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Flowers for Algernon

1000 to 100k? How about zero to infinity? Hospital refuses to give any price range for a colonoscopy, wouldn't quote a cash price because I had insurance. Insurance can't say if it is covered. Won't know until the claim is submitted. Says it might be fully covered as preventative care, or partially covered, or not covered at all. Might not even go against the out of pocket max. Spent a week on the phone trying to get a straight answer. Final bill 3k.


Buffet/Gates/Bloomberg/Soros/Cuban have been saying for years the rich need to pay more taxes. Propose a tax increase that actually hits the super-rich and the screaming begins. Guess all along they meant the "other rich", anyone making 200k.


In the Twitter thread, Sweeney proposes a progressive capital gains tax maxing out at 75%. It would hit him personally, but still allow him to run his company. He’s not complaining about the magnitude of the tax. He’s complaining about the mechanism.


He's 'proposing' something he knows is politically impossible. I predict he will find a way to run the company and make billions of dollars.


No, it would never hit him in a meaningful way. He has no intention of ever realizing most of his capital gains.


I found quotes from Mark Cuban, but I’m not seeing any comments on this proposal from Buffett/Gates/Bloomberg/Soros. Can you share your sources?


They made me sign a waiver then gave me the wrong measurements.


You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave.


soylent brown


No one take responsibility. Just blame the algorithm or something. Maybe upgrade to a deep learning black box for perfect deniability.


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