Economists love toll systems because they’re essentially a use-tax: drive more, pay more.
Unfortunately, they’re also a regressive tax. Poor people generally drive more because they can’t afford to live near their work/school/etc. So, the additional tax revenue is mostly extracted from the people who are the least capable of changing their behavior and have the least disposable income.
3rd sentence of the article:
Indicted on three counts involving money laundering and wire fraud, the Charlotte-area man faces a maximum of 20 years per charge.
If you follow the article to the press release:
SMITH, 52, of Cornelius, North Carolina, is charged with wire fraud conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; and money laundering conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
I didn’t realize and was pleasantly surprised to learn that the league is allowing these helmets in-game this year.
I assumed they’d never allow that since the “crunch” is such a big part of the product.
Maybe there’s hope for humanity yet.
Oh I stand corrected. Nice find!
I don’t think they are, but definitely reminiscent.
Damn this one hurts.
I can’t remember if this was purely comical at the time or anticipatory/dark humor.
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Never heard of this dude before, but I’m getting some serious second-hand-catharsis for the public naming-and-shaming Frost gave him on his way out.
I’ve left a couple jobs angry, but always bite my tongue.
It’s soothes my bitter heart to see someone burn the bridge and also take a shit on the ashes.
Infinite money glitch?
This seems like nothing news/fake drama to make people think about Deadpool and oh by the way go see that movie in theaters.
C’mon man. There could be children watching!
I mean there’s a time and a place.
What if someone has gamepass or a ton of free games on EGS?
Teach me your secrets
Damn Calvin’s spitting some strong dad jokes and he doesn’t even realize it.
We’ll watch his future with great interest.
That only works when everyone is participating in good faith.
Call it tragedy of the commons or sealioning, but the unfortunate reality is a lot of online “discourse” is only interested in distracting, confusing, and exhausting you.
Not disagreeing with your core point but infrastructure is never paid off.
Upkeep on a mile of asphalt is way more than I expected and I live somewhere temperate.
… horses… for courses…?
Literally never heard this phrase before, but it seems very similar to “different strokes for different folks.”
It doesn’t make any sense to me but I kind of love it.