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  • Have lived in both eu and us.

    Agree, but the challenge on tax is that it's not harmonized across municipalities. This means that stores that are across the street from each other may have identical prices/profit margin and a different net price to the consumer. This would lead to consumer preferences biased by physical location and have lots of other weird side effects. You can see this in areas that border state lines when the tax is appreciably different.

    Step one is a harmonized tax rate, but that's easier said than done.

  • I don't think infrastructure would be the limiting factor. Looks like Germany is 20k short of their target.

    Denmark, for instance, still has compulsory service. However, it is only enacted if they have fewer volunteers than their target, and will only compel participation up to the limit. Denmark has not needed to compel anyone to join in quite a long time, fortunately.

    That said, under a similar model, Germany would only need to add 20,000. Likely less per year depending on the commitment term. Eg 10k/year if they are conscripted for 2 years. Also assuming that volunteer attrition and signups offset each other.

    the bigger issue is about the moral justification of forcing someone into military service in the 21st century.

  • Eminent domain is subjected to legal challenges. Both to the authority (there must be a purpose) and also to the FMV assessment. Which costs money. And time.

    If it was as easy as snapping their fingers, it would've happened.

  • The Monty Hall problem has always bothered me when considering it on the basis of 3 doors. However when the concept is extended to 100 doors, and 98 are opened, it starts to click for me that of course the odds arent 50/50. It's much more obvious that the prize was in the field (and the odds shift to reflect that)

  • This is true but do you remember the liter price you paid for laundry detergent or do you remember that you bought it for $14?

    I'd wager that most people are in the latter, even if they are completely informed of shrinkflation.

    For me the liter price I use when trying to figure out if a sale of the 1 gallon is actually cheaper than the 2 gallon normal price (or whichever units of measure for an item).

  • This is not impossible, but I believe gorsuch will be an odd one out siding with the sane half. The "plain text" doesn't give him a free pass. Roberts I think will also fall on the sane side.

    The rest, who fuckin knows.

  • In danish this is basically how it's done on increments of a half.

    One and one half is said as half (til) two

    But it's only on small numbers. It goes Half, one, half til two, two, half til three (or optionally two and a half!), three, three and a half....

    Dont even get me started on the rest of the numbers