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It is not. It is exactly as yours. No ,I'm being too generous here. Your understanding of what is required of the electors is not quite correct. In the past, they have not always voted for the candidate they were pledged to. For details see the history of electoral college voting. As a...

You've just made a detailed argument for me. As I said, the election of the President is non-democratic. Notice I did not say the election of electors is non-democratic. I said election of the President is non-democratic. One of the core principles of democratic government is that of majority...

This is a very interesting observation and comment. Thank you.

A steadfast resistance to change in State governments may be the result of each States propensity to control their election procedures in a way that favors the party in power. Incumbency has a powerful advantage in elections. Winner take all Electoral College votes in each State would be...

On this issue you could not be more wrong than you are. In the U.S. we do not elect the President democratically. If we did, the popular vote would determine who wins. Instead we us another method altogether: "The Electoral College." The states, according to the Constitution, are free to...

Yup, and someone said that the explosion in Beirut was "an attack," that Mexico would pay for a Wall and that the U.S. has the best Covid testing in the world. When the person doing the talking is a pathological liar, it's best to smile and ignore them. They could be right, they could be...

So is our way of responding to china's practices that we don't like to become more like china? That's what we are doing here! If we are going to let the President decide unilaterally what can be on the net and what can't be, we could move to China, Russia, Turkey or Hungary, and enjoy the same .

That's a valid criticism. Thank you for reading what I wrote. I realized that had I gone into more depth and given examples I would have to write much more. So I stopped without specifics. Your criticism is right on point. But if I wrote more, would you read it? I might be inclined to take...

I'm envious. I love Quebec City.

In my opinion, responsible people who manage their money well and don't run up debts they can't pay should always use a credit card for everything they possibly can while avoiding paying interest or fees to their card company... Get the credit card that best suits your needs. One with no annual...

Don't use debit cards of any type unless you have no other choice. Use a credit card for everything you can.

Let me get back to you perhaps in a few days. You deserve a coherent response, and it seems it will take more than a sentence or two. .

Simplification is often incredibly helpful in understanding complex issues. There are hundreds of examples of such to draw on from science and economics. In Yaron Brook's video presentation, however, we have a wonderful example of how making things more simple than is possible takes us...

Banks often require you to use a debit card to access their ATM. Other than that never use a debit card unless you have no choice . Your protections are stronger with a credit card and their are other advantages to using a credit card as well. Just sign up for "auto-pay" on your credit card if...

That makes so much sense to me. I'm beginning to think that the reason we can't do it is because doing it the way you suggest would make it too hard to cheat. So, the current reality is the Republicans are the party that needs to cheat. But in just a few years that could change, and its the...

It's a curious observation to me that we can carry on trillions of dollars of financial transactions daily on the internet with negligible fraud and error compared to the number and magnitude of the transactions, but can we vote by internet? NOOOoooooo, waaaaaaaay toooo risky!. I am beginning...

They are obviously seeds from a distant planet desiring to take over the earth and turn it into a giant, socialist, nudist theme park. There can be no question that this is what will happen to the Earth if these seeds are planted. Whatever you do, DO NOT PLANT THEM. Dispose of them by...

No problem. I subtracted 40310 from 71790 and divided the result by 119,950 (GS). since that part of payroll taxes due to management salaries and managements' salaries are constant on both sides these amounts cancel out. I agree some restaurants would be able to compress margin, i.e., absorb...

OK, but we were discussing distribution of money within a capitalist economy. you can substitute "where the money is located within the economy" in this instance. Something just occurred to me that makes me smile, though you might not find it as humorous as I do. Could we say that both...

You're making a salient point. I have commented on this numerous times myself in these forums. It's both the amount of money in the private sector economy and how that money is distributed that's important.