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These parasites had it coming - the valedictorian (Original Post) malaise Dec 2024 OP
Does every person that works for Tesla, Citibank, GE, or PG&E stopdiggin Dec 2024 #1
They are stealing from all of us. Basso8vb Dec 2024 #5
this joker is the face of desperate society ... ? stopdiggin Dec 2024 #7
YES! sunflowerseed Dec 2024 #9
It's no secret that our Congress people don't take action until something directly affects them or their family Baitball Blogger Dec 2024 #2
They forget history malaise Dec 2024 #3
this isn't going to change anything in the slightest degree stopdiggin Dec 2024 #6
See, sometimes both the right and left see eye to eye Dem4life1234 Dec 2024 #4
His family are parasites, wealth and running nursing homes. Silent Type Dec 2024 #8

stopdiggin

(13,480 posts)
1. Does every person that works for Tesla, Citibank, GE, or PG&E
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 01:17 PM
Dec 2024

"have it coming" ?

asking for a friend ..

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Basso8vb

(777 posts)
5. They are stealing from all of us.
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 01:24 PM
Dec 2024

And we have zero legal recourse against them, at least anything meaningful.

Not a justification, only an understanding.

When you make people desperate, they will do desperate things

stopdiggin

(13,480 posts)
7. this joker is the face of desperate society ... ?
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 01:38 PM
Dec 2024

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sunflowerseed

(395 posts)
9. YES!
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 02:31 PM
Dec 2024

Even a moderately wealthy person can't fight an insurance company. IMO that's the government's job

Baitball Blogger

(49,556 posts)
2. It's no secret that our Congress people don't take action until something directly affects them or their family
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 01:20 PM
Dec 2024

members.

Nowadays, though, the practice seems to be to find protections for themselves, and exceptions for everyone else.

stopdiggin

(13,480 posts)
6. this isn't going to change anything in the slightest degree
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 01:34 PM
Dec 2024

About 2nd Amend or anything else. Anyone thinking that congressmen (or leaders of industry) are going home tonight and "rethinking their positions" - has been on the hard stuff for far, far too long.

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