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that is incorrect. 2023 US Payments to agriculture [1] were $10.972 billion. That is 0.04% of GDP or ~0.697% of the federal budget[2] for 2023. It spiked slightly in 2020, but has been a small portion of the budget for a long time.

[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/L312041A027NBEA

[2] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M318191Q027NBEA

[3] https://imgur.com/a/dwgS0m6

Possibly due to the unibody vs body-on-frame construction of the vehicle.

Cable.

Regular internet is frequently more expensive than the same speed internet + basic cable.

From an outside perspective the problem of household debt to household disposable income is not a uniquely American problem, nor is it even most acute in America.

Total household debt as a % of net disposable income is 109% in US. European countries with higher levels (in increasing order) are Greece, Spain, Belgium, France, Portugal, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Netherlands, and Denmark.

In Denmark, household debt is 280% of net disposable income. https://data.oecd.org/hha/household-debt.htm

renting at blockbuster made sense. You could watch a movie unlimited times within a 5 day period for $1.99, versus purchasing the video for $29.99.

renting at Amazon Kindle doesn't make sense. You could pay $9.99 to rent a digital version indefinitely (or until Amazon loses the rights to rent), or you can pay $6.50 to buy a paperback version that you have second sale rights to.

which would appear to be a violation of their terms:

If someone else might own the copyright to it, don't submit it. Outline is for reading pages that:

* you own the rights to,

* is in the public domain,

* constitutes fair use, or

* you have consent of the copyright holder.

perishables - Amazon ships goods including PrimeNow delivery and leveraging their acquisition of Whole Foods to ships fresh food

things you want right away - Prime Now, 2 hr delivery in select markets

services - Amazon has an entire section of services, from auto detailing to household cleaning

> But with the FCC now chaired by Republican Ajit Pai, the commission suggested in its annual broadband inquiry last month that Americans might not need a fast home Internet connection. Instead, mobile Internet via a smartphone, with speeds of just 10Mbps downstream and 1Mbps upstream, might be all people need, the FCC now suggests.

but given a new definition of "broadband", competition will increase significantly. Now you can not only choose between Comcast and DSL, but AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile/Sprint. See? Lots of competition!

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/ajit-...

news http://www.scotusblog.com/2017/06/justices-tackle-cellphone-...

and case page http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/carpenter-v-unite...

Amtrak gets priority when it is on time. The problem is that Amtrak is never on time. Don't blame the freight companies for that.

you can melt down any reactor. Perhaps you mean it can't create a nuclear explosion? in that you are right.

active shooter is not "becoming all too-common" and it's a really silly thing to be so concerned about. FBI found 160 incidents of active shooters between 2000-2013 with total of 1,043 casualties (486 deaths and 556 wounded).

Contrast that with other causes of mortality which in one year kill many more: motor vehicle accidents 35,369; peptic ulcers 2,988; gallbladder disorders 3,377; renal failure 46,425

Accidental poisoning killed 8,251 people between the ages of 25-34 in 2013 alone. Stop worrying about active shooters.

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/september/fbi-releases... http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf