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Comment Re:That Just Ain't Right (Score 1) 41

Capitalism is great with 30+ year timescales. Its solution to it is creative destruction though. Pension funds are a scam since maintaining them requires propping up companies and keeping them alive for far longer than one would expect in a truly capitalist situation.

Kodak should probably be dead, or dramatically smaller (than it is even now), and it's shrinking/failing should have no impact on workers that no longer work there.

Comment Re:ICCU problems (Score 1) 103

I'm aware of how they handle the recall. My 2 year anniversary with my Ioniq 6 was last Friday. (No more free EA DCFC for me.)

My point was the total number of cars that were repaired after an ICCU failure is very small. Lots of manufacturers have recalls, including for parts that can cause a vehicle to stop running. Ford is the worst. Every vehicle lineup has their issues, so just putting it in perspective.

2 years for me, no ICCU issues. No charging issues. They did replace my interior door panels under warranty for peeling clear coat.

Comment Re:ICCU problems (Score 2) 103

A tiny number of cars, but with very vocal responses because gotta drive them clicks!

Statistically, just 1% of the roughly 200,000 vehicles involved in the recall can have their ICCUs fail, which is 2,000 cars. Out of all the cars that are part of the latest recall for the failing ICCU, 41,137 Hyundai and Genesis EVs have already been fixed by Jan. 22, while another 14,828 Kia EV6s have had the remedy applied. Motor Trend concurred in a recent look at the issue: "Itâ(TM)s a big deal, but not one that individual E-GMP owners are statistically likely to face."

Comment Re:Republicans are deranged about the IRS (Score 2) 152

If they'd simplify the tax system and make it a basic: "You earn X, pay Y% regardless of income source"

This would lead to situations where someone getting a raise could potentially lose money. It should be first x amount of income is tax free. Next x amount of income is taxed at this higher rate. After that, income between x and y is taxed at this rate. And any income beyond that is taxed at this rate. This is how it currently works, although tons of people don't understand that and are convinced that them getting a small raise will lower their take home income.

But the poor don't want this because the current system makes them pay 0

This could still very easily be implemented. Income $100,000/year, tax rate is 0. Income between $100,000-$149,000 tax rate is 5%, etc...

"But what about deductions for children/mortgage interest/etc?" Also a simple fix, raise the income brackets substantially, so the first $100k or so isn't taxed at all. This would help tons of people struggling currently. Of course there'd still need to be a way to deal with things like capital gains, and I'd also argue that wealth sitting in an account above a ridiculously high limit should also be heavily taxed. But this would likely be far more efficient and fair than the shit show we've currently got ourselves into.

I agree with your other points.

While we're on a pipe dream, throw in a UBI for EVERYONE that isn't subject to tax. Use taxes on AI and automation that's replaced workers to fund that. This would then be able to replace things like welfare and SNAP benefits, greatly reducing the amount of fraud (Not that this is all that huge of a deal now) and overhead that we're currently using to administer the existing programs.

Comment Re:The answer is simple (Score 1) 78

They're certainly better at hardware. For years I had flagship Samsungs, a few of the Pixel models, even the Nexus (Which wasn't necessarily a flagship, but was the reference model for what an Android phone should be). Without fail, every single one of them crapped out shortly after the warranty expired. Things like bootloops that would brick the device, or they just would decide to not turn on one day. And I had one of the Samsungs that were known for catching fire, that was fun. I couldn't take it on trips with me because they were banned on aircraft, ships and even trains.

Apple certainly has their issues, and I much preferred Android to iOS, but not one of mine or my wife or kids' iphones have ever just stopped working, even the ones that are several years old and been passed down to the kids.

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