@EricWilzon The last straw for the landlord of a punk house I lived in was when we were weeks late with 1/5 of the rent because one guy thought we wouldn’t have to pay rent for short month, and spent his rent money on coke and sneakers
Doctors have such unbelievable PR that this headline is universally interpreted in the comments as “your insurance company will force you to feel pain if your surgery goes long” and not “anesthesiologists will be paid a fixed rate per surgery from now on and they’re mad about it”
The only difference between this and how all 80% of suburban houses have been sided for the past 20 or 30 years is that the plastic is molded to look a little different. Why is everything a conspiracy now
I’d have more sympathy for a crack down on price-gouging by grocery stores if there was like a bunch of evidence that it was happening. I’d be even more sympathetic if past anti-gouging policies worked. Heck I’d just like to hear a politician define gouging intelligently
Imagine going to the club in 1970 to hang with your friends and a band you’ve never heard of called Kraftwerk is playing and they ruin your night by inventing techno music