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Keep in mind the US for many decades encouraged illegal immigration and workers because it was a cheap source of labour. Many of these people were literally paying taxes for a system they couldn’t be part of, working jobs most Americans wanted nothing to do with for less money than what is...

Ignorance of the law is no excuse for a civilian breaking it, why is it a defence for the police tasked with enforcing it?

The government is already involved in this. They already have set a limit on interest rates (approximately 60% annually currently), yet we aren’t collapsing today. My argument is the limit should be lower. The Socialism boogeyman is a quick straw to grab. By the same regard the government...

I hate ICE et al wearing masks well performing public duties. If your not breaking the law why feel the need to hide your face? Just another way they are removing accountability from the government.

Unless she is unlicensed and the licensed owner is no where near. Then your getting into unsafe storage and illegal possession. Doesn’t matter if the use of force was legal in that case, they would still drag though the courts and make her pay. Ian Thompson is the case law for that (and that is...

I would like to see them cap interest at prime plus 5% tops. If we really wanted to help people that is the type of move to make, it would end the exploitative payday companies and reduces the damage credit can do.

I am not surprised, I actually have a lot of respect for the trade. It is more that postal tech isn’t generally what one thinks of when you think military.

Exactly walt as a not as ‘glamourous’ trade and no one is going to second guess. Oh you’re a postal tech? Who is going to argue that?

100%. I stand to lose a fair bit with this law as none of mine if turned in will have a positive return. For example AR-15 uppers they refuse to pay for. Thats a lot of cash for many people right there.

Looking briefly at some of the values, a few rifles are going for much more than what the standard rate was even a few years ago. For example a AG-42b is valued at 2100$ on that chart which I have never seen sell for more than 1500$ (10 years ago it was around 400$). Or a PTRD which is 5230$...

The deterioration of the ‘nuclear umbrella’ started well before Trump. He is just starting to put the nail in the coffin. In the Post-USSR era where the US had a completely open hand on what they wanted they slowly broke that concept well Russia et al was still weak and recovering. Invading...

Exactly, allies don’t threaten each others sovereignty, generally that is reserved for enemies.

The Cubans are Maduro’s version of the Swiss guard. It makes sense, if I was in his shoes there would be no way would I be trusting my life to the Venezuelans.

So the 40 murdered (which is what this essentially amounts to, unless you believe that the US can just bomb and kill you without provocation) civilians and soldiers count as no casualties? I wouldn’t call that clean, it is simply that no Americans died.

We 100% did. Genocide just comes in many flavours. It isn’t all concentration camps, there is also ethnic cleansing and cultural genocide, both of which is very well documented. If you don’t believe that any genocide happened ask the Beothuk… oh wait you can’t. Now does that mean we need to...

Not always with the new ‘tax free’ deployment rules.

I had to look up to see how much of a difference it is now. A Cpl gets paid $209.28 a day now, which isn't too bad. Considering in the PRes it is two years to get to that point you can be in college/university with a approximately 76k a year full time job (obviously not working full time). Just...

Knew a Reservist who had his front teeth knocked out in the field and the CAF refused to pay to replace them. He basically made no money that summer due to how much it cost to have them replaced. A real ‘Thanks for your service’.

Seeing as it is a pretty new benefit it can be changed as needed. It also isn’t a benefit for CAF members, it is a benefit for former CAF members, a distinct difference. It actively encourages people to leave the CAF completely and provides no actual benefit to the CAF. I am sure individuals...

Then rewrite the criteria of the program. When it actively harms the CAF you make adjustments so it no longer does. A simple re-write so as to allow Reg to P-Res transfers to count towards that as it is a transfer to civilian life, just with the military on a part time basis. As I see it if I...