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Your comment can be summed up as "Just have money." If you can't afford health insurance, you can't make sure you're covered. The only option is to not have it

Your comment can be summed up as "Just have money." If you can't afford health insurance, you can't make sure you're covered. The only option is to not have it and to go to the ER whenever there are problems. Cities find ways of ticketing you. They make $20M/yr from parking violations. If that revenue drops, they'll change the rules until it goes up again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjpmT5noto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjpmT5noto For example, there are tow traps that don't look anything like tow zones. I've seen at least five cars fall into it, myself included. The city won't change it, and you can't fight it. Another example: Street cleaning. It's a euphemism for "Move your car or we'll ticket you." No one shows up to clean the streets, ever, but they're there at 8AM to write you a ticket. When you're forced to park on the street, you can't get away from this. And the notifications for street cleaning often appear between midnight at 8AM, meaning you can end up late to work or with a $150 ticket if you don't pay rapt attention every day.

loco5niner 9y ago
John Oliver (comedian/entertainer) is your "source of truth"? * What is this world coming to? * > Your comment can be summed up as "Just have money." Not at all! None of the 6 points I made are solved by "Just have money". They are solved by making responsible choices. Just be responsible. I certainly recognize that government policy can be ridiculous and is certainly abused, but what really got the people in John Olivers video in trouble was not taking care of their responsibilities in the first place. Yes, there are people out there who prey on irresponsible people. Don't be one of those people. Be responsible.
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loco5niner 9y ago
>When you're forced to park on the street, you can't get away from this. And the notifications for street cleaning often appear between midnight at 8AM, meaning you can end up late to work or with a $150 ticket if you don't pay rapt attention every day. I will have to admit that this is not a problem I have to deal with, and am completely unfamiliar with the concept. I imagine it has to do with poor urban planning. I can certainly imagine a situation where you could end up in this situation through no fault of your own. However, the phrase, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me" would seem to apply.
- sillysaurus3 9y ago
  Unfortunately, they do it on purpose to ticket you. The planning consists of "How can we extract the maximum number of tickets out of people?" Between midnight and 8AM, they put up a sign saying there will be street cleaning today. Every day, when you wake up for work, you must check your car. If there's no open spot on the same street, it can sometimes take up to an hour to locate a valid spot elsewhere in the city. (Most streets require a city sticker zoned to your location, meaning you can't just park anywhere.) After a few years of this treatment, you'll stop feeling like it's possible to just obey the law. They're out to extract money from you, and the proof is that no one shows up to sweep the streets. Only to write you tickets.
  - loco5niner 9y ago
    I think it's interesting that you replied to this comment, but not my other comment (the one referencing John Oliver). I'm sure the situation you are describing is difficult to deal with.
  - njarboe 9y ago
    What city does this happen in? Every place I lived either had a set schedule for street cleaning with clearly posted permanent signs or, for low density irregular cleaning towns, did not ticket the few cars left on the street during the day. What you are describing seems to call for 2nd amendment style reconstitution of the local government by the populous.

loco5niner 9y ago

John Oliver (comedian/entertainer) is your "source of truth"? * What is this world coming to? * > Your comment can be summed up as "Just have money." Not at all! None of the 6 points I made are solved by "Just have money". They are solved by making responsible choices. Just be responsible. I certainly recognize that government policy can be ridiculous and is certainly abused, but what really got the people in John Olivers video in trouble was not taking care of their responsibilities in the first place. Yes, there are people out there who prey on irresponsible people. Don't be one of those people. Be responsible.

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loco5niner 9y ago

>When you're forced to park on the street, you can't get away from this. And the notifications for street cleaning often appear between midnight at 8AM, meaning you can end up late to work or with a $150 ticket if you don't pay rapt attention every day. I will have to admit that this is not a problem I have to deal with, and am completely unfamiliar with the concept. I imagine it has to do with poor urban planning. I can certainly imagine a situation where you could end up in this situation through no fault of your own. However, the phrase, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me" would seem to apply.

sillysaurus3 9y ago
Unfortunately, they do it on purpose to ticket you. The planning consists of "How can we extract the maximum number of tickets out of people?" Between midnight and 8AM, they put up a sign saying there will be street cleaning today. Every day, when you wake up for work, you must check your car. If there's no open spot on the same street, it can sometimes take up to an hour to locate a valid spot elsewhere in the city. (Most streets require a city sticker zoned to your location, meaning you can't just park anywhere.) After a few years of this treatment, you'll stop feeling like it's possible to just obey the law. They're out to extract money from you, and the proof is that no one shows up to sweep the streets. Only to write you tickets.
- loco5niner 9y ago
  I think it's interesting that you replied to this comment, but not my other comment (the one referencing John Oliver). I'm sure the situation you are describing is difficult to deal with.
- njarboe 9y ago
  What city does this happen in? Every place I lived either had a set schedule for street cleaning with clearly posted permanent signs or, for low density irregular cleaning towns, did not ticket the few cars left on the street during the day. What you are describing seems to call for 2nd amendment style reconstitution of the local government by the populous.