Not all wealth is a problem. His yachts and their maintenance isn’t actually the problem here: that money was spent. That money put shipbuilders and maintainers to work. The assets he gets from spending isn’t the problem.

The problem is his registered securities: his stocks, bonds, and other financial assets. These assets aren’t just wealth. They generate wealth by taking it from the working class.

What we need is a tax on all registered securities. We will exempt the first $10 million held by a natural person. This tax is payable in shares of the security. IRS liquidators will offer these shares in small lots, comprising no more than 1% of total traded volume. This minimizes the effect of the sale of these shares on their value.

The only way to keep those shares untaxed is for a natural person to hold them. They will have greater value in the hands of the working class than the ultra-rich. This tax structure will shift ownership of companies toward the working class.

Every McDonald’s employee should be compensated, in part, with shares in the company.

Nobody is gonna touch this guy, except to high-five him.

Philanthropist? More like Philanthrapist, amiright?

I’ve stopped a half dozen people from doing something like this… Every single one of them was filling up to the maximum pressure listed on the sidewall.

The sidewall pressure is only the correct pressure at the maximum load on the tire. The maximum rated load on the tire is often nearly twice the vehicle’s maximum weight rating, so the sidewall pressure is never the correct pressure for your vehicle.

The correct pressure for each tire on your vehicle is listed on a tag on the driver’s door, or door frame.

Harry Tubgirl.

Your mother said a lot of things. I didn’t know how religious she was.

The top layer of pastry in a pop tart is perforated through to the filling, so I would argue that it doesn’t count as a bread, which would make the pop tart a toast.

M&Ms are calzones…

Dynamic generation. There is no certificate until user request.

Who? Never heard of 'em.

If my shotgun starts making strange noises, I check the brownies.

The only technology in my house is me, and I keep a loaded shotgun next to me in case I make a noise I don’t recognize.

(Am I doing this right?)

Alleged murderer.

I think he is more than just the (relatively trivial) allegations against him. He has rallied support for massively reforming the American Healthcare system, which will save countless lives, improve our quality of life, and ensure the financial stability of the American Public.

I use Tasker to log my weight to a Google Sheets spreadsheet, and just use a dumb scale.

The only piece of technology in my house is a toaster from 1982, and I keep a loaded shotgun next to it just in case it makes a noise I don’t recognize.

Yeah, that’s the problem. It’s our bread and circuses, not an entire industry designed to take our money and kill us.

The average Lemmy user isn’t even aware of the modlog.

I have been wanting an app with de-modding ability since I started using Lemmy. I want to know if a community has insane, power tripping mods before I start participating in it.

Nah. It actually reduces problems. Shutoff is in easy reach from outside the tub. Showerhead points away from the curtain: less water outside the tub. It just annoys the hell out of symmetrical people.

More likely, there is a sistered stud directly in the center of the surround, and to fix it properly, they would have to tear out both sides of the wall.

Offsetting the valve to one side or the other, they don’t have to do any additional demolition, framing, or drywall.

Source: been there, done that…

The wall has to be well sealed. This is better. The shower head is pointed away from the curtain. Less water on the floor.

Land contracts are an actual “thing”. They are legal agreements, recorded in the county register like a deed or a lien. You can buy or sell a home through a land contract right now, if you want. Currently, they aren’t particularly common, but they aren’t unknown either.

I mentioned how I would like to eliminate rent entirely, by establishing exorbitant tax penalties for people who own multiple residential properties. Land Contracts are how I would meet the needs of people who need the flexibility of a rental arrangement, rather than just buying with a private mortgage.

There is an interesting method of “rent” in use in South Korea that is far less parasitical. I don’t know of it being used in the US, but we could adopt it if we wanted. "Jeonse or “Key Money” is where the tenant makes zero monthly payments. Instead, they put down a large deposit. The landlord invests their deposit (there are limitations on what they can invest in), and keeps any interest. At the end of the rental period (usually 2 years) the landlord returns the entire deposit to the tenant. The tenant is protected by taking out a lien against the property. If the landlord cannot or will not return the deposit, the tenant takes ownership of the property.

The Jeonse deposit is typically 50% to 80% of the purchase price of the house, but it can be externally financed if necessary.

Unempathetic implies a certain disdain or malevolence toward the plight of the parent commenter.

Emotionless does not.

My judgment and contempt is reserved for the concept of renting, not the parent commenter’s condition or actions.