Politics Please say rock bottom is getting close

Seems like the polarization in America is similar to religious nuts in the mid east that believe in Jihad and want to kill the infidels regardless. If you don't believe the way they do, they want you dead, eliminated etc. It's their way of controlling and protecting their faith and mission in life. Without regards to respect for others and differing points of view. It's total tribalism like Shias thinking all sunnis should not exist and it's best to kill them. wow...then their kids do the same.....

 

Almost like services essential to living should be state-run without profit motive.

 

Report: One Third Of The World Under US Sanctions

Four consecutive US governments have incrementally expanded their reliance on using the US dollar as a weapon of war.

Forcing nations across the world to create alternative financial systems and pursue de-dollarization.

https://popularresistance.org/report-one-third-of-the-world-under-us-sanctions/

 

Or State run without any cost control or management efficiencies. I used to deal with State purchasing agents within various departments. If we dont spend it this year we dont get an increase in budget next year.

 

Some would say death by starvation and disease is better than a quick death by bombing. A lot of people would say neither is good at all.

 

John Deere Lays Off 1,000 Workers, Outsourcing to Mexico After Doing $7 Billion Stock Buyback

 

WOW, what a brilliant idea. We could call it...communityism...or maybe commune...oh wait. Nevermind.

 

Like the fire department? Or our roads?

What for-profit essential services are better than universal?

 

Or Trump University?

 

Well, you left quite a few things out. Food production is necessary for survival, should we collectivize farming like Stalin did? Clothing is essential, as is shelter,energy (point of original post), telecommunications...

It's not that it's inherently bad to pay for something via taxes. But statements like "services essential to living should be state-run without profit motive" seem to miss the fact that communism has been an utter failure everywhere it's been tried. And I think a lot of people on the left are secret or not so secret admirers of the idea.

 

Wow....what a success and cost worthy implantation.
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It was successful when it was being used... contacts with addiction services went up exponentially due to Measure 110. Now it's not being used because we've changed the law, but there is still a contract. We chose this inefficiency when we changed measure 110. It was inevitable.

That said, there is more than enough money in Measure 110 to cover it. But like anything, trying to be more strict and punish more people is nearly always less efficient, a complete waste of time and money, and as often as not causes more harm than doing nothing.

Make any government service as shitty as possible so we can argue that it doesn't work.

That is the the "centrist" and "republican" way.

 

It's good to have accountability and a transparent plan that can be measured. What gets measured gets done. And, if you dont know where you are going, you will, end up somewhere else.
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Regardless if its government or private if they are not managed properly and not producing positive within the plan and budget, they should be scrutinized and expected to implement an improvement plan.

 

And they were producing positive results within the plan and the budget before the new changes.

 

Wasnt it the governor that acted to push the change?