What alternative?
Unless you're talking about massively reforming your governments and the way your society is structured there is no alternative.
Ooooh. Thanks friendo.
Not sure being any age makes some of those messages remotely acceptable (I'm not enough in the loop to know much about it, other than a couple of things that were said).
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37503290
Young Republican kids
The Jabbamensch
The cool thing was I could use the same MetroCard for both
Has this not been a thing for like 60 years practically everywhere?
RIP cities that don't have this.
In conclusion, I approve of your lifestyle
This will be the first year of my adult life where I won't hit it which feels pretty amazing.
Heck yeah!
Oh damn, that must suck (regarding the glucose monitoring)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I do have one extra Response:
I don't mind private health existing but it should only exist without all the bs policy to force you into it and without leeching off public funding through tax breaks and Medicare funding.
The problem is that the private health model in our country only works with tax breaks and Medicare funding.
If we made them ACTUALLY compete with Medicare (i.e., if you have private health cover, you're no longer eligible for Medicare), the business model would collapse.
I for one, propose this as a method for killing it off.
By making them compete, hehe
Our of curiosity, what does this look like in your view?
I must be preaching to the choir, but remember this when they don't tax large corps, or propose another tax cut for workers (you and me).
We don't need tax cuts, we need to stop wasting money on subsidising the already wealthy so we can afford to finally abolish private health for good!
(Dentists don't like the sound of this, because they won't be able to charge whatever they like anymore. But tough, my mouth bones aren't a luxury)
Thanks for this haha, I do often feel like I'm just projecting "things are bad" into the world. Appreciate you saying this.
No worries mate. All the best in improving your country's situation!
We have it decent in Australia, but for the Americans reading on, the bar is so ridiculously low you can walk over it.
I hope one day Medicare can actually be universal, and not the private subsidy model we have currently.
I dunno about you, but finding bulk billing is a pain the arse now, and in certain areas it simply doesn't exist. Not to mention my premium mouth bones which aren't covered for some stupid reason.
I just wish we'd finally kill off private health. Private health is such a scam we only take out because we have a two tiered system and there's a tax discount.
I really don't like Australians talking about how good we have it, when it's kinda meh, and actively getting worse.
That all being said, yeah, the PBS is pretty good and I'm glad insulin is affordable.
Thank Christ we didn't get the Libs back (for American readers, that's the conservative party), we could do SO much better given how wealthy we are per person.
But, anyone who doesn't want to pay more in tax in order to get truly public healthcare doesn't know how to do maths. We could just pay what we pay in private health premiums already, in tax, and we'd probably get way better care per person (because profit is inherently inefficient).
Abolish private health.
Thanks for being accosted with my rant.
then they won't be and people will need to be able to move on
Wtf are you advocating for here?
That law enforcement shouldn't face repercussions if they're breaking the law (or violating generally accepted human rights)?
No, ICE agents covering up their face, so they don't have to face consequences, shouldn't be able to just move on after the fact.
Are you allergic to the concept of accountability?
It's absolutely bizarre that you are arguing for the humanity of Americans, when that's not your position. Your argument is for the "humanity" of those within law enforcement wanting no consequences for their actions.
It's very naive to think this isn't troubling for EVERYONE in the US, not just the alleged foreigners (who, in many cases, are completely legally in your country and have done nothing wrong).
The US is a imperial nation, so I have every right to comment on your politics, as a vassal of the US.
Bruh, as much as I'd like to see you cry about how the leopards ate your face (when you inevitably face the consequences of this slide into fascism), I'd much rather see the US have some semblance of sanity. Because we're just standing here with our pants down, entirely at your military's mercy (Australia).
It's about time we diversify our security partners, holy balls.
Read a book, learn some history, you made be troubled when you do.
https://lemmy.world/comment/18176899
Apparently 30 roses is $200 AUD ($126 USD).
Florists making a killing today.
@gofsckyourself@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21049862
The only numbers I will ever spell are one and zero, and only when using them as a pronoun, or for emphasis, respectively.
Is there ever a reason to not to use symbols when dealing with numbers? Why would "fourteen whatevers" ever be preferable to "14 whatevers". It's just so much easier to read numbers as symbols, not spelled out.
(Caveat, not including multipliers, like "273 billion").
Thanks for filling me in :)