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Cost of living is much lower in poor rural areas than poor urban areas. Not an apples to apples comparison. The urban schools also typically are forced to deal with more special-needs kids while the smaller town schools aren't, not to the same extent at least.

From AI: The United States has a more expensive healthcare system than Canada. In 2022, U.S. healthcare spending averaged $13,493 per person, while in Canada it was $6,319 per person. This means U.S. healthcare costs are roughly double those in Canada. I do agree that the U.S. system is great for billionaires though. Waits are too long in only extreme cases because they triage who gets the care that is limited, such as organ transplants, etc. Some of that happens here in the U.S. too. I'd gladly risk having my healthcare triaged in an exteme situation for my healthcare costs to be half of what they currently are (health insurance costs from me and my employer and Medicare taxes combined).

Yah; and they can actually get decent care up there at a reasonable cost. Hopefully they don't bring fentanyl with them if they come back. I heard that's a huge problem with Canadians.

They're late teens and early 20s. I want what's best for them. That's for THEM to decide but I'm willing to provide input. I'm good w their decision in the end. I have more keeping me here right now than they do. That's typically the case for younger people in comparison to older people.

How did Gov Evers (here in WI) "break the law?"

I have too much going on here and too many loved ones. However, if I were young and single with no kids, I'd try to get out in a heartbeat. We're on a bad slope right now and sliding fast. I've encouraged all my kids to get out to a place like Canada or Europe if the opportunity is provided.

The fetus can't survive outside the womb before 22 weeks (approx) but that doesn't change the fact that the woman should be allowed to have it removed from her body. Control over your body and the right to not be forced to provide 24/7 life support to another living being are universally recognized rights. The wingers want to make an exception here simply because the fetus can't survive outside the womb before 22 weeks. That's not right though. The woman's fundamental god-given rights still need to be protected.

Personal vendettas need to be set aside. The recent protest violence and differing views on how to handle that shouldn't be part of the decision of whether to fund them for the Olympics. As Wrestling Rasta says, they should probably get the funding if that's normally what cities get. Personally, I'm not automatically in favor of federal funding if only the local areas see the economic benefits but I'm saying that Trump needs to stop trying to use his position to punish people simply because he doesn't like them. Wingers shouldn't support that either. People that support this are acting like little kids.

Protests clearly escalating, as predicted. They'd probably be almost done by now if Trump hadn't sent umwantef troops (and now active duty marines).

LMAO. Good luck getting them to pay that. I'd tell Trumptard where to stick it, so would love to get a bill for that.

If I'm the mother of a person, I can refuse to care for it. Just say I'm leaving it at the hospital. Or tell the proper authorities that you are no longer going to care for it and it will have to be somebody else's responsibility. Do you go to prison for that? Yes, even if the heart is beating. The wingers continue to be entirely inconsistent and arbitrary.

It IS her? Wow. Well, Jimmy says its an individual person with its own DNA. You guys should try to get on the same page. Unreal.

What a dumb analogy. A more parallel one: what would happen to somebody that refused to save a dog that couldn't support itself? NOTHING. NADA. ZILCHE. Same if it was a person.

A lot of people don't understand what DEI is or its benefits. To me, the main benefits (at work) are being able to get participation from and retain talented staff that happen to be in minority groups and make sure they don't feel alienated. Almost everybody I work with, for example, happens to be white, educated and liberal. Make sure that people outside those groups feel comfortable working at my organization. How are you defining "DEI" here?

YES, absolutely they should. Of course, the wingers would like to punish them because they don't worship Trump.

Thank God we're now sending in the active duty marines, since we have this one guy that threw a rock

Correct. He just tries to get and keep them interested and having fun early on. Intensity of competition very slowly ramps up after a while.

Figured somebody like you would try to insult me by accusing my son of being gay. First of all, he's definitely not gay. Second of all, I wouldn't feel bad if he was. Your bigotry shines through here though. None of my kids are gay, but they are all accepting of the freedom of people to do what they want and express their own sexuality, whatever that is.

What are you saying. Try re-wording the sentence with somewhat proper grammar.

Whoah. Hold on cowboy. Are you saying that 98% of abortions involve fetuses that can survive outside the womb (are basically 3rd term abortions)?

I have two kids in college right now. One of them is at a supposedly extremely liberal school. Neither of them are being forced to take any DEI-related classes or even being forced to deal with that as part of their mandatory classes. All this talk about rampant DEI on campuses are more wingers lies. My son ELECTED to take an LBGTQ-related class, but that was more for the fun of it because he has to take electives and his computer science major is pretty rigorous.

Dumb question. Because the fetus happens to be inside her body. Or are you trying to get at the fact that she fornicated, which is a sin?

No, it's not. It's not her problem if the baby can't survive outside the womb.

I'm not talking about killing a baby though. I'm talking about removing it from her body, per the Constitution. Go ahead and let the hospital try to keep the baby alive if they want. She should not be forced to provide life support. You seem to be having some reading comprehension issues.

I don't have any "feelings" toward him. I simply don't have any respect for him.