Polls: Society & Politics

Should Bosnia and Herzegovina become a member of the European Union?

I'm hearing theft is high in stores in my area. The more people succeed in theft, the more will join. Why pay for anything, if can get it free? It means the honest people pay for item pay more

Penalties for tax evasion are high... much higher than theft. I'm curious, if someone steals electrical supplies from big box store... I hear that is a big theft item... and tax was due... is that tax theft?

and thus punishable under tax code?

It costs them money to pay for lawyers…but that could be their penance. Those who can’t afford the penance aren’t productive enough.

One is a racist, fraudster, sex assaulter.. who doesn’t know what a tariff is
The other is a moderate corporatist who would safely manage the economy, as Biden did. Do you not look at economic results?

How can a non-operative (non-op) trans woman with a functioning penis navigate everyday life, socially and practically, while living authentically as a woman?

What are the emotional and psychological implications for non-op trans women who use their penis during sex, and how does it impact their sense of femininity?

Does having a penis create a sense of disconnect or conflict with their feminine self-image during intimate experiences for non-op trans women?

*$30,900 = 27,610 Euros

11.6% of people in the U. S. lived BELOW the currently defined OFFICIAL poverty level

The official poverty line as currently defined is "three times the cost of a minimum diet in 1963" – meaning it's measured by how much families spent on food FIVE decades ago. The poverty line DOES NOT account for different regions costs of living.

The poverty line is used as a fundamental tool for people in poverty to receive almost ALL FEDERAL benefits such as housing, food stamps, tuition supplements, school lunches, public transportation subsidy, Medicaid, utility assistance & subsidized child care.

Congress hasn't raised the poverty line because they don't want to be responsible for statistically, but accurately, broadening the definition of poverty and increasing the number of Americans below the line by providing accurate data

Congress also hasn't updated the poverty line to reflect widely varying housing costs in different localities.

In 1963, the median household income covered about 34% of the typical home price. By 2022, this percentage had decreased to just 17%, indicating that home prices have grown more than twice as fast as wages over this period.

Congress has not changed the poverty level baseline because that could be viewed as UNFAIR to people living in a few regions with the lowest housing costs, mainly the rural South & Midwest.

For more info:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/09/why-federal-poverty-line-not-effective/10827076002/

After they killed their own border bill because trump whined about having nothing to campaign on if it passed it seems like it shouldn't even be a something worth speculating over in the media. Yet every day I seem to see a new article that talks about the border without mentioning how republicans killed their own border bill because trump whined about having nothing to campaign on if it passed. Are they just going to keep memory holing ut?

There were over a million abortions in the USA last year.

I would like to make it illegal. I think it’s evil, a horrible thing to do. It’s murder. Don’t have sex if you can’t deal with the consequences, it will also stop people from hooking up and having meaningless flings etc…

We have declining birth rates too, we actually need these people, who’s gonna look after the country as we get old?

I only agree in very exceptional cases of abuse or severe health affects on the mother or her having zero means to care for a baby. But again, only very exceptional cases.

hey, remember when Joe Biden was old?

for a while there, it was the biggest story in America. you couldn’t pick up a newspaper — or turn on your TV — without hearing about how Joe Biden is old. so old! ancient! how did this happen? how can someone be this old? how is he even still alive? so ollllld!!!

the press hounded Joe until he finally dropped out of the race. but here’s the thing: Joe Biden could have avoided all this controversy just by being A Very Special Boy, like Don is — because if you point out to any of the worthless scribblers of the corporate-controlled media that Donny is old, too, you’re going to get an earful of well of course he is. so what? cut the guy some slack.

yesterday, the Daily Beast attempted to answer the question why is Donny holding so few hate-rallies? in the piece, we get none of the oh my god, how can anyone this old lead a country hyperventilation that we got during any of the Joe must go hysteria. all we get is a dry and uncritical recitation of here’s what a Trump Campaign spokesman told us — but the Beast did manage to end the piece with a gratuitous smack in the face to Harris and Walz.

in 2000, when Kamala was San Francisco’s assistant district attorney, Kimberly Gargoyle — of all people! — was looking for a job in the DA’s office and Kamala told her to fuck straight off. twenty four years later, the Times desperately wants this to be a scandal, and so they’ve dutifully typed up Gargoyle’s version of the story

Washington Post pushed a piece about Kanala failing as space czar. “space czar?” how in the name of Buck Rogers is this an actual campaign issue? the author of the piece, by the way, is a Trump Administration toady. so yeah, fair and balanced.

These are just from yesterday. The examples would crash this website if i put them all here.

Trump forgets what country a world leader is from, what state he's in, confuses Nikki Hayley with Nancy Pelosi, forget he's not running against Obama, says stuff about airports in the American Revolution, and MAGA cheers, but when Biden forgets something or mistakes someone for someone else, MAGA cries "Biden's senile!"

My experience: It took a few months to remember to bring bags into store with you but once that habit was ingrained I don't even notice EXCEPT it takes a TINY BIT longer each checkout & I've noticed cashiers are MUCH more willing to help bag stuff now. All in all it seems like a good idea. Many corporate stores gave out canvas or polymer bags at 1st (some still do 3 years later) so you could show off their logo for free advertising for them (you've really gotta just admire the amazing system capitalism is!).

Here's my concern, the fact remains that recycling is just not economically feasible to break even, let alone make a profit. These are some statistics about recycling which vary greatly by region:

In the United States, only about 35% of TOTAL waste is recycled or composted, according to the EPA. Specifically, plastic recycling rates are particularly low, with only 5% to 9% of plastics actually being recycled. Paper & cardboard fare better, with about 66% being recycled. Glass recycling stands at approximately 27%. These figures highlight significant inefficiencies and challenges in the recycling process, including contamination & economic factors that limit the recyclability of certain materials.

If you ever watched the Penn & Teller show "Bullshit" (where they expose common misperceptions), they did an episode on recycling that was eye-opening (still available to view on Paramount+ & Fubo but $ versions).

As a "radical commie liberal Marxist sheeple" as I've been called here I must say that initially I was for recycle everything but now I'm not so sure recycling in the USA is feasible economicly - especially if my tax dollars are subsidizing a losing fight! I now understand the obvious, that Europe is able to pull off amazing feats of recycling but they are much smaller and already have the infrastructure in place - neither of which applies to the United States. The end result of the Penn & Teller show (spoiler alert) is we recycle cuz it feels good.

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