Patrick Sedgley

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@CharlesFLehman The emergence of a black market reduces the benefits and increases the costs of prohibition. Whether there are net benefits after accounting for black market effects will vary case by case.

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@StefanFSchubert Chinese and Vietnamese diasporas do much better economically than those subject to the economic models operating in their home countries.

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@CharlesFLehman In Australia a black market emerged after large increases in tobacco excise (quasi-prohibition). The result was lower excise revenue, higher nicotine consumption, higher black market related violence and higher enforcement costs.

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@David_McMahon75 The "lock-in" effect of CGT is a reason for capital gains to be taxed at a discounted rate.

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@Steve_Sailer @cremieuxrecueil Rhode Islanders should provide a tip equal to the value they get from a cashier over and above that of a self-checkout.

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@cremieuxrecueil They are right about the gas tax.

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@Mark_Graph The boom in NDIS service providers ---> all good.

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@dpinsen The Brazilian no 3 was close enough to contest the header, but was no match for Haaland in the contest.

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@MsMelChen The bartender looked at them and said "why the long face"?

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@cremieuxrecueil Europeans refuse to accept that the rules-based order is over.

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@Steve_Sailer I would have thought that the penalty taker would be more anxious than the goalie. No one blames a goalie for not stopping a penalty kick.

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@toy59496 The Australian Democrats party was created by ex-Liberal Don Chipp as a centrist party, but its membership took it to the left to the point that it was indistinguishable from the Greens.

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@Steve_Sailer @JamesSurowiecki Weren't all the James Bond movies about the battle between the evil Russians and the suave, clever British?

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@timritchie @ajamesbragg Including new residential property. How does that help housing supply?

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@RealMarkLatham Passenger vehicles cause a negligable amount of road damage. Fuel excise should be abolished. Road user charges on heavy vehicles (including heavy EVs) should fund road maintenance.

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@ALeighMP

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@john_macgowan @clairlemon "If I don't like your business model you shouldn't get to set your own prices"

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@AlecStapp Growth has continued, but at a slower rate.