TIL that due to casino profit distributions, every Seminole Native American is a multi-millionaire by the time they turn 18
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    The original commenters point was to use this as an example for why Universal Basic Income is a good idea and my point is that without capitalism this doesn't work. You couldn't reproduce this to cover the cost of UBI for everyone. It only works because it lives off of a very profitable industry and services a small group of people.

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  • Can you prevent opposers from profiting?
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    I'm not seeing the issue here. It did pass. Politicians aren't normally the type to take a moral high ground in issues. If there's money available for your state, you should take it.

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  • TIL that due to casino profit distributions, every Seminole Native American is a multi-millionaire by the time they turn 18
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    Now 25%

    This isn't socialism this is capitalism the people of the Seminole tribe are essentially receiving dividends. Without the casino, a capitalist machine in the truest for, there is no money to pay the people.

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  • Lawsuit seeks to end new law signed by Greg Abbott banning water breaks after Texas heat wave deaths
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    Now 16%

    From the title alone you can tell this article is going to be sensationalist because the law doesn't "ban" water breaks. That's not even a mistake it is an intentional lie to make it sound worse.

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  • 2nd bus carrying asylum seekers from Texas arrives in Los Angeles
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    If that is human trafficking then every bus picking up illegals in Texas and taken them to the dozens and dozens of other places is also human trafficking.

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  • Businesses can discriminate against their customers? Alright then...
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    Now 66%

    A Baker should be able to refuse to bake a cake he doesn't want to make. He shouldn't even have to give a reason. Anything less than that is by definition forced labor.

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  • Businesses can discriminate against their customers? Alright then...
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    I don't think it's a smart decision. I think discriminating for any reason makes business sense nor will it win you any allies, but it should be legal. Anything less than that is the government forcing you to work.

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  • Supreme Court Justices Give Heated Dissent Over Latest Racial Bias Ruling
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    It's still wrong. I'm perfectly happy to consider all aspects of AA, but so long as any part of it stands on determining someone's admission based on race it will always be racism and I'm not in favor of racism for any reason.

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  • Native American Loss of Land
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    This way is completely wrong. The entire west coast was owned by Native Americans in 1850? So all the land owned by the Spains dating back to the missions established in the 1700s don't count eh?

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  • Colonizer logic
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    Now 80%

    Yeah right? They never want to address this issue. It's always: "Give the land back to the last group of people who owned it before you colonized it."

    And it's always platitudes, but never action. Just look at Ben & Jerry's, perfectly happy to call out colonialism, but when it's point Ed out that their headquarters is in land owned in the last by Indians, they're mum in why they're not returning it.

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  • Farmer owes $82,000 in contract dispute over use of a ‘thumbs-up’ emoji, judge says
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    Now 100%

    Agreed totally, precedence makes all the difference here. If there's two people had an established history of agreeing to deals via text with one word answers, it's hard to deny.

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  • Supreme Court Justices Give Heated Dissent Over Latest Racial Bias Ruling
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    Now 22%

    Ultimately I agree with the Affirmative Action ruling. The Equal Protections clause doesn't say, "All racism is bad except some racism for the right reasons, that's okay." it just says there is to be no discrimination based on race.

    Affirmative Action was racism with good intentions.

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  • Trump posted what he said was Obama’s address, prosecutors say. An armed man was soon arrested there
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    I thought we determined that you're not liable for what happens if you post someone's address on line?

    It will be enlightening to watch all the people who supported posting the addresses of Supreme Court Justices online now crying over this.

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    What is a good situation to use a tankless water heater?

    We've been exploring a thankless solution, but the company that quited us said it isn't a good idea in our area because the ground freezes in the winter. We don't live in a super cold area, but it does snow a few times a year and it can get into the single digits of degrees Fahrenheit.

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