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Comment Re:You can thank Trump (Score 1) 156

That link doesn't actually show that. It appears to be measuring the increase in mean hourly wage, not the median. So its not at all clear that most people haven't seen a decline in their wages relative to inflation over the last 5 years. It shows that until 2023 wages were not increasing nearly as fast as inflation. Then inflation declined dramatically while wage increases declined more slowly. For the last year the increase in wages has been ahead of inflation.

This logic is all wrong.
The US tracks mean wages, and unlike mean income- it has some relevance, because there is not a 100,000,000:1 ratio between the highest and lowest wage earners.
Wages have been beating inflation since 2023. I'm not entirely sure what your definition of "For the last year" is, but it's certainly not "the last 365 day period".
You can go look for median if you like, you will see that it tracks as well.
It is not true that wages have not kept up with inflation.

From other sources, it appears that the mean hourly wage for lower wage groups has done best. Perhaps that isn't surprising. Low wage workers fall out of the work force when wages don't provide enough for them to live on.

Bullshit.
Mean wages and median income have beaten inflation on average.
'21 to '23 was nasty, but the growth since then has more than caught up with it.
Person I replied to's narrative is a falsehood. You defending it makes you a misinformation peddler like them.

Comment Re: You're responding to bait (Score 1) 142

People who don't have health insurance don't stop getting healthcare.
They're just seriously in debt and financially ruined.
My father filed for bankruptcy when I was 17 due to medical bills.

But what he did not do, was ever stop working.
12 hours a day, 6 days a week.

ObamaCare gave 20 million people health insurance that didn't have it prior. There was no corresponding massive increase in GDP.
It's simply not true that medical insurance tangible affects economic output. It affects quality of life.
We don't need it to affect GDP for it to be worthwhile.

Comment Re:Blancolirio pointed it out (Score 1) 85

Ya. And most important is what you don't hear- really fucking loud turbofans.
That plane was at ~500ft of altitude at the flyby. It should have been an audio-distorting roar.

My wife's father lives under the takeoff path for SeaTac (SEA), and there's basically a constant stream of planes taking off. I'd guess they're probably 2000ft up when they pass over. They still rumble the windows.

Comment Wrong on all counts. (Score 2) 66

Some people say this is similar to suing tobacco companies. But it's just not.

As far as I can see, people are dying as a result of their product. Seems quite similar to me.

What is the goal here?

To hold people accountable for their actions.

In other words what do they want from the oil companies? ... most likely they just want lots of money. Which won't solve any problems with climate change.

That's not true at all! If oil companies have to start paying a ton of money then the price of oil goes up. This cascades into the general population (businesses included) seeking out and transitioning to non-fossil fuel solutions.

Meanwhile I'm in favor of promoting renewable energy and other forms of carbon-neutral energy.

Isn't that exactly what higher oil prices will do?

Electric cars are pretty neat for those that can afford them and have a place to charge them. Suing oil companies won't help with this transition.

Why would you think that? Faced with prospect of higher oil prices, people will want a solution, the kind of things only a government can do. A greater investment by the government in battery development and EV infrastructure will absolutely help that transition.

Comment Re:pen 15 (Score 1) 61

Insurances do not do long-term risk management unless officially tasked to. They do consider eraly what they need to look at later. I remember Zurich doing some climate-change risk predictions about 20 years ago. Yes, they knew all along and yes, they did not hide that. But nobody wanted to listen (many still do not) and they are not public influencers.

Comment Re:Because the taco (Score 1) 142

It's that classic right-wing thing that you cannot comprehend anything that doesn't happen to you personally and directly.

I think you are giving too mich credit here to the MAGAs. They do not even understand things when they happen to them personally and directly. They just keep blaming somebody else and demand things are being made even worse.

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