xkcd

So, when should the country invest in anything besides the economy? In ten years, a hundred? When do we get to use that economic investment to buy quality of life? After quality of life declines? How much damage has to be done before preventative care makes sense?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/us/politics/state-department-diplomats-tillerson.html Government positions aren't interchangeable. Which positions are unfilled matters, especially high level diplomatic and bureaucratic positions that require job experience in order to keep even little things like...

Abortion does lower government spending and crime. It's less than a coincidence that the crime rate began plummeting in 1991, exactly 18 years after 1973's Roe v Wade. Another important change is the EPA requiring unleaded gasoline in 1973, with higher lead consumption causing increased violent ten...

In a discussion with a person who doesn't care for big business, the government, and modern healthcare in general, what reasoning would you give to convince them that the CDC is trustworthy?

This thread is ostensibly about following and discussing the news about the Trump presidency, but in the last 24 hours it's turned into an echo chamber where outsiders are insulted and chased away, people with dissenting opinions are mocked and personally insulted, and long-time members with the mos...