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Krugman is, of course, right about this. BUT, note that universities can do a lot to revitalize declining and rural regions.
See this thing that @lymanstoneky wrote: medium.com/migration-issu…
And see this thing that I wrote: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
And see this book that @JamesFallows wrote: amazon.com/Our-Towns-000-…
And see this other thing that I wrote: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
And see this book that Enrico Moretti wrote: amazon.com/New-Geography-…
And see yet another thing that I wrote: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
And see this thing that @John_C_Austin wrote: brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu…
Universities are the closest thing we have to a "magic bullet" for reviving America's declining, forgotten, rural, and left-behind regions.

Everyone needs to know this. Help me get the word out.

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One thing I think would help reduce elite Millennial burnout/disappointment/rage is for people to stop thinking that their job should save the world.

"Save the world" and "make the world a better place" are probably just things employers tell you to get you to work for cheap.
Maybe your job will give you meaning and purpose and a sense of doing good for the world.

Or maybe it'll just make you some money so you can raise some kids, have some pet rabbits, and be active in your local community.

There's more than one way to get meaning in life.
Also, people glorify saving the world when it probably just gives you PTSD.

We like watching Star Wars and Lord of the Rings and whatever, but we wouldn't want to actually fight Darth Vader or slog through Mordor. That would cause major burnout!
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1/Since Trump's demand for his Wall is in the headlines, I thought it would be a good time for a thread about a history book I just read:

"Dividing Lines: The Politics of Immigration Control in America", by Daniel Tichenor (2002)

amazon.com/Dividing-Lines…
2/The book starts out with a chapter or two of dense, unnecessary political science jargon, saying that - essentially - U.S. immigration policy tends to move very slowly, because powerful politicians and officials resist the tide of public opinion.
3/But most of the book is an extremely readable, eye-opening history of U.S. immigration policy, from the founding through the 1990s.

It shows how the immigration debates we're now having have been with us, in some form or another, for a very long time.
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Thread about why very high tax rates on very rich people don't raise much revenue (or reduce inequality much, even within the top tier).

Our system has a million loopholes. Closing them is more important than raising top rates.
That's not to say there's a trade-off between raising the top rate and closing loopholes! They are complements, not substitutes.

But if you just raise the top rate without closing loopholes, you'll likely be disappointed.
The fact is, raising effective taxes on the very rich will require a comprehensive sustained push on a large number of policy fronts. There is not going to be one silver bullet.
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The Senate has almost no impact on Presidential election outcomes. If ZERO Senators were included in the Electoral College, it would change like maybe 4 elections total in US history.
Here's a link:
medium.com/migration-issu…
Basically:
In 1796, Jefferson beats Adams. We avoid an anti-immigrant scare, but also the 2-party system never quite matures. "The Revolution of 1800" doesn't happen, so who knows if our political future is stable?
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This is my grandfather, Murray Goldfinger. The tattoo, 161108, was given to him at Birkenau.

He's 91 and his health is failing. He told his tale of survival for 65 years. Now, I've taken the responsibility.

One part of his story always gets a big reaction from students.
January 1945. Murray (born Monek) was on The Death March west from Birkenau as Russian soldiers advanced from the east.

He was tired, cold, and hungry. He saw something in the air, descending towards him.

It hit him in the chest, and he caught it.

A 2-lb piece of roast beef.
Monek was shocked. He looked around. Nobody had noticed, so he stuffed it under his shirt.

Over the next two days, he tore small pieces and ate them on the sly.

When I told the story to a group of eighth graders today, they all laughed.

"Was it a gift from Heaven?" I asked.
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Liberal here. I'm also an attorney that deals with this kind of issue all the time. So let me take a stab at answering this incredibly vapid question.
Any Christian Baker that wants to stop selling, say, all three-tiered cakes to all customers, or wants to stop using vanilla frosting on all cakes, is perfectly able to do so. The can even do so for religious reasons. That's never been an issue.
What Wal-Mart, Dicks, and Christian bakers cannot do is refuse to sell products, be they wedding cakes or guns, to certain people because of who those people are. So Dicks can't refuse to sell a gun that it does carry to a Jewish or black customer.
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I'm going to rant for a minute.
There's a sort of populist conservative that likes to talk a lot about civilizational struggles, demographic suicide, the idea that Islam owns the future because Western nations don't have any babies, etc. etc.
I'm thinking of all sorts of people here, everyone from @MarkSteynOnline to the Breitbart crowd to Pat Buchanan to @SteveKingIA and many more.
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(THREAD) BREAKING: Allegations Trump spoke to Putin via speakerphone at the 2013 Miss Universe pageant, discussing both his plan to run for president and his desire to see Trump Tower Moscow built with Putin's blessing—implying a quid pro quo—are 90% confirmed. Please read/share.
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