I had been following the guys for years on the hotspot, and when jeff got fired, I stoped going there. For a year I didn't really care about any podcast or video-game site too much. Then I researched to find out what Jeff was up to, and I found this site. Ever since I've heard every podcast and endurance run. I've heard the podcasts multiple times. I find the most interesting stuff isn't even the games, it's the guys and their conversations about almost nothing. That's what keeps me comming back. I don't think many people get that, but you could take away the game database, and the forums and all of the quick-looks (basicly make the site a blank page with just the podcast and maybe the endurance runs) and these guys would continue to have a major following. It's a shame they can't seem to make a buck out of their podcasts.
@SolidOcelot: I think a sliding scale is acceptable since 1% of a fairly wealthy person's income is often times less important to their survival than 1% of a poor person's income is to theirs. However, I also feel like the tax rates applied here in Europe, where people with just 25000€/year incomes get taxed 40% are outrageous. In the case of America you still have that multi-trilion dollar deficit to concern yourself with.
My solution would be very simple. No country would be allowed to have a deficit. If it did, that deficit would be immediatly deducted from the next avvailable source of revenue the state has. This is tricky since government needs to borrow money from the fed or the european central bank. Which leads me to step two. The extinction of the fed and the appropriation of the responsability for money policies by the government.
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