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  • Respectfully disagree on gun control. In the past few years we've seen things like constitutional carry, legalized bump stocks, legalized sawed-off shotguns, teachers carrying while on the job, gun-buyback bans, stand-your-ground laws being unequally applied to minorities, and probably a slew of other things I don't know about. The problem, as usual, is the messaging. The GOP has been talking about gun confiscation for decades and it hasn't happened anywhere. They talk about a "mental health crisis" but do basically nothing about that and even make it worse (pretty sure TX also is making it harder to confiscate an individuals guns for "red flags").

    The Democrats need to come hard with the facts. Guns are trafficked into blue states from red states, guns kill more kids than swimming pools or car crashes or fentanyl, buying a gun is easier than buying a car, turning 18 doesn't make you responsible enough to handle military-grade weapons, AR-15s are not good home defense weapons, home invasions are incredibly rare and mostly happen because the perp thinks nobody is home.

  • That sounds like a different system than the article is talking about. People were driving their trash to the dump for a flat rate:

    Under the town’s system, residents would buy a $240 sticker for their cars that allowed them yearlong access to the dump, where they could dispose of as much garbage as they wished.

    So why would you go to the dump with an empty can or leave the dump without your garbage being taken?

    I've had a similar system for years and I don't see it as that unfair (given I don't have a lot of financial troubles). Every week they empty my bin for a flat rate and if I have more than what fits into the bin I get an extra charge.

  • Due too us being sandwiched between two relatively stable countries we really have avoided some of the worst effects of war. Civilian causalities for most countries in WWII outpaced military casualties. It's made us very cavalier in who we choose to attack. The advent of drone warfare really hasn't helped either.