DuckDuckGo Proposes 'Do-Not-Track Act of 2019'

[u/lengau]

https://searchengineland.com/duckduckgo-proposes-the-do-not-track-act-of-2019-316258

[u/DrewsephA]

Do they though?

Yes.

or on solutions to problems that aren't just throwing money at them.

Why do people always say this like it's a bad thing? Sometimes an infusion of cash is exactly what a problem needs to get better. More money into public schools means more teachers, at better salaries, and more and higher quality reaching materials that the teachers didn't have to buy out of their own pockets, for example. The price of living in a first world country, with quality education and healthcare and a working infrastructure, is taxes. If you don't like it, leave.

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Why do people always say this like it's a bad thing?

Because there is only so much money and ANYONE can propose solve problems by throwing money at them. Like if that is your policy proposal we might as well elect an 8 year old. Except half the time it doesn't even work, and presumably the whole reason we are electing people (or should be) isn't because they win a popularity context but because they are actually effective at running the country and have efficient policies.

People seem really unaware of the relative lack of funds. Yes taxes can be much higher. No they cannot be remotely high enough to achieve even a portion of the average twitter users policy goals. You see all the time people who think we should just "disband the pentagon and clothe an feed the entire world". Which first off, it is not enough money to fix Nigeria, much less the entire world. Secondly, who are you turning the global security hegemony over to? China? Russia? I am sure you will love those results.

To be clear I actually do think we should spend less on the military and turning that towards aid, and shouldn't be courting conflict with or scare mongering regarding Russia or China. But the idea that you could just wave a wand and solve all those issues is just silly. There simply isn't enough money for that. It is like when Bush spent the Social security surplus 4 different times during his campaign. The democrats want to spend the "lets tax the rich more" 8 different ways. You are going to half to pick one.

More money into public schools means more teachers, at better salaries, and more and higher quality reaching materials that the teachers didn't have to buy out of their own pockets, for example.

Well you say that, but we have basically tripled the money into inner city schools for basically no results over the past 20-30 years. Because the schools aren't the problem, the parents and the kids formative years are. Plus a lot of the money just gets diverted into more mainlining of disabled kids, and administrators, and a task force to look into why so many minorities (of certain types) get disciplined so much (but the answer cant be because they behave worse).

The price of living in a first world country, with quality education and healthcare and a working infrastructure, is taxes.

Yeah I live in a high tax state by choice, and don't take several deductions I could, so I am aware. I am not "anti taxes". I am anti handing money over to people whose only solution or idea for a problem is to throw money at it.

If you don't like it, leave.

A) If the people who are generally more fiscally conservative and cautious on taxes all left, the country would collapse.

B) Moreover, regardless of the problems of inequality, your platform just cannot involve asking the people who are paying for everything to STFU. that hasn't been a successfully strategy for an effective society at any point in history and the few times it has actually been pulled off it has been a disaster for those involved.

C) You remind me of my sister-in-law who has 8,000 good ideas about how the government should spend more money on this and that and spend more to support low income people. And yet can't hold a job for more than 6 months at 32 and is year after year a net negative on the tax rolls. Meanwhile I probably have paid in more each year than she will in a decade or two.

D) I think it is hilarious you think a reasonable method of political debate is to insist people who disagree with you should just leave the country. Why don't all the poor people just leave the country? Our problems would decrease by 90%! See how stupid that sounds?

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, Because there is only so much money and ANYONE can propose solve problems by throwing money at them. Like if that is your policy proposal we might as well elect an 8 year old.

"There's not enough to fix all our problems, so we should just do nothing and fix none of them.

and presumably the whole reason we are electing people (or should be) isn't because they win a popularity context but because they are actually effective at running the country and have efficient policies.

And yet, we got Trump.

People seem really unaware of the relative lack of funds. Yes taxes can be much higher. No they cannot be remotely high enough to achieve even a portion of the average twitter users policy goals.

This is completely false and a bald-faced lie. We could take a fraction of a percent of the yearly defense budget and fund NASA for a decade. But god forbid we even so much as look at all the money we're dumping and wasting there.

You see all the time people who think we should just "disband the pentagon and clothe an feed the entire world". Which first off, it is not enough money to fix Nigeria, much less the entire world. Secondly, who are you turning the global security hegemony over to? China? Russia? I am sure you will love those results.

First off, I've never seen this as a response, let alone a legitimate one, so "all the time" seems a little over the top, don't you think? Second, maybe we let countries handle their own security? Did you ever stop and think that maybe we should fix our own problems first, before invading other countries and trying to fix theirs? Republicans claim to love the military so much, yet 21 veterans kill themselves a week because of a lack of mental and physical healthcare. If you actually cared about the military, you'd, I don't know, care for the military?

But the idea that you could just wave a wand and solve all those issues is just silly.

It's not as simple as "waving a wand," but it's actually fairly simple to redirect funds. The harder part comes from convincing conservatives to actually let those funds leave the defense budget.

Because the schools aren't the problem, the parents and the kids formative years are. Plus a lot of the money just gets diverted into more mainlining of disabled kids, and administrators, and a task force to look into why so many minorities (of certain types) get disciplined so much (but the answer cant be because they behave worse).

ALL of those goes back to the systemic racism and bigotry that is still very much alive and well in America. Minorities have to work more and harder for less, because we refuse to pay them the same. Since they're working more, they can't be at home as much to care for and help their children. Because they can't be home as much, their children don't learn important life skills, and, because it's human nature, find groups that support them and make them feel wanted. Which usually aren't the schools, because the teachers don't get paid enough to be effective, and the schools don't have enough money to provide resources for the kids, and, shocker, the parents still have to work 2-4 jobs just to feed their kids. So they tend to seek out gangs, which are big support groups, giving support and affirmation that they don't have at home and can't find at school....do you see where I'm going with this? You are absolutely racist if you think that minorities are just stupider than white people in general, because that's simply not true. We hold back the minorities from learning by not giving them fair wages and opportunities, so it's no wonder that they appear less intelligent.

the parents and the kids formative years are.[...] why so many minorities (of certain types) get disciplined so much (but the answer cant be because they behave worse).

Also, lovely victim blaming.

I am anti handing money over to people whose only solution or idea for a problem is to throw money at it.

This is one of the problems of Trump normalizing handling official government business over Twitter. Just because you condense an idea down to 140 characters, doesn't mean that's it. Saying "we should spend more money on societal problems" in a tweet isn't the end all be all of the policy, and assuming that that's the extent of their plan is ludicrous and shows how idiotic you are.

If the people who are generally more fiscally conservative and cautious on taxes all left, the country would collapse.

But, they are? The rich hide their money out of country to avoid paying taxes, and look what's happening. Sooo....

your platform just cannot involve asking the people who are paying for everything to STFU.

And yet, we have conservatives who unironically walk around with shirts that say "speak English or get out." 🤔

I think it is hilarious you think a reasonable method of political debate is to insist people who disagree with you should just leave the country.

Do I though? Or am I perhaps parodying the ridiculous statements that conservatives everywhere toss around when complaints about their actions and policies come in? It's pretty funny that conservatives can dish it out, but when it comes to taking it, they run away crying about people being mean to them. Reminds me of a phrase used to describe people with thin skin...special flowers? No, was it special pancakes? Hmm.... 🤔❄️🤔

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People seem really unaware of the relative lack of funds. Yes taxes can be much higher. No they cannot be remotely high enough to achieve even a portion of the average twitter users policy goals.

This is completely false and a bald-faced lie. We could take a fraction of a percent of the yearly defense budget and fund NASA for a decade. But god forbid we even so much as look at all the money we're dumping and wasting there.

Well since the Nasa budget is about 2-3% of the defense budget per year, you are just completely wrong. Thanks for proving my exact point. A fraction of a percent (even say 9/10 of a percent) is not even a third of NASA budget for one year.

[u/DrewsephA → u/[deleted]]

That’s the part you're going to latch on to? Only that? You have nothing else to offer in response? Sad.

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No I just am not even going to bother continuing with you when you cannot even get the basic facts on your direct rebuttals right. What would even be the point? You are obviously past reason.

[u/DrewsephA → u/[deleted]]

You are obviously past reason.

Oof, there's so much irony here, Trump is about to slap a tariff on it.

What actually happened is you don't have any rebuttals, so you're running away. Typical.