I know you said you're biased against it, but TeamViewer is dead easy and completely free for noncommercial use. Sometimes the normie way is the best way, especially when it comes to the tech illiterate. Similarly, Chrome Remote Desktop looks very handholdy. I haven't used it in many years, so I can't personally recommend it, but I've heard good things.
You could also start a call on your preferred conferencing software, send them a link, and have them share their screen. Downside is you can't control their computer directly. Zoom has a really cool annotation feature where you can draw on the sharer's screen and they're able to see it. I haven't seen other conferencing software with that feature, but I haven't looked very hard.
Dems controlled the Senate with the slimmest majority possible. One fucker that owns a coal company was able to tank all meaningful climate bills and there was nothing Biden or anyone else could do about it. You can forget about any progressive policies in that environment, lol. Biden did well with the tools he was given.
TLDR: Mostly extortion via "protection" fees for various businesses. Also, illegal taps into fuel pipelines and then selling the fuel on the black market.
Public flogging of a child is to be executed by the nearest authority figure upon any misbehavior, outburst, or disrespect perpetrated by, or suspected to be perpetrated by, said child. If their innate shortcomings are not beaten out of them at the earliest opportunity, they are bound to develop into unemployed hooligans.
Needs based support is definitely a good thing, but that's not what SS is. That's closer to welfare and would require a much deeper look into people's financial situation than a retirement program like SS.
I could make $500k/yr while working then experience some disaster/disability that takes it all away. Conversely, I could be homeless then suddenly come into massive wealth later in my life. Or, I could live a lavish life because my parents/SO are extremely wealthy, yet I am dirt poor on paper. SS is not designed for these situations, and attempting to modify it to fit them is probably a worse idea than bolstering other entitlement programs that are designed to fill in the gaps.
Wouldn't removing the cap just delay the issue? You get more out of SS the more you put in. The cap exists because there is a maximum amount you can get out of SS. If they remove the input cap, then that implies they'd remove the output cap too. In which case, the immediate result is a lot more money flowing into SS, but over time, a whole lot more money will start flowing out, too.
I'm more cynical, I think it's just for clout and marketing. IA is widely known and used, so an attack is guaranteed to be noticed and generate news articles. They're also known for having large robust infrastructure, but they aren't large enough that an attack is impossible, so a successful attack is impressive yet still feasible. If someone can pull it off, it would make great marketing for their black market DDOS service and also grant huge bragging rights in certain communities.
The interesting question is what happens if Valve is still around after all of us are long gone and there are millions of 150+ year old accounts, many under active use?
R6S has been a pay-to-win mess after the first few "seasons". What's the difference between a subscription service and regular releases of "optional" $30 dlc that gives you new characters, and thus an edge over the competition?
R6S players will cope by saying characters are balanced and, if you're good, you can win with just the basic free characters. The fact is, more characters lets you adapt to, and more effectively counter, more maps, play styles, opposing characters, metas, etc...
Yes, you can unlock the characters for free, but there are dozens of them and each one takes a ridiculous number of hours to unlock, during which you're playing at a disadvantage. It's pretty much impossible for anyone other than dedicated school-aged kids to unlock all of the characters for free.
All of this, and the game still costs money to buy!!! Complete scam.
I'll stop speeding when the mfs around here stop building 6 lane roads with a 30mph speed limit.