Water shutoff in Detriot.

[jalopi]

I don't understand why this is such a big deal... here in Baltimore peoples' water gets shut off all the time if they don't pay their bills. I am, however, surprised that we're not already bundling peoples' water bills with their section 8 payments...

As far as the 'well what's next, free heat/air in extreme temps?' statements have gone... unfortunately this is already a thing. For winter anyway. Kind of. Federally regulated utility companies can't shut off your power/fuel source in winter. If the utilities were already cut off they have to turn them back on during the winter season. At least in MD anyway

[Thizzelle]

I forgot to pay my garbage and they didn't pick it up a month ago. I was like "WTF.... assholes!"

[ParsedOut]

I forgot to pay my garbage and they didn't pick it up a month ago. I was like "WTF.... assholes!"

You have a basic human right to live in a sanitary environment. I think you should pick up your fancy dancy Obamaphone and give him a call and let him know what's really happening.

[nando]

ah, the hyperbole. "Obamaphone". Guess which president that started under..

[ParsedOut]

ah, the hyperbole. "Obamaphone". Guess which president that started under..

Yes, and he wasn't one I supported either.

[marshallnoise]

Yes, and he wasn't one I supported either.

Unpossible. We are tied to the last Republican president forever. /albatross

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[ParsedOut]

Unpossible. We are tied to the last Republican president forever. /albatross

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And possibly the last Republican president ever.

[marshallnoise]

And possibly the last Republican president ever.

Wasn't even a conservative. A progressive to the bone.

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[Farbin Kaiber]

Biden/Clinton 2016

[jalopi]

And possibly the last Republican president ever.

But seriously. Someone needs to come in and CHANGE shit. Social security? Make it optional. I'm good at managing my finances, not my problem if other people aren't. Don't have enough for retirement since you bought too nice-a-house / bought a new car every few years since you were twenty / spent money on stupid shit you don't need or can't/didn't use your whole goddamn life / ate out all the time... Not. My. Problem. Suck. My. Dick.

Free cellphones? Utility subsidies? Public funding for community development? Section 8 housing? Unnecessary foreign wars? Ect... LOL yeah fucking right. I'm sick of paying out the nose in taxes so we can support deadbeats and make bombs to demo cities I've never heard of. Cutting back on those expenditures would reduce our spending by at least 30%... minimum (which, of course, the savings would hopefully [come on we know how corrupt governments are] lead to lower taxes). Some dictator in the middle east not being nice to his subjects/citizens? Not. My. Problem. Suck. My. Dick. Need money because you keep letting your baby-daddy fuck you bareback and you've got like, 5 kids now and you're broke? Like I said, Not. My. Problem. Suck. My. Dick.

Basically I'm saying that there's a lot of shit we're wasting money on (which directly effects people who actually work for a living)... let the dregs of society figure out how to survive... it's not our job to keep them on life support. That's doing humanity a disservice anyway (not a big believer in evolution, but adaptation is certainly a thing. Why keep worthlessness in the gene pool?) Also, the little boy & girl whose parents got killed by their governments' angry / crazy as shit leaders' men? Quite the sob story kiddo, but I'm sorry I've got my own problems, can't afford to pay to "fix" yours....

[Sean S.]

Not. My. Problem. Suck. My. Dick.

I think this is worthy of a t-shirt!

[einhander]

Ehh, at least smoothie tries to occasionally have a discussion as opposed to einhangler's one line troll posts, I will admit they are sometimes more entertaining.

I can't engage with your ignorant, Taliban-like editorials about the world, so I'm reduced to one line posts.

[evandael]

... blarghlarghlblargh (not a big believer in evolution, but adaptation is certainly a thing. Why keep worthlessness in the gene pool?) blarghblarghlarghlarghh...

this, along your lack of empathy, is a serious issue and a barrier to solutions that create peace, opportunity, and prosperity in the world.

[einhander]

You are certifiably out of your gourd. How you can draw those conclusions is beyond me. There is no logic in them, just pure sophistry.

You have to be a bot. There is no other explanation.

Actually, for those of us who have more than an AA degree, he strikes at a lot of the civic issues that have contributed to the decline of inner cities for decades. Structural racism is very real and has a very real impact on communities.

Of course, if you want to point out his "sophistry" I'm all ears, er, eyes. I think we all are.

[marshallnoise]

Actually, for those of us who have more than an AA degree, he strikes at a lot of the civic issues that have contributed to the decline of inner cities for decades. Structural racism is very real and has a very real impact on communities.

Of course, if you want to point out his "sophistry" I'm all ears, er, eyes. I think we all are.

Detroit is black, voted in whom they wanted, and wound up in this position without the help of institutional racism or the KKK.

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