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Does this plan make sense? v2 (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Roleplaying as Decronym bot for a moment:

Acronyms, initialisms, and other phrases seen in this thread:

Shortform	Likely Meaning
VAT	Value-Added Tax
IRS	Internal Revenue Service
UBI	Universal Basic Income
CPI	Consumer Price Index
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
FPTP/FPP voting	First-Past-The-Post, or First-Past-Post voting
STAR voting	Score Then Automatic Runoff voting
RCV	Ranked Choice Voting
IRV	Instant-Runoff Voting
STV	Single-Transferable Vote
AV	Approval Voting
321/3-2-1 voting	3 Semifinalists, 2 finalists, 1 winner via rating candidates
MMP	Mixed-Member Proportional (Representation)
PAC	Political Action Committee
CCC	Civilian Conservation Corp
EC	Electoral College
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
EU	European Union
US	United States
SCOTUS	Supreme Court of the United States
RMV	Registry of Motor Vehicles
IIRC	If I Remember Correctly
TF	The Fuck
UBU	Universal Basic UwU