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Comment Re:I never answer them... (Score 2) 159

Not really. It's just that nowadays it's because super easy and super cheap for them to send out surveys. It seems like every interaction I have with a business these days is quickly followed up by a survey. I don't really have time for that. In the interests of fairness, I ignore them all.

It's also an easy way for them to try to obtain data on you that they may not otherwise have been able to get. And it's a way to impose performance metrics on their workers, so managers like them because it makes their job easier.

Comment Re:Dividens are taxed as ordinary income (Score 1) 146

It's not just that. If you have growth assets that have substantially appreciated in value, you can borrow against them, unlocking the cash tax-free. Also, if you simply leave the assets to your offspring when you shed your mortal coil, they will acquire the assets with a stepped-up cost-basis, meaning no taxes will ever be paid on the appreciated value. These are strategies that Joe six-pack cannot empoy, but if you have a pile of money in the bank there are cheat codes to access it tax-free that our wealthy rulers have helpfully given us (and themselves).

Comment Any impact crater might make a good landing site (Score 2) 22

An impact like that would probably expose a lot of subsurface stuff that could be interesting. I mean, there are craters covering the entire surface, but this would be 'fresh' and the material would not have been exposed to the vacuum of space for very long.

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