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New comment by dffdsa432 in "Landlords Are Pushing the Supreme Court to End Rent Control"

dffdsa432 — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 01:18:16 +0000

Communist governments used the threat of violence to take by farmland by force. How did that turn out?

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Landlords Are Pushing the Supreme Court to End Rent Control"

dffdsa432 — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 01:12:31 +0000

- "Remove planning rights from local/city government entirely"

- "use the government to essentially take land and repurpose it"

These are third world tactics.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "UPS driver pay and benefits deal in US to be worth $170k a year, firm says"

dffdsa432 — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:08:35 +0000

Local stores also use UPS for their shipping. This hurts them too.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Brexit Could Be Reversed - Here's How"

dffdsa432 — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 23:09:23 +0000

It's quite naive that you don't think the EU is harmed significantly by Britain leaving. The EU would take Britain back in a heartbeat.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:34:55 +0000

I don't get it. The USPS has lost billions due to government policies and can't enforce prices due to government policies. They are forced to deliver to unprofitable routes and have prices set to inflation due to government policies. Private delivery services like Amazon and Fedex are generally profitable and don't have these issues. Why is a government alternative better?

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:04:33 +0000

What about losses from federally funded corporations like USPS and Amtrak that are bailed out every year? Amtrak loses over $1 billion/yr and they are still "nationalized." USPS loses multi billions per year.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:01:59 +0000

The parent is still wrong. Customers of private rail lines can use competing services (trucking) which they often do.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:58:26 +0000

What is your point? $1.5 million is used to attract a CEO who can manage a large corporation. That is less than many players on second tier English clubs who are riding the pine. That is a rounding error when considering $233 billion paid to unions.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:51:30 +0000

Yes, and? Unions of both sectors try to maximize their profits. Which do not?

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:49:18 +0000

US consumer rail way is a quasi public corporation (Amtrak) that has lost money for decades and is still funded to the tune of over $1 billion per year. You are confusing that with private US rails.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:47:40 +0000

There are 3 million rail cars moved per day that haven't produced apocalyptic skies and chemical rain. You misrepresent the overall safety of private rail lines.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:44:35 +0000

Thames Water's CEO has a $1.5 million pay package which is lower than CEOs of corporations of the same size. The funding for public unions in the UK is $233 billion. Great comparison there.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:40:56 +0000

Amtrak, a public rail company gets over a $1 billion in public funding. Private rail lines do not. Amtrak has operated at a loss for decades unlike private rails.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:36:30 +0000

Using your faulty logic, the owners of the privatized corporations are public citizens too.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:35:09 +0000

The USA's rail lines are privatized and they're anything but "shitty" and "expensive" considering they're lower cost than trucking.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:29:22 +0000

Do government unions not try to maximize their profits from the public or am I missing something?

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Downtown SF has 18.4M square feet of empty office space. We mapped every vacancy"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 09 May 2023 18:49:03 +0000

This is such a propaganda piece. NYC has a per capita murder rate of 5.5 according to its latest report. There were 40 states with a lower murder rate [1]. The highest murder rates are all in blue cities [2]

1-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_death_rates_in_the_Uni...

2-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Downtown SF has 18.4M square feet of empty office space. We mapped every vacancy"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 09 May 2023 18:34:36 +0000

The most violent cities in America are all blue cities.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/most-viol...

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Downtown SF has 18.4M square feet of empty office space. We mapped every vacancy"

dffdsa432 — Tue, 09 May 2023 18:27:18 +0000

What percentage of gays and minorities were shot in Provo or Lincoln compared to cities like San Francisco and Chicago? I am assuming you have statistics to back your statements.

The highest gun violence rates are in heavily blue cities like Detroit, St. Louis, Memphis and Baltimore.

New comment by dffdsa432 in "Chile to Nationalize Lithium Industry"

dffdsa432 — Mon, 08 May 2023 21:10:11 +0000

Norway owns significant shares in Statoil but it is not nationalized. It's a public company listed on stock exchanges.