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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

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Does an Annuity Fit Into Your Retirement Plan? Weighing the Pros and Cons

1. Annuities can lose purchasing power over time due to inflation as most annuities do not offer cost-of-living adjustments. It is essential to consider this factor when determining if an annuity is suitable for your retirement plan.

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Five Changes to Our Electoral System I would love to see

The advantage to proportional representation is that members of minority parties and groups get representation. For example, Democrats in Red states such as Texas and Republicans in Blue states such as California. Under our current system, Democrats in Red areas and Republicans in Blue areas get no representation in Congress or state legislatures.

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Can the XCAD Network make money from YouTube?

The XCAD Plugin will let users earn, stake, view, and trade creator tokens. The Influencer MarketCap allows users to track and analyze tokens. The XCAD DEX (decentralized exchange) allows users to swap, trade and sell creator tokens and other creator assets. The NFT (nonfungible token) marketplace will allow users to buy creators NFTs.

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America’s Do-Nothing Politicians, or why Modern Democrats and Republicans are Worse than Tammany Hall

So why did some of America’s most corrupt, cynical, and racist politicians do a lot for ordinary people in the past, while today’s enlightened leaders do nothing?

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America’s Rotten Boroughs

How rotten is the US Senate? Vox’s Ian Miller estimates 16% of the nation’s population elected half the US Senate in 2020. By Miller’s estimate, 25 US States contain 84% of the nation’s population, yet they get the same representation as the 25 states with 16% of the population.

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What Britain’s Civil War Scare can teach us about America’s Civil War Hysteria

 
The cause of Britain’s Civil War Scare was the Home Rule Crisis. Prime Minister H.M. Asquith’s Liberal government launched the crisis by introducing the Third Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons in 1912.

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Is Avis Budget (CAR) worth $298.07?

 
So why is a car rental company so popular with investors? Well, Avis Budget is growing fast. Stockrow estimates Avis Budget’s revenues grew by 211.97% in the quarter ending on 30 June 2021, 95.63% in the quarter ending on 30 September 2021, and 89.59% in the quarter ending on 31 December 2021.

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What Value does the Chia crypto have?

Strangely, Chia (XCH) is one of the few blockchain projects to admit it is a profit-making business. To that end, they plan to make Chia a public-reporting company subject to the US Securities Act of 1933.

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