AlternatePersonMan @ AlternatePersonMan @lemmy.world

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Wait, what?

I mean, sort of. Is the economy determined by one person? No. An entire administration, however, definitely has some sway. Interest rates, public projects, regulations (or lack of), so subsidies, those things all have an effect. It's a very complex system with plenty of luck and unknowns that don't change like a light switch just because a new guy was elected.

Still, look at the economies under Clinton, Obama, and Biden, then compare those to Bush, Bush, and Trump. That's either quite the coincidence, or the person running the show does matter.

They actually just passed ranked choice voting in my city.

It does seem crazy to have a system where 49% of people preferred the other guy, but he lost so those people now get zero representation.

They are already openly corrupt. Term limits would result in younger candidates in touch with this century. Lobbyists would also have to bribe new people. It might also break up the ridiculous 100% party voting.

Not to mention help with our Supreme Court problems. Randomly giving appointments that last decades to whoever is president in at the time is insane.

I really don't think we have that many competent elected officials anyway.

Yes, eliminating gerrymandering and citizens united would be more effective, but I wouldn't kick term limits out of bed.

Can you imagine how many problems simple term limits would fix?

I can't fathom having the power to save our at least change millions of lives...but instead choose to leech more wealth from the people that need it most. And systematically make the world worse. It's a sickness.

There are no good billionaires.

...and there goes my eagerness to buy the Q3. I loathe drm.

I can't fathom that anybody could be this stupid. Does he have a reason to purposely destroy Twitter?

The decisions he's making aren't just bad, they're the worst possible ones that he could make. As in, he gathered a group of experts and these are the best ways to destroy Twitter that they could think up.

After a number of years with my first company (a household name), I quit and got an 80% raise. Based on how quickly my new company accepted my salary request, I'm pretty sure I could have asked for more.

Get a better paying job once you've got some experience. Raises won't keep up with your value.

Don't work yourself to the bone. There really are plenty of jobs that only require 40hrs/wk and pay the same or better.

Work somewhere with a good culture.