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I’m in the 1% and I support the 99%
I’ve been fortunate. I had great access to education due to support from my parents, and I was lucky to be at Microsoft during a very heady period for the company. I am clearly a 1%er. And I understand...
View ArticleWe aren’t designing for fairness, we are designing for equality of opportunity
So someone asked me “Hey, with your views on the Occupy movement, how do you feel about the fact that the top 10% pays 70% of federal income tax? Is that fair?” First of all, this is NOT the Occupy...
View ArticleAnother reason why corporations shouldn’t be permitted to make political...
From today’s NYT article on Apple’s offshore manufacturing: “We sell iPhones in over a hundred countries”, a current Apple executive said. “We don’t have an obligation to solve America’s problems. Our...
View ArticleFeeling a little contrary today — Taxes, IP, Apple
“Mitt pays $3M+ in taxes a year”:http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-romney-tax-20120125,0,7825338.story — that is a s%^tload of money, whatever the rate. And people want another $3M a...
View Article…the biggest threat to innovation is the lack of single payer health…
“Rob (@mtnspring) is onto something here”:https://twitter.com/#!/mtnspring/status/173485019560558592. Health insurance is a huge lock-in for corporations. If an employee has a family, and/or ongoing...
View ArticleIs healthcare the greatest limiter on startups?
@shanselman has been sharing a lot of tweets today on the topic of healthcare and startups. For example: * https://twitter.com/lobrien/status/247408555651645440 *...
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Too bad Fisker didn’t use Kickstarter
So a longish time ago I got all excited about the “Fisker Karma”:http://onward.fiskerautomotive.com/en-us/karma/overview/ and put a $1000 deposit down. Then the car was super late. And the interior was...
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Why I will vote for Obama in the presidential election.
I am pretty apolitical. I view government as a necessary evil. The political process seems horribly compromised, most politicians seem hopelessly compromised. The campaign ads make me barf. I will be...
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Why I don’t care about economics issues this election
I recently posted “my thoughts on the upcoming presidential election”:http://theludwigs.com/2012/10/why-i-will-vote-for-obama-in-the-presidential-election/, and a couple people mentioned how concerned...
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Two thoughts spurred by FiveThirtyEight
* “FiveThirtyEight”:http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/ and other election watchers have made it crystal clear that candidate attention has moved entirely to swing states — and increasingly...
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I wish a member of Congress had half the balls of Snowden
However you feel about Snowden’s actions, whether he is a patriot or traitor, brilliant or naive, you have to give him credit for having the balls to take a stand. He has put his life and liberty at...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court DOMA ruling is going to roll through every state and...
In Ohio, a federal judge rules that Ohio has to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. This is going to roll through every state, company, organization, municipality. If it is...
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