> If you pay income taxes you get a vote.

Why?

I’m not allowed to vote medicine FDA approvals because I’m not a doctor.

Why are some topics “restricted” to the experts? But voting for president is not?

The fundamental goal of voting isn't to pick the best candidate, but to pick a consensus candidate in such a way that everyone feels their voice was or at least could have been heard. The distinction gets obscured because a lot of people describe their decision about who to vote for in terms of candidate quality, but if you scratch the surface, you'll find that most have cultural and ideological expectations in mind, and because those expectations are often incompatible we have to find a way to balance them that everyone will agree is fair.

> I’m not allowed to vote medicine FDA approvals because I’m not a doctor.

Seriously? That's probably because the FDA does not have the power to declare war, annex territories, or sign treaties on your behalf.

> Why are some topics “restricted” to the experts?

You're still allowed to go across borders and get medication that the FDA has not approved for your own personal use. This "restriction" isn't nearly as complete as you pretend it is.

It actually only binds what professionals can do not what citizens can do.

> But voting for president is not?

It's actually /any/ representative. Does that make it clearer for you?

> All long term shareholders who support the company own an extra 10% of the firm with nothing out of pocket.

They own an extra 11%. Not 10%.

1/100 versus 1/90

I hate how fractions work this way. We need to call up the math people and ask them to change it.

Can you tell them to get rid of compounding interest while they are at it?

Sure. I’ll add it to the list.

I’m not sure if this is basically the same or just related to the first item, but I’m also going to make them also fix the bug where taking away 1/4 then adding 1/3 returns you to the same amount.

> Business Class trades well above 3X tourist class.

If you are a tourist searching business class on Google Flights, of course it’s 5-6x more expensive.

True business class / upper class travelers get discounts of 20-50% for J. And no, they’re not using Amex/Chase Travel.

> True business class / upper class travelers get discounts of 20-50% for J. And no, they’re not using Amex/Chase Travel.

What are they using, then?

Corporate discounts

Huh. Where? I work for a company that's not a FAANG but $200B market cap, and what we get through Concur, Spotnana is at most, 5, occasionally 10% below what I see for the same fare class on Expedia. I have never seen anything approaching 20% cheaper, let alone 50%.