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How much to tax, the transit D.C. should build, and why Biden should run again

Matthew Yglesias
Feb 10
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The state of our mailbag is strong

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Greetings!

I feel like the groundhog did his thing and we’re getting relief from the winter cold. Here’s some more positivity on top of that:

AI assistants are making computer programmers much more productive. The journalism industry isn’t dying everywhere: New York Times’ revenue is growing strongly, while Politico continues to expand its state coverage. The first Builders’ Remedy projects are getting ready in California. The Labor Party has a big housing reform proposal in Australia, here’s a cool chart showing the enormous expansion of access to electricity in India, and LeBron James now owns the all-time scoring record.

On to the questions.

Lindsey: What do you think of Dan Savage's position that the default for new relationships should not be assumed to be monogamous, but rather an open question to be determined by the interested parties?

I think I’m old and married!

BD Anders: As a film buff/movie fan, do you have any thoughts or strong feelings re: proposals to amend the Oscar per…

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