you won't mind if we go ahead and implement madicare for all, right?
As long as you paid into the fund.
You acknowledge that the market for housing is screwed
Nope. Supply and demand are behaving as expected.
socialized healthcare
We've had that for years. If some bum collapses on the sidewalk, they get taken to our local public hospital. No questions asked and no payment required.
raise the minimum wage
We did that. The landlords increased rents in anticipation of an increase in demand. Before the wage law actually kicked in. Those who were not working, or working "off the books" in the gig economy lost their residences and either moved away or are living under the freeway. Attempts to apply wage minimums to the gig economy backfired. People lost jobs and housing. And they had to reverse the law.
We have very low unemployment here. Job openings are going begging. I'd love a socialist economy. "Here's some work to do. Here's your broom. Get busy."
Switched on the news this morning and heard about the ClownStrike FUBAR. Switched around between a couple of newscasts. The only station that reported "does not affect Linux" was our (much hated on Slashdot) local right wing station.
What freedom? Boss expects them to show at the drop of a hat
You don't work for yourself?
but pays minimum wage.
You don't work for yourself?
Rent is higher than the paycheck.
You don't work for yourself? Where you want?
Life consists of work and sleep.
You don't work for yourself? At a job you like?
Of course, under socialism, none of these will be your choices. You will do what you are told. Or gulag.
people who don't believe they have anything to lose.
Their freedom.
require social changes that some political factions might call "socialism"
I guess some people just don't care for freedom. So they should be just fine with prison. Either in a DOC facility or behind an iron curtain.
I wonder what the customer actually thinks.
Venus is considered "deep space" now?
"Venus, the Bringer of Peace" - Gustav Holst
I am Spartacus!
the future of their children does not concern them
Say that again when the GOP tries to take another bite out of Roe v. Wade.
Why must we endure this ongoing punishment?
Verizon has always had true unlimited (i.e., no asterisks like throttling) plans for government agencies.
If only you would have signed over your eternal soul and firstborn*, you too could have had the DeLuxe government plan.
*And forever abandoned your public service bands to us so you can never go back.
Wasn't Verizon the one who charged some California fire departments extra fees for exceeding their data cap right in the middle of fire season?
F* Verizon and f* AT&T. AT&T can't keep FirstNet running (our municipalities use it for data only). Listen to the tech support frequency on the scanner and laugh every time I hear "The network is down." Voice wireless is still handled locally and the cities would have to be nuts to change. Cellular coverage in my neighborhood is shit.
Install thermosyphons.
If it smells it's chemistry, if it crawls it's biology, if it doesn't work it's physics.
