BashfulBob [none/use name]

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  • who cares if food costs a lot more

    Food Line Go Up! Economy Get Better!

    the journalist points out when recalling that “only 76 percent of the electoral roll voted, thus being one of the lowest records of all our democratic life”.

    I don't think I could point to a US election with better than 76% turnout.

    The announcement which is considered to be the most cruel is the suspension of the delivery of free medicines to retirees, who receive minimum pensions. It is impossible for millions of Argentines to make ends meet with the ever-rising increases in foodstuffs and rates for essential services. This is happening for the first time in the history of the period of “democratic recovery”, and it means the death sentence for millions of retirees, who are also beaten and mistreated in their peaceful marches every Wednesday.

    Christ. Hard to make a better argument for Juche than this. If a single election can strip millions of their access to industrial produced medication, it is that much more urgent for the people to have the capacity to manufacture the goods that keep them alive.





  • You could have 1 truck for 50 houses and it would sit unused most of the time.

    My local Uhaul does a pretty brisk business in a neighborhood of 150 houses, and they've got way more than three trucks.

    Most people need their trucks to move and maybe a few times a year to haul stuff from home depot.

    There's definitely peaks and troughs. Everyone likes having a truck when its time to pick up a Christmas Tree or re-sod the yard. So you run into a problem of people having one week where nobody needs the truck and one week where everyone needs it.

    But also, having a "community truck" opens the opportunity for other community projects. Would be nice if the truck came paired with a few professional construction workers who could direct a community effort to update the local playground or fill potholes or do more advanced home repairs (roofing / re-siding, etc). Then we start talking more broadly about a Citizen Conservation Corps or similar public works department that exists to create/upgrade/maintain amenities across town without getting price-gouged by for-profit contractors for the privilege.



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    11 days ago

    I've got an alternative solution to secure and protect our beloved CEOs while still guaranteeing we receive a steady influx of their priceless wisdom. Hear me out, it's a bit unorthodox or... rather... extremely orthodox.

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