It was the beginning of taxation without representation... The complete reversal of everything Americans fought for and achieved during the American Revolution.
“Bezos is no fool. He will reduce his headcount, and step up his automation effort to eliminate as many low-skilled jobs from Amazon. Then he will lobby Congress to increase the minimum wage for his competitors that still employ lower-skilled workers..."
"As with so much of American life, the inconvenient realities may upset somebody, so better to stick with magical-thinking or politically-correct truisms that are completely out of touch with reality but oh-so-acceptable to the status quo."
"In essence, privilegenomics doesn’t even attempt to come up with an economic rationale for redistribution and bigger government. It’s just mere tribalism and a demand to take other’s stuff for historical grievances, some real and some imagined..."
"In Sweden, and perhaps other places as well, it appears that that the 'human rights' of foreign aspiring murderers are more important than the human rights of law-abiding citizens..."