ZC3rr0r

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Les Leyne: What John Rustad is pitching: Tax cuts, addiction treatment, nuclear power, fire Bonnie Henry ( www.timescolonist.com )

His common sense vision for public safety involves a big increase in addiction treatment programs, most of them private and some of them involuntary, meaning during incarceration. He wants indefinite apprehension of permanently brain-damaged habitual offenders now wandering the streets, on mental health grounds. That could...

ZC3rr0r ,

Yeah, that's how the US got to where they are. Profit incentives have no place in healthcare, as it incentivizes the exact opposite of what you want.

If a patient is a revenue generator you'll want to make sure to keep them sick for as long as possible to make more money (or, alternatively, drain them as quickly as possible with exorbitant cost of care then boot them out the door when they can't pay anymore). If a patient is a cost you'll want to make sure they are healed as quickly as possible to avoid a further drain through expenses. And you've also got an incentive to provide high-quality care, because that patient returning means they will increase cost again. So you better do it right the first time around.

ZC3rr0r ,

Counterpoint: I proudly pay taxes and am happy to pay more if it means the betterment of all people living in the province. Taxes are the wave that lifts all boats (*when applied correctly - corruption and misspending are serious issues that should be addressed to keep taxation equitable). Anyone who has an issue with making sure we're all better off is welcome to go and build a society based off the "each man for himself" principle and report back how that turned out.

Face it - Humans are group animals by nature. We are stronger as a species when we band together.

Also, you can't actually donate to revenue Canada. So I have no clue what you're on about.

ZC3rr0r ,

Okay let's play this game since you obviously don't get it: Please tell me who should pay for the roads you use to drive on. And who should pay for the wildfire services that protect your house from burning down. And who should pay for police services to keep you safe. And who should pay for all other public good and services that exist to better our lives collectively.

Once you go down the rabbit hole of "everyone pays for only the things they need" you either end up re-inventing taxation with private entities instead of public ones, or you end up in utter chaos. For society to function, taxation is a necessity.

P.S. I do agree with you that misspending and corruption are serious problems that need to be addressed to maintain public trust in government spending, as I already stated.
P.P.S. I do actually donate to charities that operate on small margins and put the majority of their donations towards their cause.

ZC3rr0r ,

No, I strongly support unions. People have a right to gather and demand their labor be compensated fairly.
Don't see how that's related to taxation though.

As for flat taxes - they are a scam that hurt low and middle wage earners much more than rich people. A progressive taxation system is the most fair implementation of taxation - where people that have little means pay less and people with lots of means pay more. This equalizes the relative impact taxation has on the individual's income to be much fairer than any flat tax every could be. A 20% tax on a 30k/y income is much harder to bear for the individual than a 50% taxation on a 3m/y income. Someone with 24k to spend after taxes will have a much harder time to make ends meet than someone with a 1.5m take-home income.

ZC3rr0r ,

As someone familiar with Microsoft's meeting culture, this is pretty accurate. If you want to attend every meeting in the day, you will be in three meetings at once. At a minimum.

ZC3rr0r ,

That's so cute. Also funny to see how the grey color is dominant, but even the grey kittens get some of their pattern from the spotted patent.

ZC3rr0r ,

I am still thankful our parents woke us up and put us in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast of that happening. That was a watershed moment in post-war politics.

Black man who borrowed father's BMW questioned, forcibly arrested outside home ( www.cbc.ca )

tl;dr - Black man driving his dad's BMW is detained for being suspicious because he doesn't look like the sort of person who drives that car. He is subject to a rough arrest as his mother watches. Gatineau police insist there was no racial profiling.

ZC3rr0r ,

Man, this screams "racial profiling" and "unjustified use of force" and they still want to claim there's no wrongdoing. Seriously, what needs to happen before a police organization goes "Yes, this was excessive and unjustified and we have disciplined the responsible officers" instead of first trying to gaslight the public?

ZC3rr0r ,

The latter statement is pretty disputed to be honest. Between France and Belgium having an ongoing dispute, and the first reference to the dish being Spanish, it's a bit up in the air: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries

ZC3rr0r ,

That's a pretty hot take, seeing as it's the most successful single off the album in terms of sales and airplay.

ZC3rr0r ,

Seeing the solution, this one suddenly makes a ton of sense.

ZC3rr0r ,

"I had the right of way" makes a terrible headstone slogan.

ZC3rr0r ,

I'm not saying or suggesting that it's a pedestrian, cyclist, driver, or anyone else's sole responsibility to stay safe. In fact, I strongly believe the "stronger" party has an outsized responsibility to make sure they act safely and not endanger other road users.

All I'm advocating for is for all participants to be vigilant and not assume right of way will be honored by the other party.

Ultimately, only you can keep you safe. Don't assume anyone is flawless. Regardless of where you are driving a car, walking, cycling, etc. people can and will make mistakes, miss something, or forget to check.

ZC3rr0r ,

I think what is considered acceptable strongly depends on where you live to be honest.
Driving while druk (a felony offense in most places) is extremely frowned upon by the general public. At least, it is where I live.

Although I do get where you are coming from in terms of other behaviors, there's a reason traffic violations are the most ticketed offenses in just about any country.

ZC3rr0r ,

I really, really, appreciate seeing someone not dig their heels in at the sight of downvotes and actually continuing the conversation to learn about the other perspective.

Kudos to you, and thank you for reminding me why I hate Reddit and other social media where opinions are unchangeable and there is no grey between black and white.

ZC3rr0r ,

They'd honestly get away with it too if they did it in French. The average MAGA voter doesn't exactly strike me as multilingual.

ZC3rr0r ,

I struggle to see how being held accountable is a bad thing. Even in public office.

Nobody should be above the law.

ZC3rr0r ,

Yeah, see. This is the sort of thinking we accuse the right of, and it's just as unflattering a look here as it is when they do it. Can we at least try to not sink to this level?

ZC3rr0r , (edited )

Yeah, good luck with that mindset.

It's a lot easier to catch flies with honey than vinegar.

Painting people you don't agree with as "enemies" is exactly what causes this balkanization to happen and pushes everyone further and further to the fringes.

Instead of trying to "defeat" the people that vote right wing, we should try to present a more reasonable alternative for them than the increasingly extreme rethoric right wing politicians present them.

We don't "win" by killing everyone we disagree with, we win by convincing the right wing voters to join the cause and perceive the world through a less extreme lens.

ZC3rr0r ,

I had no clue people had conspiracy theories about Denver Internantional Airport. Like WTF?

ZC3rr0r ,

Yeah, he's pointing out what conservatives in the US don't want to hear and can't see for themselves; the consevative ideology is inconsistent with itself. Probably as a result of decades of being contrarian just for the sake of being contrarian.

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