive.
Sales taxes,fuel taxes are middle-of-the-road.
Income tax starts middle-of-the-road, but becomes
progressive when you allow deductions,adjustments,credits, etc., or add tax brackets.
Alternate Minimum Tax, Estate Taxes are progressive.

It's too late to undo the merger. This is simply evidence
for the next time Microsoft wants a merger.

There is a global overabundance of cash (plus cash equivalents), and too few good investments.
Every choice appears bad, so investors diversify into *everything* (savings, CDs, stocks, bonds, commodities, crypto, etc.).

Actually, in the US of A, you *CAN* own fighter jets.
You can even get ammunition for them (depending on county of residence).

It simply requires an army (or navy) of attorneys and paralegals
to fill out all the paperwork. (Campaign donations to the local Sheriff are
also helpful).

It's more a question of Return on Investment. There's usually no *money*
to be made owning a fighter jet, so most Americans don't bother.

As for nuclear missles, the missle part is waaaay easier than a fighter jet.
The nuclear warhead is going to be the tricky bit :).

AT&T wants to keep its state granted monopoly to provide land-line service, without actually providing land-line service.
Otherwise, it would be easier to spin off the the land-line component and let it dwindle into bankruptcy.
This is about how far AT&T will go to prevent competition, even over a dying product.

Next question: Does the Calfornia Legislature have the will to cancel AT&T's state granted monopoly?

King Charles the 3rd is also the head of the Church of England (equivalent to Pope).
Maybe he made God mad?

Craig Newmark founded craigslist.com

The students merely want to get away from their parents.

Most consumer tires are only rated to go 120mph (or less).
112mph/180kph makes a convenient cut-off between consumer and pro.

That's not a convoy, it's an embolism.

Supplement GPS with old fashioned radio beacons.

Spoof a radio beacon?
1 Its for commercial aviation.
2 That's asking for an anti-radiation missle.

Microsoft, where games go to die!

Worse is when the infringers won't stream current movies because of how crappy those movies are.

Google copies Microsoft product!

FTFS: "...generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, DALL-E, GitHub Copilot, and Adobe Generative Fill."
"Forty-four percent of employees in business and finance said they were using AI tools..."

Using generative AI in finance. Now *THIS* is popcorn munching time!