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I worked in NYC so I paid NY state income taxes, but not the city tax. I lived in Stamford, CT and paid no income tax to CT, because my NY income tax bill was larger than the CT income tax bill. The homeless population is obviously concentrated in NYC (which has the highest taxes and is the most...

You would see a decline if they were working as intended. Just as the death penalty doesn't deter murder, these lawsuits don't deter cops from making poor decisions. Most people have the "it won't happen to me" mentality.

FL and TX are growing at a much faster flip than NY or CA. When competing for jobs a competitive tax structure is a major factor. NY has actually lost people since 2010. I'm sure some people will return after the pandemic, but it's an ongoing problem that isn't going away. I left for FL in 2019...

If these mass lawsuits were working as a deterrent I'm not seeing the evidence. MN has a population of 5.6 people. Now everybody in the state has to give the Floyd family $5? Doesn't make a lot of sense. He was 46 years old. There's a life expectancy of 79 at that age. Even if you gave them...

You're saying judges aren't government employees? Who pays their salary? They're a separate branch of government. The comparison in the private sector would be suing a company, because of what one employee did. Now, how liable should a company be for one bad employee? You do have to prove...

You're right that it happens more than I realized. I disagree with it. I also disagree with George Floyd's family getting $27million. It's just too much money in my opinion. Chauvin should go to prison for a long time. He murdered Floyd. However, justice isn't supposed to be about hitting the...

I also generally disagree with the idea of "making an example" of somebody with excessive punishments/fines. To me that is the antithesis of the 8th Amendment.

I'm not saying they should side with the state. I'm saying they aren't likely to punish the state with punitive measures. Their decisions should be fair on a case by case basis. It's up to the voters to change the system.

The system isn't designed for the judge to give punitive punishments against the state is my point. Generally people don't bite the hand that feeds them.

The judge works for the county/state. Now the judge is going to punish the county/state?

Remember, it's the citizens of LA county or state of CA paying the bill, not the police officers themselves. In contrast, I wouldn't complain if that guy in NC got $4.4 million. 100k year for being locked up seems reasonable. At a minimum he should get $2.2 million. It's a disgrace that there's...

It's hard to justify that the police did millions of dollars worth of damages to the victims. 5 figures seems more appropriate to be honest. I think the police should be held criminally accountable though.

A wrongly convicted black dude who spent 44 years in prison only got 750k recently. That's after spending his entire adult life in prison. It's CA so who knows? They should definitely get something, but I don't think they deserve millions in taxpayer money. However, the officers deserved to be...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/tech/amazon-bessemer-union-election/index.html Unions aren't always the best situation for employees, but they're basically never the best situation for employers. Don't know who would be better off in this situation, but the employees felt that they were better...

That's what separates mainstream media from the conspiracy media. The mainstream media outlets are there to verify each other. The sites producing conspiracy theories are completely unverified. However, the conspiracy theorists believe that the media are all in cahoots so it doesn't matter if...

Conspiracy theorists go on the premise that all of traditional media is lies and it's the niche outlets are the ones that have the credible people who are telling the truth. They don't believe in the idea that traditional media outlets hold each other accountable for facts. Instead, they think...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/08/perspectives/jeb-bush-american-worker-training/index.html There's a big gap between the jobs currently available and the jobs people are qualified to take. So the question is obviously, how do we bridge that gap and get the 7 million job openings filled? 4 year...

I got my first Pfizer shot on Tuesday. Only side effect is a sore shoulder. I was surprised that I barely felt the needle. I'm sure the government is tracking me now.

Something tells me Ireland isn't going to get on board with that idea...

I only saw who you were referring to, because I was logged out at the time. He's had me on ignore a long time. First time I've ever seen anybody make a bet and then block somebody in the same post. How does he expect to get paid? You won't be missing much. His posts are maybe on a second grade...