Or maybe don't try to shoe horn the issue in as a non-sequitor and take umbrage when called out?
stringere
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they wonder why young people are leaving in droves.
Probably because they belong in a venn diagram with estranged parents that don't know why their kids have gone no contact.
Dozens of us
Drinking bleach will stop you from getting any disease, too, but we're not suggesting harmful things to strangers on the internet, right?
Try reading Blaine's FB page and then imagine the only way to be rid of him was his retirement, and knowing he'll likely be replaced with the same or worse.
Can't wait to get my family back out of this shithole state. KC, StL, Columbia, and Springfield are ok but the rest of the state are loud and proud white trash MAGATS steadily voting to fuck over the population centers where all the atate funds come from.
This state is so bad the only way we see progress is with ballot initiatives where gerrymanderign can't defeat the popular vote. And guess what the MO house and senate are working on right now. Yep, making ballot initiatives harder to pass.
Saint Louis has been held back as a city for decades because StL city is in StL county and is prone to the state legislature's fuckery. Like when StL raised the minimum wage for the city. State blocked it because...they could.
The governmental structure of the City of St. Louis is unusual in the United States. Since 1876, St. Louis has been an independent city, meaning it is not part of any county. St. Louis operates as both a city and a county. St. Louis is the only city in Missouri which operates its own "county" offices. St. Louis is a home rule city, but it is not a home rule county, thus county functions and offices are subject to state restrictions on county governments.
As a resident I would like to refute this claim.
I can't. But I would like to.
Thank you for that.
I've long thought we need a non-military service branch much like you describe and for much the same resson.
In my experience it isn't just "rich" kids but anyone that grows up with minimal adversity and exposure to people outside their immediate (sheltered) bubble that are really hard to work alongside. Anyone who hasn't been told "no" enough to understand the world doesn't cater to them, really.
That was their implication: the ES&S machines were compromised supported by the fact that after switching to Dominion in 2018 the state was no longer solid red in 2020.
I cannot claim a deeper knowledge either way on this, only wanted to clarify that for you.
Oh good, so Google has stopped all political donations and canceled all government contracts so they can stay out politics?
No? Ok fuck you.
Just wait until you or someone close develops an autoimmune disease, then the trust meter falls off a cliff during round after round of tests and "you're fine".
Or if you have a bunion that skews your big toe 35° but they tell you it's not bad enough for surgery and there's nothing to be done for it.
Or...yeah we could be here all day just for the system's failings for me and my wife.
And there's our lack of or inadequate mental health coverage and care.
And that's just one example.
The most glaring generator of mistrust for decades now is the thing citizens discuss all the time but is never addressed: our out of control military budget.
We could solve every one of our country's financial issues multiple times over by reducing the military budget, and not even drastically so.
Our military was tasked with an audit to reign in waste and spending. They couldn't pass an audit so they were just given a free pass, no penalties or repercussions. The first audit was 2017 and they failed to pass. They failed two more since then. Senator Sanders intoruduced a bill in 2021 and again in 2023 which required an audit and was supposed to impose penalties for failure, it's been introduced so we'll see how that goes.
I want what they're on.