@Swag__Ceo @ergonoatia@AbhorrentBeing@greentexts_bot Total population does not matter because children generally don't make money. 18-65 people are considered "working age". "Workforce participation" measures how many of these are working, IIRC it's about 63% in the US or about 160 mil people.
@MilHiVisualized IRS is a critical organ of the US government that brings in like 95% of the revenue. They're been struggling for years underfunded and can't audit wealthier taxpayers (which is part of the reason for US deficit being so high).
Demonizing the IRS is a dangerous action.
@JoostThissen@Zagonel85@ukraine_map Nope, in the first place, these are unlikely to arrive for at least a year, more like 2 years. There's a long backlog of orders for the plane. Germany and Canada ordered before em during the war. A lot of European countries have even older orders that are still being fulfilled.
@gdelujo@Noahpinion IIRC US is often blamed for the current state of organized crime in Italy. Mussolini had not "solved" it, but had essentially come to an understanding with em. When the fascist regime was felled, US often intervened in Italian politics to reduce left-wing power.
@slaypublican @lrishConservNat @RyanGirdusky Attacking the symptom rather than the cause. Addicts will always want the drugs on their own, stricter punishment doesn't stop em, their brain chemistry has become such it's extremely hard to live without the drug.
@TerrySparrow4@ForcesNews@AdmTonyRadakin_ Ukraine is a lone country fighting against a larger military. Both combatants have minimal advanced aerial warfare capability.
UK is expected to fight with a broader Western alliance, especially with the US in combat spaces that likely won't have mass mobilization.
@Vibetom@vodk_anon Wasn't this originally a Chinese invasion, but changed to North Korean because they didn't want to get banned in China? Or am I confusing something else?
@serchbloc@TimRussoCLE@Faytuks The discussion was never about the effectiveness of US military, it was about effectiveness of US military aid. People are saying Ukraine is only winning cuz of US aid, I pointed out how plenty of armies have screwed up with monumental US aid.
@DoxTheWallet@JohnBoldt1776@DelusionPosting Bruh, have you ever read about the Ptolemys??? They were famous for intermarrying. They weren't the average "Eastern Mediterranean" lol. Cleopatra's first husband was literally her brother.
@MohitRs73@scienceisstrat1 Consimption based calculation (aka accounting for imports) of US CO2 emissions has gone down significantly since it peaked around 2005.
@aegis2134 @thinkdefence Not the UK as far as I know. Ben Wallace's begging for a budget increase, but given the absolute shitter the UK economy is in currently, Rishi and Hunt can't justify it.
@GEhcuod@letmelivetoo2@CNN Neither. The power plant heats up the water through excess heat and distributes it through a central heating system.
And besides, this doesn't really matter. If your grid's weak, it's weak. It's okay to admit that. Just badger your D or R to improve ot.
@YogyPicnic @JimmyCooks87 @FernyOfficial@CNN The thing is, that doesn't matter a single bit because the people acting on the ground had no knowledge of that. This is just retroactive justification.