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  • Because inflation is compounding in nature just like interest is. The longer you have a high inflation rate the worse the situation gets.

  • Only if you believe there is no direct connection between the devaluation of people's savings paired with increased costs of goods and poverty.

    Hyper inflation in itself leads to poverty.

  • It's not a good thing. No one here is arguing that poverty is good. It's that their current choice is 'still pretty high inflation w/ high poverty' is preferable to 'holy shit that's their monthly inflation w/ high poverty'.

    Low poverty is no longer in Argentina's deck for the foreseeable near future. Inflation will rob the working class people of any thing they are given or earn.

  • Because inflation rate is decreasing. It's still triple digits but it's going down.

    Imagine a wildfire spreading rapidly. Remedial action is taken and then it continues to spread but notably slower. Obviously there's more to do but it is still good news for a place where that is in short supply.

  • What do you think DNA is? The thing outside a criminals's gloves? IRL isn't CSI Miami. Go swap a NYC sidewalk and see what you get. That'd be a needle in a haystack.

    Remember, they only have to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt".

    This is like saying remember marathon runners only need to run 26.2 miles.

    It's not having our "head [in our] asses" it's a decent respect for the freestanding system of laws. Social media vilianizing or martyrizing people alleged of cromes isn't beneficial for true justice.

  • ITT, people out themselves as never having been in CT or talked to anyone in CT (D or R).

    No one is going to sue over this. A CT Republican is differentiated from a CT Democrat by tie color.

  • You don't have to serialize firearms you make* for your own personal use. You also don't need to register them either*. In fact there's restrictions on the federal government's ability to keep a registry of guns. 18 USC 926(a)(3). From a policy perspective it'd just be creating another possession based crime that's almost impossible to enforce. Because you could just pop a "1" on the side and claim that you sent in your registration paperwork but the government screwed up.

    *True for title 1 firearms (most handguns, shotguns, and rifles) not certain other classes like those that machineguns or silencers fall into.

    https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/how-does-person-register-firearm-or-remove-name-firearms-registration

  • Did he give a sperm sample or something at the crime seen? What DNA?

    And public defenders though they are as skilled as any attorney are very much overworked in many places. Private counsel can offer more attention to the details of a case and spend time researching potentially novel theories to defend their client.

  • Not till he's proven guilty in a court of law it isn't.

  • Honestly not sure when. It's kinda an infamous one, it essentially says you can never introduce hearsay as evidence in a federal court because hearsay is unreliable... unless you fall into one of the 23 exceptions. Or you meet one of the two exceptions in FRE 807.

    Tbf a lot make good sense and are just about government written records and making sure you don't need to find some government official who retired 10 years ago.

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/rule_803

  • 803 the exception to the rule barring hearsay which swallows the rule nearly whole.

  • Free speech is a principle (like free trade) in addition to a fundamental right enumerated in the 1A enforceable against the government. People are making policy arguments when they discuss it in the context of private entities deplatforming advocating for private implementation of the principle into business practices.

  • The thing is that they've got teeth. E.g. redistricting, along with the plurality of powers granted to the countless offices across the nation that they hold.

  • Q: Should (insert political party here) disenfranchise voters for the benefit of (insert political party here)'s political ends?

    A: No.

    If you have no principles you have nothing.

  • Don't hate it.

    A blockchain being essentially a public ledger.

    It's a good concept that will doubtlessly have several if not many practical uses. I think any hatred it gets is just because like every new thing hucksters try and brand it as the cure to all ills to make a buck.

  • YSK call your house rep. They're more likely to answer. Also call your state reps first. Most issues are handled on a state level, not federal, and state house reps tend to be the most accessible.

  • Because most haven't I will actually answer the call of the question. Voting is perhaps the most important way one can voice their opinion. And carries more effect than most words the average man or woman can utter.

    The largest argument against these types of stances is that it will create a spoiler effect. This usually operates on the premise that a vote to a candidate is owed and not earned and or that it is impossible to achieve a different outcome besides one of the two establishment candidates. This second premise being the results of people who decry voting 3rd party as useless based on a restriction with no physical or legal basis imposed on our society by our society. There's nothing stopping people from electing anyone else on the ballot.

    If you can acknowledge that we as a society have this power the idea of accepting a lesser evil is weakened. If you vote for a lesser evil you perpetuate the broken system you hate. In your example Gaza, if someone feels that the issue is so important it merits a principled stance how can they not take the stance?

    It's a matter of pragmatism vs principles.

  • I'll answer for them. Anyone pushing the view points on the matters you desire. A vote for third party is better than not voting at all, as people will just lump you in with people who can't be bothered to vote otherwise.

    That said what matters most is the down ballot. Look up the candidate that most align with your views and vote for them.