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[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

European here. That’s true that he could travel (by land) within Schengen, however the EUROPOL database would flag him at border crossings, so he can’t realistically depart Europe. Big area to hide in but then again I’m not sure how realistic that is these days, I mean how long can you go without running a bank card or using a mobile phone?

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 6 points 2 weeks ago

Man, the more I hear about this Hitler guy, the more I’m beginning to think he wasn’t very nice!

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 16 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, this 100%. I travel a lot for work and have probably stayed in 100 airbnbs over the years, but these days I ask the company not to bother and to book hotels instead. It’s gone from a platform to get a nice home away from home, to a place to get gouged by rude hosts while staying in a barracks with the sparsest of IKEA finishings. They’ve done it to themselves by encouraging shitty host behavior and having zero consequences for bad guest experiences.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 2 weeks ago

It was more for upgrading 386 computers from 1992-1994 if I remember right. Or maybe we had a 486. I dunno. It was definitely pre Pentium. Back in the dark ages!

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yep I had 95 on floppy. It was like 30 disks. That installation was hell, you had to sit there and swap disks for several hours.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 9 points 3 weeks ago

Remember, if you want to receive today’s ration of insect mush, you have to post on X with your daily Elon-positive affirmations!

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

DW is a trustworthy and quality public news agency like BBC or PBS, so of course they want to ban it. DW reports accurately on the war with Ukraine.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 3 weeks ago

34k?!, not sure where in EU you are but maybe consider looking at price to have it done in a cheaper country, somewhere in eastern or southern Europe?

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Maybe, but logically they should be taxed on revenue, right? I mean, that’s how we’re taxed as individuals. We don’t get to pay nothing because we took our whole salary and reinvested it into real estate or something. But they do.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

I guess it means you send a lobbyist to Washington and invent ludicrous tax deductions so that your company pays a near zero effective tax rate. Just like Amazon!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephaniedenning/2019/02/22/why-amazon-pays-no-corporate-taxes/

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 20 points 3 weeks ago

30-35% is about what Americans pay too in personal income taxes, but this is talking about taxes paid by businesses, which are unsustainably low in the states right now.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Because this is a tax on assets and not income it seems to me that there could be some unfair situations, for example you inherit a property that is not so easy to sell and are now taxed on it, or you have shares/stocks in your startup company and are now taxed on it even though you haven’t sold them (and quite possibly can’t sell them).

I believe it would be better to tax income while closing some of the loopholes like allowing borrowing money against stocks and properties.

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