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This is the same line of thinking as "we just need $X to wipe out all college debt/medical debt". Sure, you can do it, but what happens when the same amount of
by paxys 2y ago
This is the same line of thinking as "we just need $X to wipe out all college debt/medical debt". Sure, you can do it, but what happens when the same amount of debt is racked up again in a couple years? Do you keep using taxpayer money/crowdfunding/whatever else to pay it off every time? Or should you stop and address the core problem first, then fix the symptoms?
- reaperducer 2y agoThis is the same line of thinking as "we just need $X to wipe out all college debt/medical debt". Sure, you can do it, but what happens when the same amount of debt is racked up again in a couple years? So you never clean your toilet because it's just going to get dirty again?
- paxys 2y agoI don't let my toilet get to a state where it is a national/global emergency.
- konfusinomicon 2y agonot sure i have the self control to avoid Chipotle burritos like yourself
- svardilfari 2y ago"I'm not spending a dime or a second of MY time cleaning this toilet (that I also use) until someone fixes the root-cause, now AND forever! (never mind that I am also at least partially a contributing factor if I've ever eaten a single fish in my entire life)"
- acover 2y agoThey are suggesting installing a toilet so you aren't just using a corner and remodeling the house every few years.
- Dudelander 2y agoIf the presser is correct (and I am extremely skeptical), then the $7.5B cost would be trivial - even if it had to be done annually.