Jeff Bezos says taxes for lower salary workers are too high: "It's kind of absurd that we're doing this ... We shouldn't be asking this nurse in Queens to send money to Washington."
If we are starting a nba league from scratch and every player in the history of the league is available, is Wemby the number 1 pick overall?? Ahead of Jordan, ahead of Lebron?
Just a friendly warning. We don’t even make $200k per year in Congress despite working nearly 140 days. If we aren’t properly compensated, a lot of us will go to the private sector and you will be left with some real idiots in Congress.
Since 1948, over 80 sovereign states have been created or gained independence, mainly via decolonization and union breakups.
**1950s:** Libya (1951), Sudan (1956), Morocco (1956), Tunisia (1956), Ghana (1957), Guinea (1958).
**1960s:** 17+ in Africa (e.g., Nigeria 1960, Algeria 1962, Kenya 1963, Uganda 1962), Jamaica (1962), Singapore (1965).
**1970s:** Bangladesh (1971), UAE (1971), Angola (1975), Mozambique (1975), many Caribbean/Pacific islands.
**1980s:** Zimbabwe (1980), Brunei (1984).
**1990s:** 15 post-Soviet states (1991), Eritrea (1993), Czechia & Slovakia (1993), Namibia (1990).
**2000s+:** East Timor (2002), Montenegro (2006), South Sudan (2011).
Full timeline on Wikipedia.