tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.comments2017-01-11T14:04:13.250-08:00What’s The Worst That Could Happen?mjaneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642108550616338576noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-65860130395962515112017-01-11T14:04:13.250-08:002017-01-11T14:04:13.250-08:00The ideal way to fund it would be to tax carbon/po...The ideal way to fund it would be to tax carbon/pollution, resource extraction, and anything related to the commons/public land. Those revenues would fund a "Citizen's Dividend Fund." Ideally this would grow over time and pay out dividends to each citizens.<br /><br />Another source of funds would be taxing financial speculation (the Robin Hood Tax), which would be a small "sales tax" on the high-risk speculative financial trading and derivatives, etc (less than 1% could generate a lot of income) - these are the same things that lead to the Great recession and currently are not taxed. Taxing them would temper the risk a bit and potentially provide a lot of income for government programs.<br /><br />Doing those things, we could reduce income taxes on the poor and middle class (while ratcheting up on the rich, to temper inequality).<br /><br />All-in-all there are a lot of revenue streams that should be tapped anyway.<br /><br />I disagree with removing all social services. Services like SNAP, disability assistance, and even welfare, are important to those less advantaged. Social Security and Medicare are both vital programs that should stay as well - both are funded fully or partially by all citizens. Social Security is a retirement program all working Americans fund, and are then able receive pay based on how much we've contributed - it's our money!<br /><br />We could, however, remove some other tax burdens that are regressive - like sales taxes, income taxes (unless it's a large income and contributes to inequality), etc.Joshua Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091642445157740404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-25712035502862451092017-01-03T21:51:01.372-08:002017-01-03T21:51:01.372-08:00Welcome to Iron Blogger! Welcome to Iron Blogger! Doc Pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01167998409526934484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-90029618304054739452016-06-26T23:36:59.338-07:002016-06-26T23:36:59.338-07:00Great!Great!Shwetabloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945314996642903763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-43427678255730454632016-03-07T12:21:22.864-08:002016-03-07T12:21:22.864-08:00Looking forward to the fleshed out thoughts! Looking forward to the fleshed out thoughts! Bryan Schellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363013248370351158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-60473274298927599152014-05-28T22:00:26.032-07:002014-05-28T22:00:26.032-07:00Yeehaw! Insy is back!Yeehaw! Insy is back!Bryan Schellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363013248370351158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-41005781367302340172012-09-26T04:40:35.512-07:002012-09-26T04:40:35.512-07:00Wow Matt, not only is this *extremely* cool, but p...Wow Matt, not only is this *extremely* cool, but parts of it remind me of a very similar network on El Dorado's wall...Bryan Schellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363013248370351158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-1487467856575460512011-10-11T16:26:10.204-07:002011-10-11T16:26:10.204-07:00Just saw this page, and it make me think of this p...Just saw <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/peace-boundaries/" rel="nofollow">this page</a>, and it make me think of this post. Should go back and look at this again.mjaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642108550616338576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-32242249905781422962011-10-06T12:17:40.974-07:002011-10-06T12:17:40.974-07:00Just saw this and wanted to note it with this page...Just saw this and wanted to note it with this page: http://www.decimation.com/markw/2007/07/09/what-evolution-left-behind-on-humans/mjaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642108550616338576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-48627289657268663802011-07-07T02:55:29.369-07:002011-07-07T02:55:29.369-07:00Welcome back Matt!Welcome back Matt!Bryan Schellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363013248370351158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-86716237740544791582010-12-08T08:08:43.752-08:002010-12-08T08:08:43.752-08:00Yay! Exciting!Yay! Exciting!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17711384563664975886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-54327814592440548952010-07-13T00:48:31.898-07:002010-07-13T00:48:31.898-07:00Looking forward to some new Janesisms!
Might also...Looking forward to some new Janesisms!<br /><br />Might also ask you at some point to write a health-care debate retrospective on Pragmatic-Eagle.com...Pragmatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112628911959330532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-74893393513395471132010-01-17T19:56:40.899-08:002010-01-17T19:56:40.899-08:00They made another Civ Game, Civ:Revolutions for Co...They made another Civ Game, Civ:Revolutions for Consoles, pretty much just Civ4. Also Guns Germs and Steel is not what you should be basing a video game off of.<br /><br />But I agree there needs to be a move for more immersion/complexity in video games.Truebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027467950493313874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-40713449316664051512009-08-06T17:16:37.585-07:002009-08-06T17:16:37.585-07:00I've actually thought a lot about this... kind...I've actually thought a lot about this... kind of. I'm less concerned with the spiritual/soul issue than with other moral issues on the practical side. As I see it, the most imaginable way for me to imagine this type of transportation is in which one's whole atomic make-up is scanned, recorded, transmitted and re-constituted in a different location using new atoms. It just seems a lot more reasonable than transporting a whole person's worth of atoms across space/time. What I wonder is: what happens to the old body once the new body is created? Is it incinerated? What if the old body changes its mind, and now there are two copies of you, neither of which wants to be destroyed? And can you keep uploaded copies of yourself in case something goes wrong, a la Dollhouse?<br /><br />I think moral philosophy has a long way to go before our society is ready for this kind of technology. I guess it's a good thing that it seems pretty much impossible.Bryan Schellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363013248370351158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-76388199970981262612009-07-10T09:01:49.109-07:002009-07-10T09:01:49.109-07:00It's a hard thing for any Wilsonian liberal to...It's a hard thing for any Wilsonian liberal to admit, but maybe at this point in time, some countries just aren't ready for Democracy. The sad part is that before the 2003 invasion, Iraq was probably adequately prosperous enough to support a democracy (according to the theory, at least).Bryan Schellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363013248370351158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-44618155770248741672009-06-23T18:23:54.012-07:002009-06-23T18:23:54.012-07:00Houston is a shithole. That place sucks.Houston is a shithole. That place sucks.jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17640352801849092305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-38979825498863627922009-05-21T13:56:39.249-07:002009-05-21T13:56:39.249-07:00The Economist today had another good article on th...The Economist today had another good article on the subject: http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13702846mjaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642108550616338576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-47695611496397988692009-04-06T23:54:00.000-07:002009-04-06T23:54:00.000-07:00oh shit! i am proud of you matt. congrats :)oh shit! i am proud of you matt. congrats :)jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17640352801849092305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-69528092068384014042008-12-27T07:48:00.000-08:002008-12-27T07:48:00.000-08:00I bet things get easier when you finish up at that...I bet things get easier when you finish up at that suckhole of enjoying your work that is Stanford.jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17640352801849092305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639894776845764116.post-84040902526931092962008-10-29T14:26:00.000-07:002008-10-29T14:26:00.000-07:00I think this says about what I wanted to say with ...I think this says about what I wanted to say with regards to Spore. http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/8555.page;jsessionid=DE78B786ADC36D0C324BFC4DDFE4C725.240059#93713<BR/>Damn shame. I suppose part of the problem might have been computer games getting too popular and people wanting them to all have mass market appeal. We need to get them, or a subset of them, back into the hands of the nerds.mjaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642108550616338576noreply@blogger.com