Kethal

The last point about GW Bush supports that Republicans were harsher. Regardless, I think I misread something, because I don't see the sentence I thought I read earlier. However, the rates are close, and there's no strong relationship between leniency and party affiliation of the president who appointed the judge. The authors unfortunately don't summarize how much more lenient or compare the rates to similar sorts of cases unrelated to Jan 6.

The article points out that there are not large differences in leniency between judges appointed by different presidents, ~~and that, if anything, judges appointed by Republicans are harsher~~.

The hyperreals are a formal treatment of infinite numbers. It still doesn't let people use infinity as a number in the way that posts like this suggest, but they're interesting nonetheless. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperreal_number

Ok, so there are people out there doing it.

Many people from other countries fret about the unsafe plugs in the US. They of course do not have the same level of safety, but it also doesn't appear to matter. I have never been shocked inserting or removing a US plug. I don't know and haven't heard of anyone who has. People do get shocked, but for other reasons.

I don't understand this comment. Brisk is Lipton.

What tax revenue drops? Before the change they weren't paying the additional tax, and now they aren't paying it if they leave, so nothing is lost on that account. The state loses whatever taxes they were paying originally; given that they're annoyed enough to leave over an increase that suggests that they were already finding ways to minimize their tax payments. Thus, by them leaving, the state is likely losing a small amount of revenue. Given that each person has a cost to the state, the net effect will be even smaller.

Surely there's a point at which taxes drive away enough people that it doesn't work, but it's clearly not the case for this particular implementation.

So when you asked "What’s going to happen if tax rate increases keep decreasing revenue?" you were referring to something that doesn't involve revenue? And that doesn't have to do with income tax? In a conversation about income tax? That's even worse.

Firefox did this 4 years ago and didn't replace them with an alternative tracking method.

Maybe the insulation built into the siding isn't worth it, but my last house had foam installed beneath the vinyl siding. I noticed that the house was much more comfortable before I knew that insulation was there. I'd recommend getting the price estimate at least, especially in a cold climate.

Tax rates that reduce revenue are far, far greater than any current tax rate in the US, not that rates should be set to optimize revenue. People that try to use the Laffer curve as justification for reducing taxes in the US lack both practical and theoretical understanding of taxes.

Even if it's not implemented nation wide, there's the implication that the state is losing something by these people leaving. I suspect they're contributing little by being there though.