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by 5upplied_demand 8mo ago
Everything depends on actual implementation. In healthcare, for example, we already had a system where state money was sent to private healthcare and pharmaceutical companies corporations. The problem was that the poorest people still had t
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by 5upplied_demand 8mo ago
> Even at the time Bill Clinton was already very much right-wing. He raised taxes, lowered military spending, and pursued universal healthcare. Those are not, and have never been, right-wing stances in the US.
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by 5upplied_demand 8mo ago
> We're really near the point of no return and a lot of people don't seem to notice. A lot of people are cheering it (some on this very site).
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by 5upplied_demand 8mo ago
The subtitle of the article tells us this is happening. > Wisconsin has now joined several states with legislative proposals to make the process more transparent. But it is a reactive measure. It has taken years for the impacts of these
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by 5upplied_demand 9mo ago
> did they "default" on their side of the treaty? I'm pretty sure they all answered the call when the US invoked Article 5 after the 9/11 attacks, no? > The US has paid 65 to 70% of the total of $1.4 to 1.5T/y
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by 5upplied_demand 9mo ago
You clearly did, others seem to agree, hence the light gray color. Looks like I touched a nerve by calling it out. > Put your clothes back on. Pretty lame response (but totally not an insult), you can do better.
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by 5upplied_demand 9mo ago
If you keep reading to point #9 on Constitutional Issues, they say "Limiting Overreaching State Government: We recognize that the sovereignty of this State and its citizenry has been imperiled and threatened by the ongoing overreach of
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by 5upplied_demand 9mo ago
Its fascinating to watch you twist yourself into knots justifying all types of contradictory actions after they have happened. You are certainly committed to the bit. This is another case where you failed to do any research and are provably
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by 5upplied_demand 9mo ago
As the article clearly explains, the ABA had the formal status that the Texas Supreme Curt granted them in 1983. What we have now is a change of that policy, giving that power to a political body (an elected Supreme Court) without providing
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by 5upplied_demand 9mo ago
Nothing else. Enjoy arguing with and insulting strangers on the internet.
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by 5upplied_demand 9mo ago
But that wasn't your point at all. You said: > As for chicolate milk: there's probably as much added sugar in it as in a can of Cola. Your own follow-up comment proved this to be false. No need to dig in further.
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by 5upplied_demand 9mo ago
They can help educate a nation on which are the healthiest foods to eat, how to prepare them, what they taste like, etc. That may allow us to more healthily feed a nation 100%, while also using fewer resources.
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by 5upplied_demand 9mo ago
Try re-reading your comment and applying the same rubric.
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by 5upplied_demand 9mo ago
It sounds like you are having trouble seeing the positives in a tribe you don't belong to.
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by 5upplied_demand 9mo ago
> who live in a desert with no natural resources. Quite remarkable. Almost as remarkable as your ability to completely invent something, and then present as a fact. It is similar to how you claimed Trump has a concrete policy of abandoni
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by 5upplied_demand 9mo ago
> Humans need to remain 100% accountable for their own actions Humans built ChatGPT. Should they remain accountable for what it says and does? If not, at what point do they get to offload responsibility? Charles Manson, didn't commi
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
> Trump stated that Project 2025 wasn't related to his campaign because it wasn't. But it is related to the list of "Trump's Policies" that you created out of thin air, which bare a striking resemblance to many o
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
> His thesis is that American success is due to Americans and what is distinctive about them Can you please link to when and where he said this? Because it raises a question of when someone becomes "American." Trump's gran
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
> Parents will always need to combine education, guidance, and trust-building with any tools, rather than relying on government mandates that compromise privacy. I agree. You haven't explained why the government can't be one of
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
> You, a European, want to tell the US public how their resources are to be used, and when they don't agree with you then you act morally superior about it. As an American, I can confidently say that we do the exact same thing from
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
> started trying to convince voters on their own merit I'm not sure this is true anymore given the splitting of media and news sources. When everyone watched the same 3 news programs it was easier to speak to those people. It is ver
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
> Parents are supposed to be parenting, without the help of the Government. Why wouldn't we want the government to support parenting in similar ways the Government support's retirement, personal security, entrepreneurship, educ
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
Better stop eating all that sugar.
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
> You can configure parental controls or take away the phone. Your first suggestion was silly, so now you have pivoted to telling me another way to parent. All the while have zero experience of your own. Did you know that social media is
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
> Except when I look at the city I grew up in, it is no longer safe for kids, and kids do not even go outside anymore Which city? I ask because I am raising my kids in Chicago. It is far safer than when I was a child and I was under the
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
> to allow you to omit having some tough but needed conversations with your child regarding harms of social media As any parent knows, if you tell your kids that something is harmful, they will stop immediately. No questions asked. I&#x2
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
This is not "offloading parenting of your child to the government" it is acknowledging that a certain action can be far easier to take (getting a child off social media) if the government puts in laws to support those actions. Soc
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
You said you've seen it happen "often" and provided no examples other than the one you are using to make your point. You implied that you have heard it multiple times in different contexts. I was asking for some of those cont
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
That has been happening consistently for almost 15 years. https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/fotw-1323-janu...
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by 5upplied_demand 10mo ago
>I often see parents expressing their happiness with a state taking the role of a "bad cop" As an actual parent, I have never heard of this or seen it. Can you provide some real examples?

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