If we taxed wealth at 1%, the wealthiest would still be getting wealthier and we'd be able to cover the needs of so many more people, fight climate change, or whatever else.

You think Apple stops operating here because of a 1% headwind? No way.

> The labor theory of value is simply incorrect. Profit isn't stolen from workers.

Why?

I mean you don't provide a justification that's more defended than me saying the opposite is true.

Are you talking about the idea that taxes are theft, (which I didn't disagree with more) or the idea that wage labor is theft because your employer sells the products for more than they pay you to produce them (which is absolutely theft, imo)?

Sales tax and use tax pay for what we consume. Those and a few others, such as import duties, are reasonable.

Normally, I'd just flame you for this.

There's a baseline level of consumption required to survive. Meaning everyone eats, rents, drives to work, buys an entertainment system. Paying for what you consume is a regressive way of generating tax revenue as the tax is raised from the poor masses.

Progressive taxation exists because people with more income have more disposable income. When you tax a poor working single mother of three and she must choose between buying food or paying tax, you will get riots eventually. When you tax a millionaire who's choice is buying a sports car or paying tax, riots don't usually happen.

The FBI are cops, are we supposed to be surprised cops abused their power?

Also, if they are doing this to a senator, surely they are doing it to many, many Americans.

Hopefully this will cause the senator to push for less power for the FBI.

Are there sources other then the police, who failed to act and have a vested interest in finding excuses?

Because "the dog ate my homework" I mean "no, cause I didn't want to be racist" stretches credulity.

It was an independent investigation not performed by the police department. The link is in the article in my prior post.

Direct link is below:

https://www.iitcse.com/

The parent didn't exactly choose the perpetrators did he?

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/newcastle-grooming-scan...

Knowing something exists but not why can be irritating

Exactly.

Popcorn polymer implies, to me at least, a polymer that expands in size like popcorn.

I assume that with exposure to oxygen, the product expands into this polymer.

Every company I've worked at prefers Linux desktops over Windows and Mac.

That’s definitely selection bias. For big companies, in my experience, if you need a Unix-like development environment you’re going to be on a Mac. Small companies and startups are different of course.

I've only worked for big companies. Several FAANG companies.

I think it's more than fair to ask, if workers produce more why aren't they compensated more?