You got me, you're so fucking smart. Good look bringing passenger trains back.

Chinas average train trip is 300km in Germany its 30km, people in Europe are not taking trains from Lisbon to Moscow which is the same distance as LA to NY (4500 km). Western Europe and China don't have to move freight from one coast to another like we do in the US. So either we build an entire second set of rail lines and then hope people would rather sit in a train for extend periods of time (which they won't) versus just flying or we agree that the price of all goods will need to go up because we will prioritize passenger service on rail which means we need to drastically change the safety standards (as example freight trains in Europe can't be over 700m so they can stop fast while in the US 3000m is normal) and hope people will want to sit in a train all day (which they won't). The funny thing is that people on Reddit think they know better then all the people in the US who work in transportation, how fucking arrogant can people be? Europe and China can prioritize passenger service because the don't need the rail for freight due to single coasts, they use water and small trucks to transport goods, the US can't do that.

BTW I like trains but the distances are to great and even in China there are not typical routes that are like San Fran/LA to NYC/Washington DC. Beijing to Hong Kong is only 2000km, half the distance.

They will have to and it will make sense, do we really need to competing fusion plants in the same city? What's the benefit of this? Energy production is super Cap X intensive and unlike software you can't recover you costs fast.

I doubt it, to get Fusion to work other technologies need to be in place and some of the things they will need don't yet exist. Even Ernest Lawrence, the father of "Big Science", understood that. If we look at wind energy the deep shore mega turbines and platforms won't be ready until 2025 for mass deployment but this was known for a decade.

We do, but its for freight because passenger trains in the US are dumb outside of light rail. The US is not Western Europe.

Off Shore Wind is coming so the coasts will look like the middle by 2030.

Its because they stopped making rivers. Big Rivers needs to get their act together.

All the Euro countries are on the North Sea and can leverage the shallow water wind. Deep water wind will start coming on strong in a few years. The US goal was to have 30 GW by 2030 and 80 GW by 2050, currently there are 40 GW in the pipeline.

and you earn a lot less in Indonesia, great to go visit with your US income but hardly a demonstration of buying power for a citizen from Indonesia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

Yes it is and on top of the PPP the US doesn't have a VAT so the consumption tax revenue is 50% less then most all of the other OECD's while the income taxes on the top earners are higher. PPP is not a issue in the US neither are social safety nets for the very poor. The US system favors flexibility and a progressive tax system over security and a regressive tax system.

The bottom 10% would not be people in the work force or primary earners. More like part time people and people on goverment assistance. Poverty in the US is classified as anyone who can't participate in normal activities not people who can't buy food and clothing. Also because the US doesn't have a VAT and the sales taxes are low the PPP is actually much higher then just about all countries.

US corp tax rates are on par with the rest of the developed world.

"It’s much less expensive/complex to immigrate to NZ than to the US based on my experience. Especially if you are skilled." This is because they have a problem keeping their population up and have a immigration system in place to prioritize English speaking people with skills. The US doesn't have these discriminatory policies and doesn't have a problem attracting people or keeping them. As far as the "USA" goes people really should be looking at states because each state has their own polices just like each OECD country does. Could the US make a very discriminatory immigration policies and keep non white people out, sure (this is what Trump wanted to do), could the US jack up the sales taxes on the poor just to give them the same health care as they do through Medicaid, sure, would the VOTERS(we) vote for these, no. Also NZ doesn't need to spend money on defense or be engaged in the worlds politics, NZ is a like a gated community who can ignore all the worlds issues, something the US has chosen not to do. Comparing the two is ridicules. BTW Germany tried to pull this and their policies are now causing chaos in Europe.

New Zealand and other OECD aren't taxing rich people more for the social programs, instead they have higher regressive consumption taxes (sales tax) that affects the lower income people more. New Zealand's population is 5 million and they don't have borders like we do with Mexico. Being a warm island, gated community, which is dependent on the rest of the world for just about everything has its advantages, why can't everywhere be just like NZ?

Tc should be the 2 letter abbreviation, IMO, just like Au is for gold the letters don't have to be the first two letters. Mi = Michigan

Percent of what? If it was 1 hour and it went up 24% now its 1 hour 15 min?

US politics is about 2 things, motivating your base and winning the dividing line between the Exburbs and Suburbs.

The GOP elevates being a parent to hero level while defunding schools and every system that actually supports children. The name of the game for the GOP is to get their voters to think they are special because they are parents, have a job and believe in Jesus. Obviously the Dems don't have kids, don't have jobs and don't believe in Jesus then. Dem voters in the US are typically better educated, wealthier, healthier and more urban and the non-sense about being special because you have a job or are a parent doesn't work, Dems want actual policies and not ass kissing.

Typically the Dems out spend the GOP in every cycle also the Dems are wealthier, the idea of the rich Republican is old.

Dems don't have kids because they abort them all! /s

Its what happens when things are starting out, how many people worked on the railroads to haul the coal? or pipelines?

How dumb are you?

If you laid in average temp and daylight hours this would be a great chart for people who ask when to visit. I usually suggest March because there is snow, the coldest days are mostly past us and the days are getting longer.

Nicely done and unique.

Nothing illegal about doing legal things but there are rules and self dealing is a issue.

If the goal is to get your kids money without the expectation of them doing anything for it there are better ways. Why go through the hassle of setting up a fraudulent foundation? What kind of attorney's and accountants will participate in an obvious illegal venture? All you are doing is generalizing so we might as well say all poor people are criminals too because some poor people steal things. If a person intends to create a foundation and donate money to it with a stipulation that the children are on the board or payroll and they do nothing for it at some point it will be a issue if its abused. My guess is that this problem is much smaller then what you want to believe and most foundations act in good faith. I personal have been involved in many and have yet to witness this kind of bullshit. Do foundations sometimes get top heavy, yes, do they make mistakes, yes, but self dealing as a practice, I doubt its that big of a issue.

But it isn't and would be a big expensive hassle that could put the family members in legal jeopardy for no good reason if the only goal was to funnel money to heirs. Also I'm not your mate, I want nothing to do with you.

The family members still need to pay income tax on that so all that is happening is avoiding the estate taxes which you can easily do without setting up a foundation, you don't understand tax codes. In your child like thirst for finding fault you dismiss the good that is done because you need to find villains around every corner. I'm curious what do you do to help the world? Can you list your accomplishments? Or are you just a whiner and complainer? A loser critic?