You should dig into the stranglehold the Texas School Board historically had over school curriculum not only in the South, but often in the greater US as a whole.

Essentially they were the largest buyer of textbooks in the region, and as such they were in a position to dictate to publishers what could and couldn't be included in history books, or they simply wouldn't buy them. Lots of things got 'left out'

Also a little poetically ironic that Kennedy was shot from the top of their book depository building, which was filled with apologist and whitewashed history texts.

First day on reddit is it? Welcome.

Just curious, is there a name for this type of graph

Oh it's MY fault for not knowing what their vague references are to.

Sunshine, most "welfare" is federal tax dollars, and there isn't a federal sales tax.

like a standard deduction?

LOL, don't worry it's ok. Maladaptive daydreaming is pretty much what it sounds like: daydreaming so much it interferes with your life. It's separate from delusions or hallucinations in that we're completely aware that daydreams are fantasy. I made a slideshow about it for a class last year, actually, that I think sums it up well. You can also click on the links in the slideshow for more information.

Sorry I'm not in the mood for further explanation, I'm getting sick and my brain is tired lol

Have you read the comments on the post you're replying to?

oh wow! believe it or not i don't get that question often, online.

I made this just now, hope it works! Feel free to email me with an order or request at beezahpaints@gmail.com

As someone with anxiety, now I’m worried that I have this. Can you describe the daydreaming? Is it like disassociating or just imagining things while going about your regular life, but still being present?

How much does the state take in in Sales Tax. Welfare is just them kicking back sales tax profits.

What about sales tax? Does the govt make more than Walmart does?

They also got 5 billion in membership fees from Sam's club.

I only looked for paid internships, I do unpaid engineering projects at my university already.

I vaguely remember seeing Oprah interview people there in the 80s and I learned about it that way.

Canada makes almost everything. Quietly.

That amount of money, invested, would generate incredible wealth _because_ you would be putting it in stocks of companies like this.

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You're still being vague about what or who you're referring to. Which takes?

Walmart is the biggest purchaser of many goods which puts it as the counterpart to a monopoly; a monopsony (single purchaser instead of single producer).

Walmart has incredible negotiating power, when there is a price shock Walmart forces its suppliers to take the hit with the threat of never buying from them again; which it can do. One of the efficiencies of Walmart’s economy of scale is that it pays below market rate for most of its goods because of bull purchase efficiencies and negotiation power.

https://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/events/papers/1014JustinCWiltshire_JMP.pdf

I mean if you're 1099 you can literally do this.

The argument that W2 cannot benefit from this is that all other expenses are not related to generating your direct economic benefit and are discretionary or not related to your employment. If you are a business, your costs also make someone else revenue and then their earnings are taxed. Likewise, the shareholders of the business then pay their own taxes incremental to the business on any distributions or cash or their ultimate disposal of assets.

That being said, the government at the federal and state level do give you a variety of incremental deductions around costs they think have additional economic value like homeownership, children, and education.

wow, aren’t you a piece of work. every comment you make is negative. surprised you didn’t find a reason to call me fat and disgusting

Literally the vast majority of posts and comments regarding economic or financial concepts period outside of dedicated subs to them and even then (I'm looking at you r/Economics) people can be shocking unknowledgeable.

Let's be honest. Redditors aren't going to "learn" anything from this. Everyone reading this will be back in some other post tomorrow complaining how inflation isn't real because it's all Walmart profits.

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