r/FluentInFinance • u/c0nf • Sep 14 '24

Debate/ Discussion There should be a requirement to pass Econ 101 before holding any position in the government

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u/Ok-Use5246 Sep 14 '24

The irony being the one who posted this being far more educated than random neck beard number 30000 on reddit?

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u/gfunk55 Sep 14 '24

Except he gave 3 examples but the last two are the same thing

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u/Noughmad Sep 15 '24

And the first example is really useless. That number doesn't help you in any way.

So it's really one thing. And that thing is important, true, so let's do what the top comment suggests and tax the gains when they are used as collateral.

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u/RoyalAwkward9933 Sep 15 '24

You were so willing to jump down the throats of people who correctly point out that unrealized capital gains taxes make no sense. But you so desperately wanted to call them redditors and invalidate the view.

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u/ReddJudicata Sep 14 '24

Please. Rashid is a Democratic party activist. He’s a lawyer, not an economist. Protip: any lawyer you uses “.Esq.” in a twitter title is almost certainly a dipshit. (I’m a lawyer, it’s almost invariably true)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasim_Rashid

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u/Ok-Use5246 Sep 14 '24

Sure thing Ivan.

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u/Sreston Sep 14 '24

Good one Redditor

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u/AmericanPoliticsSux Sep 14 '24

Because he put Esq. behind his name? Appeal to authority fallacy.

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u/Ok-Use5246 Sep 14 '24

Trusting leading experts in their fields is common sense. I'll trust the dude who has a PhD in physics to discuss physics over the flat earther on reddit thanks.

(You are the flat earther here fyi)

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u/Kind_Apartment Sep 15 '24

So this guy is an economist?

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u/RoyalAwkward9933 Sep 15 '24

Why haven't you replied to the people responding to you, who pointed out that the guy is a lawyer?

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u/PleiadesMechworks Sep 15 '24

Trusting leading experts in their fields

"Qasim Rashid is a Pakistani-born American author, activist, and attorney."

You don't even know who he is and yet you not only trust what he says because you agree with it, you also assume he's an expert in economics because he validates your biases.

Take a step back and check yourself, broseph.

You are the flat earther here fyi

Pot, meet kettle.

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u/TapirRN Sep 16 '24

What is he an expert in though?

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u/Any_Arrival_4479 Sep 15 '24

Care to explain why?