06-06-2022, 08:44 PM
(05-30-2022, 04:43 PM)Duchess Wrote: A little background--the discussion was about candidates & earning your vote. The person said "I have conditions & they are the bare minimum that are acceptable and then went on to list them. I won't do them all, just the ones that made my jaw drop.
Right off the bat--living should be free.
Universal clothing credits
Free water
Free energy
Free telecommunications
Free public transit
$600/18 hr. week
I told him that I am a tree huggin' Liberal and I thought his list was ridiculous.
I'm all for raising people up, helping them, treating them fairly, but all that free, free, free...good lord! I wanted to respond that I like Capitalism too, but I was blocked. And why do people do that, run their mouth and then close the door. Fricken pansyass.
I don't like the mentality of free stuff, handouts etc etc
We have some free transit around here, which I think is nice. They were doing it during covid and kept it going for a while.
I wish healthcare would either be free-or be much more affordable than it is now-and not linked to a person's career or job. Many people stay in crappy jobs or jobs they don't enjoy only because of healthcare being provided.
Student loan forgiveness: I paid my loans off. But I don't care if others get thiers forgiven. I don't understand where this talk came from either-but it sort of feels shitty to hold it out there for people and then to take it away.
Maybe student loans and school prices got too high and were ridiculous-but has that improved? So that is confusing to me.