Canada II: Capital Gains Tax Arguments

Well, south of the border Mitt Romney released his tax records. Death and Taxes Guess what, everybody is discussing whether or not capital gains taxes should be at a higher rate or not. Of course, we have the usual douchebag economics arguments: Double taxation: corporations already pay taxes on their

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Canada II: Douchebag Economics

I have no argument with the vast majority of mainstream economic theory. In fact I will quickly suggest that I understand and agree with the following items: Competitive advantage: trading partners generate higher overall productivity via trade. Free market efficiency: free markets are very efficient at allocating capital between profitable

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Canada II: Douchebag Economics

I have no argument with the vast majority of mainstream economic theory. In fact I will quickly suggest that I understand and agree with the following items: Competitive advantage: trading partners generate higher overall productivity via trade. Free market efficiency: free markets are very efficient at allocating capital between profitable

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Canada II: Capitalism is the Crisis

I know some people think that the profit motive is perfect but it’s not. It’s incredibly efficient at allocating resources but it doesn’t take into account the needs of human beings that aren’t expressed in terms of profit and expense: This is the full video, from YouTube. You may want

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Canada II: Building a Policy Platform

I obviously won’t say that I’ve got a complete policy platform in place but I will suggest I’ve got a few good pieces of timber selected: Legalize pot. Tax it. Reduce crime. Raise revenue and reduce expenses. Ignore monarchy issue. We already brought home the constitution not too long ago.

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Art Threat: Russian artists VOINA detained, harassed – Russian police pose as German journalists

MOSCOW — Yesterday, members of the Russian artist collective VOINA were arrested without charges by Russian police posing as German television journalists.  Natalia Sokol and her two-year old son were detained overnight at a Moscow police station and later released.  The same night, plainclothes agents tried to break into VOINA member Leonid Nikolayev’s apartment and […]

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