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What's worse than a lecture delivered at twice the rate needed for comprehension? Answer: One of Mark Blyth's lectures delivered at breakneck pace in a Scottish Brogue! Thank god I'm not an undergraduate economics student at Brown.

Murry Salby, author of a widely adopted text on atmospheric physics, was the first, I think, to point out that while CO2 is highly correlated with temperature, the correct relationship is the opposite of that assumed by Hansen in setting forth his anthropomorphic CO2 hypothesis in the early...

Tao, what I was indirectly implying with my post stating how happy I would be to pay the top rate on most of my income, is how implicitly fair a bracketed, progressive income tax structure can be. Everyone pays exactly the same rate on the 10th dollar and the Millionth dollar of AGI. Of course...

Of course I will act upon it. I am just waiting for the opportunity.

I have no interest in that either. I'm opposed to that in fact. I'm ok with the collective will of the people being forced on me, even if I may not like it. But don't expect me to remain silent if i don't agree with public policy.

Possibly the full implication of this: "In any progressive , bracketed income tax structure...," may have escaped you. What you are suggesting is something we assume is permissible* outside of the tax structure, but I have no interest in that. _________ * I guess a person who wants to...

Every bit of this is so silly, when a very simple, highly reliable and inexpensive solution is at hand. But we can't do the obvious because politicians are as corrupt as Wall Street and each State is like and independent kingdom. We will never agree to the obvious. But we do pretty well...

In any progressive , bracketed income tax structure the U.S. has ever had or is ever likely to have, I have a strong preference for personally paying the top rate on most of my income.

But my "like" does.

Among our three Branches of Federal Government, only the Senate is elected democratically. This is reflected in the many close Senate votes on issues divided along party lines. Whichever party is in control at the moment tries to tailor Senate rules to undo as much lingering democracy as they...

Both parties are guilty of Gerrymandering whenever the opportunity was there. It is probably safe to say that Republican Gerrymandering to create safe House districts is as bad now as it has ever been, but democrats too Gerrymandered in the past whenever they could. We desperately need the...

I always thought how silly it was for young George Bush to be running around telling folks we were democracy building in Iraq after he could no longer find buyers for the WMD argument. Wouldn't it make sense for silly George to try out democracy for himself first to see if he liked it before...

I believe that is the big mistake Trump's voters are making. I fully understand why people voted for Trump. Sadly, Trump is a fraudulent candidate. He's not going to help those who voted for him. In fact he has repeatedly backed policies that will hurt his voters. The charismatic man you...

In my rather limited experience with the tax court, one case only, I would say that the court and IRS attorneys are very reasonable. If what you have done is reasonable under the tax code, keeping in mind intent, I think you'll have no problem. The IRS and the court are really there to catch...

Every one pays taxes. But there is a good reason why many people don't pay income taxes. They have no money they could use to pay them.

What I like about ET is it allows me to connect with slower less agile minds. And that's what helps keep me in touch with the other world that I know is out there. That's essential.

I think that is part of a current investigation. Perhaps it is premature to draw conclusions, especially since you have insufficient information to support them. I've not drawn any conclusions myself. But I have laid out some possibilities that intrigue me.

These questions are of no immediate interest to me. If your questions really interest you there are no doubt public filings you could research.

Isn't Wells one of Berkshire Hathaway's holdings. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that one of the bank stocks Buffett loaded up on during crisis.

How succinctly you've summarized the matter! How succinctly indeed!