
A tax on bullsh*t
Betting, as the saying goes, is a tax on bullshit. Opinions are easy -- you can have as many as you choose, often crowding contradictorily around the same topic. But a wager where there is something significant to be gained or lost tends to filter out all but the most serious perspectives. Usually, however, predictions about the future are conveniently forgotten or reshaped before the results are in. The tax on an egregiously formed piece of bullshit too rarely comes…
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