You can choose to increase specific carbon free technologies, or choose to reduce emissions, but you cannot do both. With a carbon tax or a good cap and trade you directly choose how much carbon emissions will be reduced by. But you do not have control on how much of the reduction will be from …
Yearly Archives: 2024
How to bring down inflation
There is a lot of talk about how to cover inflation from both Democrats and Republicans. We are seeing various ideas like price caps, scrapping social security taxes, child tax credit, and more options. How do each of these stack up? To find solutions, we have to divide the economy into sectors. The sectors with …
Maximum benefit trilemma
When it comes to maximum benefit pensions, like exist in most developed democracies, you can pick two of the three when your population is not growing fast enough to cover future benefits: Stable currency High benefits Low taxes (yes, really) If you choose to keep benefits high and not increase taxes, you will need to …
A peace treaty for Russia and Ukraine
Russia gives up all territorial claims on Ukraine. Ukraine becomes a member state of NATO. Konigsberg is given to Lithuania. Russia’s nuclear weapons will be confiscated. Putin will go to the Hague for trial if he is still alive. Abkhazia and South Ossetia are Georgian territories.
Why Harris will win
Kamala Harris is going to be the next president of the United States. She consistently leads in the polls, between 3 and 9 points. In the betting odds, her odds are -106 versus Trump’s +118. She is going to win, and it is not a surprise. The Keys to the White House is essential to …
Paid leave is family values
I was taking my walk today when I thought about how my company should offer four weeks of paid vacation. To an average American, this might seem excessive, but in reality, most highly developed countries provide this by law. Twenty days is the minimum paid leave for all workers in the European Union. Regardless of …
End of an era
Remember a few months ago when every pundit from the NY Times to the Nation called Ukraine to do a ceasefire? Russia is now losing territory as Europe has allowed Ukraine to attack the Russian military. The rest of NATO has chosen to completely bypass the leadership of the United States, openly supporting Ukraine to …
Two lanes and only two
Many cities in the US have built their transit systems around their highway networks because all they need to buy are vehicles, and they can quickly have reasonably competitive transit services up and running for cheap. This brings us to West Seattle. West Seattle has numerous buses that go downtown; they all go along the …
The border issue
Republicans are trying to make the Mexican border a political issue this election. Let’s investigate how to make a stable situation: The main causes of people crossing the border illegally is the following: There are few legal pathways for Mexicans to work in the United States. There are more low-skill jobs (which means you don’t …
Electoral College repeal amendment
The Every Vote Counts Amendment is almost perfect, but it needs some tweaks. Every Vote Counts Section 1. The President and Vice President shall be elected by the people of the several States and the district constituting the seat of government citizens of the United States. Section 2. The electors in each State shall have …