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I included that point just to illustrate that the ‘American values’ that many people champion are in reality subservient to money and consumption. :cheers:

I think from an historical perspective one could make the case that much (most?) of American history was shaped by the desire to reduce labor costs.

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Democrats did not open the border for illegals and create welfare in order to make money. They wanted votes to stay in power.

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I agree. But many Republicans are giving them jobs.

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It has nothing to do with health and everything to do with $. Coke and Frito Lay are throwing cash to make sure this stuff doesn't pass.

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Nothing will ever change.

Per Nancy Mace.

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A coalition of House Democrats and Republicans defeated a push on Wednesday to ban SNAP beneficiaries from using Food Stamps to purchase sugary drinks like soda.

In a 237-to-287 vote, the House blocked an amendment to the farm bill by Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) banning Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from being used to purchase soda.

"The House just voted against banning soda from SNAP," Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said in a post on X. Why should the government fund your soda purchases?

Every so often a law that was passed years ago quietly becomes a present-day compliance reality. Section 24220 of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is one of those laws. Tucked into an eleven-hundred-page infrastructure bill with little public debate, the “kill switch law” as it has come to be known by some, awaits implementing regulations. The law has triggered debates in Congress seeking to defund the law, as well as lots of hand wringing around privacy and data governance questions that businesses, fleet operators, and their legal counsel are trying to answer before the technology becomes standard equipment in new vehicles.

What the Law Actually Requires

Section 24220 directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to require that all new passenger vehicles be equipped with what the statute calls “advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology.” In practical terms, the law contemplates two types of systems:

A passive performance-monitoring system that continuously observes a driver’s behavior and restricts or prevents vehicle operation if the system determines the driver may be impaired;
or
A blood-alcohol detection system that prevents or limits operation when BAC meets or exceeds the legal limit of 0.08%.

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It's pretty chilling what's going on in our media and entertainment industries

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Have you ever looked at show credits or researched the background of the people who run those companies?

Another good point and related to a question I asked on here once: Is our economy just supposed to grow forever, into infinity? How is that sustainable?

I can’t help but think that many of the problems in the US that most of us want solved originated with someone wanting to make more money.

Illegals, foreign owned businesses, welfare, take your pick.

I also think that many of us are fooling ourselves about what America is really about now. Our culture revolves around money and consumption foremost (I think).

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Farm Bill

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aka ‘Agriculture Welfare Bill’

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northern Ohio

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Yuck.

Dangit I thought I typed 1986.