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You can make the exact same argument for illegal immigration. The benefits of crossing our border illegally far outweigh the penalty of getting caught. A harsh penalty can greatly reduce just about any illegal act. But at the same time, we have the highest incarceration rate in the world. The...

Believe it or not, automatic weapons and grenade launchers are actually legal to own in most places as long as the weapon is registered and the owner has passed the necessary background checks. The reason you rarely see them used in crimes is because they are expensive and there aren't that many...

So if legislation like this has led to compliance by 1/20 of 1 percent of New Zealand citizens, just imagine how miserably similar legislation would fail in the U.S. where citizens are guaranteed the constitutional right to bear arms. The small amount of firearms that were surrendered were...

Discriminating against someone based off race...

The interest rates were 0.25% (effectively zero) when Obama took office, and 0.75% when he left office. Interest rates were 0.75% when Trump took office, and they now sit at 2.5%. So rates were raised 0.5% over Obama's 8 years, and 1.75% over Trump's first 2.5 years. Oddly enough, I sort of...

It is kind of odd. Obama had zero interest rates for 7 of his 8 years in office. The fed only raised rates twice during his presidency, and one was in Dec. of 2016 as he had one foot out the door. The fed has now raised rates 8 times since Trump won the election! Despite the massive push by by...

I'm surprised a new computer would come with a PSU that small. Mine came with a 460W PSU out of the box. Have you considered upgrading? You could easily replace it for $30-$40.

Who cares if day trading disappears? Who cares if HFT disappears? Who cares if liquidity dries up and opens us up to a massive market crash? Who cares if we have a crash and over half of our population lose a significant percentage of their retirement savings? What could go wrong, am I right? :D

Most day traders struggle to break even. Just imagine what would happen if they were forced to pay an extra 0.5% tax on every trade they took. You would likely see a mass exodus from retail trading. That's bound to have a significant affect on brokerage firms.

It reminds me a lot of Tilray. TLRY ran all the way up to $300 in the first two months following its IPO. Over the past year its slowly faded back down below $50. BYND ran all the way up to $200 before pulling back to $150. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see it fade back to $100 over the next...

I can't really explain why we've never gone more than a decade between recessions. My best guess is that it's natural economic ebb & flow combined with circumstance. "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." I've always liked this quote from Mark Twain. I've always believed you...

The U.S. has never gone longer than 10 years between recessions, and the last recession ended in June of 2009. If Trump makes it to the end of his first term without a recession, it will be a significant accomplishment. If he makes it to the end of his second term, it will be an incredible...

There's an old saying that there are 2 types of pain, pain that hurts and pain that changes you. It's a well known fact that it becomes more difficult to change as you get older. Sometimes it's necessary to go through a painful or traumatic experience to facilitate change. I'm sure there are a...

This meme is meant in jest, but there's a lot of truth to it. If she tries to use an executive order to seize weapons, most people will just deny owning them. They'll just wait for the next republican president to undo the EO.

If a major tech company is going to advertise that they are fair & balanced and say that they don't discriminate against anyone, they should be held to that standard legally. If they're going to use algorithms to push a political narrative, they should required to disclose this to the public...

This is first info coming out of the meeting. The U.S. will release a statement in a few hours. https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/g20-june-2019-intl-hnk/index.html Trump: US-China trade talks are "back on track" Speaking ahead of his meeting with Turkish President Recep Erdogan, US...

It kind of makes you wonder why the MSM and most of the democratic presidential candidate are so far left on this issue. Most of the candidates believe that people shouldn't be deported if they haven't committed a crime. They're essentially saying: "If you can find a way to make it across the...

Props to the house democrats for reaching across the aisle to get this done. The bill passed the senate 84-8, and more house democrats voted for it than against it. This just goes to show that the far left idiots that want to abolish ICE & open the borders are the exception, not the rule.