Incorrect. A district should represent the views of people in that district. A district is not drawn to represent specific views. A computer program will draw districts based on population size, each district having the same number of people. It will not and should not be based on the beliefs of people.
Of course it does. In order to gerrymander, knowledge of the party leaning of various areas are required. A computer program wouldn't have that information. All it needs to know is where people live, the number of districts desired, and the state's boundaries.
China would benefit because it gets much of its oil from Iran. China and Russia would also benefit because suppose the Iranian regime collapses and a pro-US government takes over. Then the US would control the oil like it now does with Venezuela. Pakistan can agree to store Iran's enriched uranium. Europe's deal this time would be independent of the US.
Europe should get together with Russia and China to negotiate with Iran. Iran will trust them more. They would demand less than Trump. For example, Trump wants Iran to hand over its enriched uranium to the US, but Europe, China, and Russia would accept the enriched uranium being turned over to Russia, China, or Pakistan.
No, a commission of people draw congressional districts. If a computer did it, the districts would be rectangles except at the boundaries of the states.
Democratts should propose that the US government put out a bid for companies to create a computer program to draw congressional districts. If Republicans oppose it, use it against them during reelection.
A computer program only needs to know where people live, the number of desired districts, and the boundary of the state. Explain how just this information can be used to gerrymander.
The US government should have companies bid on a program to draw congressional districts. All states would be required to use the winning program. The winning program would be subject to peer review. Ask your computer programming friend how such a program would be used for gerrymandering.
The solution is to have a computer program draw congressional districts but neither party wants it because they like gerrymandering as long as it benefits it benefits their party.
The most common issue raised by skeptics of wealth taxes is “capital flight”. As discussed in a Tax Notes article, “such a tax would signal to wealthy taxpayers that they should reside elsewhere.” This article goes on to discuss that high-income taxpayers pay the majority of state income taxes in California, and even if a small number of those individuals leave, it could lead to long-term tax collection consequences.
This concern has been underscored by numerous academic studies. Most recently, an NBER working paper co-authored by Jakobsen, Kleven, Kolsrud, Landais, and Munoz finds that 1 one percentage-point increase in the top wealth tax rate in Sweden and Denmark leads to an outward migration of wealthy taxpayers by two percent. Other work in the American Economic Review by Moretti and Wilson documents that variation in jurisdictional taxes significantly influences the location of talent, suggesting that higher tax burdens lead individuals to relocate.
In addition to concerns surrounding capital flight, there are numerous other concerns with imposing a wealth tax. For starters, it can be very difficult to value a taxpayer’s wealth. Naturally, a stock and securities portfolio maintains accurate valuations on a regular basis. However, real estate assets have much looser valuations, and some assets like artwork require professional assessments. When considering the entire portfolio of assets for California’s billionaires, it remains unclear as to how expensive it might be to value a taxpayer’s wealth accurately, not to mention how long it will be litigated once that taxpayer inevitably argues the valuation. Additionally, enforcing a wealth tax can create liquidity problems for taxpayers as they might have to sell assets to meet the tax liabilities, and it could lead to substantial tax planning that results in the taxpayers gaming the system, and thus, the proposal would not have the intended effect.
It's good however, that the EU wants to get involved in the negotiations. Actually, it should be Europe since the UK is not in the EU. Europe should not trust Trump. Trump might be willing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Putin limiting its aid to Iran.
Incorrect. A district should represent the views of people in that district. A district is not drawn to represent specific views. A computer program will draw districts based on population size, each district having the same number of people. It will not and should not be based on the beliefs of people.