GreyEyedGhost

"Hey, little guy, is an asteroid gonna kill us all?"

Cluck cluck!

Canada doesn't need to pick up the slack. The rest of the world, including Canada, needs to pick up the slack. This could take a while, but there are drug researchers in Canada and Europe, and other parts of the world. They are being presented with an advantage when Trump incentivizes investment in their existing pharmaceutical industry. Ramp up time may be an issue, especially if investors think America is going to return to its old behavior within 4 years. If they don't believe that, they may well invest heavily and early, which could be a win for all of us.

(2 of the 3 first COVID vaccines originated outside the US.)

Well, there were a lot of fundamental steps that had to be completed first, not least of which was a high pressure vessel. This all took a lot of materials science, advancement in seemingly unrelated fields, etc., etc. Not unlike fusion technology... The difference is we have 2000 years more advancement than they had when they invented the steam engine.

It was about 1800 years between the first steam engine and a practical steam engine. I'm sorry that one or two generations is too long for you.

I'm supposed to believe at least two people read the article?

And im perfectly fine with this use case. I'm not impressed with the idea of changing prices from day to day, and certainly not throughout the day.

That should really be pinned in account setup somewhere. This was a warning I saw when I first joined, so it was fresh in my mind when I started here, and it looks like it's still causing difficulties, although it had slipped by the time I came across this.

That's exactly what I said.

I'd agree that unnecessary contracts are subsidies but then that just pushes your point down the road a little bit. I'd say that maintaining the ISS isn't unnecessary, for instance.

It's surprising how many people still operate on the concept of temporarily embarrassed millionaires ($100 million dollars in current value). This is not the vast majority of us, and never will be. It's like when my dad would talk about the "death tax" which is pretty much a thing...if you have over $10 million in your estate and a whole bunch of other caveats. He never had that before he died, and I didn't look into the details of the inheritance tax before he died, either.

Canada's current version of the death tax is the capital gains tax change...which is something like an additional $13k if your income is over $300k of capital gains. And people respond with, "But what if I sell my house?" If your house is your primary residence (and you owned it for at least a year), it's tax free. If it isn't, it only matters if it appreciated by $300k, and again I think you can handle the extra $13k.

You disappoint me. You had engaging metaphors that had me amused even while disagreeing with much of what you said. But then you refuted someone else's comment referring to the clink of champagne glasses with the sound of a till and went right back to champagne! Do keep going, it has been entertaining, but only if the consistency is held to the highest standards.