Always glad to have an opportunity to understand another country’s healthcare system and it’s inner-workings. Appreciate it 🤙🏻 I remember right-wing people in USA Air Traffic Control would bring up Canada’s ATC system and workers, and I would just always bring up retirement/benefits for the differences in pay and how we paid for them anyway - and less efficiently. Plus I’m quite certain their guaranteed workers’ protections were better than what we got from the union directly (not USA union bashing at all - just strictly the bennies in comparison).

Even if you build the infrastructure, there will still be Tariffs on the raw materials. The production stateside wouldn’t be significant enough to offset that in any way with how things have been built the past 30+ years. If that hypothesis would even be the end goal, they likely would’ve saved more by pumping out extra acquisitions in the handful of years tariffs have rammed the economy and USA society at its most basic levels *ETA realized I might’ve more/less double-talked on @YeahToast@aussie.zone

I mean, if they could’ve taken care of governing 1/10 as much of their bodies compared to some others… /s Somewhat. *ETA I just enjoy the overall general positivity and goodwill of responses in this section of Lemmy instances

But it’s just a “request,” right?!

Hot take(?): If you’re willing to do extra, unpaid work for free - partisanship aside - should you be allowed to do this at all in any non-elected/appointed, bureaucratic job? Especially with a “request,” with the descriptor of “emergency,” before it? Breaks my heart. *Edited to correct grammar

Anecdotally, I know some folks who work under the UAW. Before/after a recent round of significant layoffs because of these big, beautiful tariffs, even the union leadership was spouting off how manufacturing would return to the US within years and it would be “worth it.” Some of the workers who already didn’t want to jump in bed with Trump ate it up. You would think at least leadership in a massive union overseeing any manufacturing/production would at least understand how this was a bad move for their whole organization, but here we are.

Hey now. Dildos can do some good.

*and controlling women & minorities

I’m pretty much on the same page. The reporting has been oddly sub-par and absolutely has barely touched on privacy concerns. The handful of things I read and heard only focused on the kids claiming that losing the sites will tear away their social lives? I get it. I had more social media back in the day, but that argument for this situation is a weak one.

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This is why you try not to put weenies in charge. Especially the fascist wannabe Nazi types.

And long-term special guest spots as being a victim and “Surviving My MAGA Nightmare” anchors on Fox?

Some areas of the country only have exposure to sub-par sammies. That’s it. I’ve been slugging down quality hoagies since a young age and found Jersey Mike’s to be so underwhelming, and - even without considering how overpriced it is - I only tried it once.

Only crymin-maxing.

Aye

Also, “quickly” in US can be 8+ months before you even get a basic assessment by a specialist. Things get worse? Might as well go straight to the ER. Urgent “Cares” were a band-aid for general/family practice groups not having space for sick visits. Word is a regional network now won’t even be doing stitches at urgent care. ER required.

After I looked at everything else the problem with our dishwasher was a malfunctioning motherboard that could “only” be replaced by a certified professional. I at least fixed our dryer once and our vacuums as needed, so I got that at least.

Ain’t masturbation if it’s with another man. Checkmate.

Like it’s not already difficult for people here in the U.S.A. to afford. As a vast majority of anything else the ACA adjustment would never trickle down, but it sure as hell will boulder/snowball down. And that’s on top of the Medicaid/Medicare cuts.

A game, where depending on opinion, $20 is only $20.