Place to put my Nonsense Thread.
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We pay the government too much to provide too many services that don't benefit the masses. Just another channel for corruption.
They really wouldn't be that hard to find. I can name a few and know very little about them outside of a credit report/application.
That’s why I’m in favor of paying for services that do benefit the masses
Fine, we’ll add doggy daycare to the list
Daycare typically is used by those who work since it costs money. This could be one of the few programs that could benefit the working class/middle class more than the poverty class who typically receives government benefits. Some plans call not for free child care, but a cap on how much it could cost each family. Like no more than 7% of family's income.
I think the average daycare costs are $8,500 per child per year. Some people who have 2 or more kids may want to work, but it would cost them more to pay for childcare than they would earn with their job. Plus getting a job could cause them to lose other benefits they would receive. So it would be a net negative to work than just live off of the government.
Imagine a scenario of parents with 3 kids both have jobs making $15 an hour. Comes out to about $60,000 for the household. Take out some taxes, comes to $48,000. Subtract daycare costs and its now $22,500. Subtract the possible sick days they would take for kids, travel to and from work, etc.. and they would be better off or the same having one parent not work to just stay with the kids. Especially since they would likely now qualify for more benefits.
Now let the mother be single with 3 kids, drawing $20k per year from the Gov, plus food stamps and other benefits. Baby daddy still works and lives there so you have a household income of $40,000 still.
I'm not big on government programs like this, but if its done right it could actually help people that are trying to help themselves.
I think the average daycare costs are $8,500 per child per year. Some people who have 2 or more kids may want to work, but it would cost them more to pay for childcare than they would earn with their job. Plus getting a job could cause them to lose other benefits they would receive. So it would be a net negative to work than just live off of the government.
Imagine a scenario of parents with 3 kids both have jobs making $15 an hour. Comes out to about $60,000 for the household. Take out some taxes, comes to $48,000. Subtract daycare costs and its now $22,500. Subtract the possible sick days they would take for kids, travel to and from work, etc.. and they would be better off or the same having one parent not work to just stay with the kids. Especially since they would likely now qualify for more benefits.
Now let the mother be single with 3 kids, drawing $20k per year from the Gov, plus food stamps and other benefits. Baby daddy still works and lives there so you have a household income of $40,000 still.
I'm not big on government programs like this, but if its done right it could actually help people that are trying to help themselves.
Yup, which goes beyond benefitting people with kids.
Employer with nobody to hire? Boom, bring moms back to the workforce. Now you have people to hire. You’re welcome.
You might be a step above AOC. But your ideas aren't much better.
I’m in a dynasty fantasy football league with friends and our chat stays pretty active even in the off-season. This morning, one of them posted a gif of her and I replied with, “I bet she has the weirdest sex.”
Dang, I just saw a video of the aftermath of someone texting and driving. I have zero point zero problems with treating them the same as drunk drivers, which IMO is too lenient.
First offense, lose license for a year. Second offense, jail time. IDK. just something to really discourage that level of behavior.
It’ll become a smaller and smaller issue as time goes on and older cars are off the road. Most cars now have touch screens that’ll display and/or read your texts and give you access to all of your apps. I’d think that’ll be standard on practically 100% of cars in the very near future.
I hate the idea of taking away ppl's liberties. Despise it, but seriously, something has to be a deterrent. IDK what that is. Save the petty fines for the aholes that drive in the left lane.
Death. Not sure what will happen to the woman, she fled on foot and was caught by the other drivers/passengers in other cars. Don't know the date of the video or origin.
Give me your password, and I'll let ya know. Or, I mean, you could just check for yourself...
Man thats a pretty one sided way to look at it. My boss's son is going through a divorce. He has their daughter...Sometimes, he has to bring her to the office....other times, his mom will watch after her. Not an issue really when she's in school. Day care for her was crazy expensive. And dude makes cheddar. Someitmes, shit happens....
Dude doesnt make "cheddar" and not be able to afford daycare imo. Obviously single parents have it hard as sh*t. There are always the what if's....and i'm not referring to those. Im talking about the people that didnt have the means to properly care for 1 kid, yet decided to have 3 more so they all were close in age, or helped bilk more benefits. I think most would be shocked at how many take advantage of the system.
That's it, no phone in your hand so both are on the wheel, but looking at a screen instead of the road. Love it. 🤣 🤣
Becomes the same as a stereo at that point. I don’t think people had issues with “stereo-ing and driving.”
A lot of the controls are on the steering wheel, too, and there’s voice-to-text.
