Interesting Links for 18-03-2019

[andrewducker]

Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right - after 2,469 years

(tags:archeology Egypt history boats )

Analysis of what really is happening on the Boeing 737 Max issue

(tags:airplanes design fail )

This kind of art makes me very happy

(tags:art )

What is Amazon?

(tags:amazon business technology viaFanf )

In Iceland, a Hand-Drawn Map Is as Good as an Address

(tags:Iceland maps mail viaElfy )

Jay Rayner: my 20 years as a restaurant critic

(tags:food criticism history uk )

Comments

[movingfinger]

He is writing about alternate-universe Walmart where employees are paid a living wage and don't have to rely on food banks, taxpayer-funded food stamps, taxpayer-subsidized health care, and living in RVs to make ends meet. Oh and yes, Walmart like retirees because they tend to be trying to stretch inadequate or nonexistent pension funds. Thus, we can close the tab knowing this dude does not know what he is talking about in the world we are living in now.

ETA: United States Social Security is not public tax money. It is money earned by individual taxpayers and matched by their employers, collected as a payroll tax and publicly administered and distributed. This is an important distinction that Social Security haters would like you not to grasp: you and your employer have already paid for Social Security if you have a regular job in the US. It is your money.