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JustinTheGM

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Why the fuck is it that when a law is found to be unconstitutional, the state(s) are allowed to keep the law on the books but just can’t enforce it? I’d think part of such a decision would include a requirement to repeal the offending law.

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Demands?

How about a cap on executive pay? Maybe as some differential vs. the lowest paid employee. Call it 10×. If your lowest paid employee earns $50,000, nobody in the company can earn over $500,000 in total compensation.

A cap on wealth: anything over $1B in gross assets (including stocks, real estate, and other investments) is taxed at 100%. The revenue from this tax should be set aside to fund social safety net and small business development programs.

Now, with a large enough strike, the demands can get even broader:

All political campaigns must be funded by the national government. Each candidate who reaches some required threshold of support gets a grant. Individual donations may be accepted up to a defined cap, and business donations up to a separate cap. Each of these are publicly visible; business donations are individually listed, but individual donations are reported as a lump sum only. Donations must be kept in escrow accounts until the campaign officially accepts them. These caps can be set based on the ‘size’ of the election, given that a national election necessarily requires more resources than a local one.

All elections move to ranked choice.

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For those wondering, this played out well! OP found someone to take the job. His wife bit on the prank gleefully, was actually thrilled by the idea that OP had a son he didn’t know about. When the prank was revealed, she thought it was hilarious. Ultimately pretty wholesome, OP married a keeper.

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You don’t even have to passive voice it - a simple “I felt upset” is fully valid without assigning blame.

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Positions need to pay competitive but not too much.

I’ve always wondered how different things would be if Congressional pay was tied to the median income, calculated at each census.

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Have you looked into Ubiquiti equipment? They’re generally pretty solid, and might have everything you need.

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Cool concept, but it’s not smart enough yet. It doesn’t connect ‘understand’ to ‘get’, or ‘relate’ to ‘connect’, either of which would have finished the game for me.

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