This is the question. Unlike the US, at the end of WW II all of Europe was devastated and most governments realized that everyone needed help, and so they created a robust social safety net to help the population survive and the economy recover. The US, then wealthier and more powerful than ever before, chose a different route.
I live in a community that has no water -- unless you're willing to pay for a private contractor to deliver it. I mean, we used to have municipal water running from our taps -- for which we paid a monthly bill based on usage. The municipal water company actually gave you a discount if you paid the yearly bill in the first three months of the year. No more. Enormous high-risers have invaded the underground pipes, and with enormous pumps, transported that water 12 storeys and higher to rooftop swimming pools. So people living at ground level have no pressure, no water.
The only way to fill your tonaca is to pay additionally for a tanker to come around and fill it -- when you've already pre-paid for yearly service! So you're paying double for something that, as you put it, "everyone deserves to have." No water to wash dishes, to flush toilets, to clean yourself, your clothes and your casita. It can make you very sick. And the water delivery companies very rich.
very true article. One of the things that comes to mind, hungry people. Yet the "government" (local or state) requires restaurants etc to throw away perfectly good food when it either expires or not consumed. So much is thrown away, I don't mean leftovers or scraps from diners plates, I mean there's perfectly good clean edible food required to be tossed in the name of "health". Makes me sick when I see good clean food tossed. Those governments apparently don't care about those who would really appreciate ANY food.
Thanks for your comments, everyone. Honestly, I feel like my writing is getting worse and doing lots and lots of meandering, and I appreciate you all continuing to take me seriously. Everything just feels too big to handle lately, doesn't it? Really, it leads me back to my main, life-long thesis: we humans were never meant to go along in life by ourselves, or even in pairs: we need community to survive and thrive.
This is the question. Unlike the US, at the end of WW II all of Europe was devastated and most governments realized that everyone needed help, and so they created a robust social safety net to help the population survive and the economy recover. The US, then wealthier and more powerful than ever before, chose a different route.
I live in a community that has no water -- unless you're willing to pay for a private contractor to deliver it. I mean, we used to have municipal water running from our taps -- for which we paid a monthly bill based on usage. The municipal water company actually gave you a discount if you paid the yearly bill in the first three months of the year. No more. Enormous high-risers have invaded the underground pipes, and with enormous pumps, transported that water 12 storeys and higher to rooftop swimming pools. So people living at ground level have no pressure, no water.
The only way to fill your tonaca is to pay additionally for a tanker to come around and fill it -- when you've already pre-paid for yearly service! So you're paying double for something that, as you put it, "everyone deserves to have." No water to wash dishes, to flush toilets, to clean yourself, your clothes and your casita. It can make you very sick. And the water delivery companies very rich.
Yikes. Where is this?
Bucerias, NAY.
very true article. One of the things that comes to mind, hungry people. Yet the "government" (local or state) requires restaurants etc to throw away perfectly good food when it either expires or not consumed. So much is thrown away, I don't mean leftovers or scraps from diners plates, I mean there's perfectly good clean edible food required to be tossed in the name of "health". Makes me sick when I see good clean food tossed. Those governments apparently don't care about those who would really appreciate ANY food.
Thanks for your comments, everyone. Honestly, I feel like my writing is getting worse and doing lots and lots of meandering, and I appreciate you all continuing to take me seriously. Everything just feels too big to handle lately, doesn't it? Really, it leads me back to my main, life-long thesis: we humans were never meant to go along in life by ourselves, or even in pairs: we need community to survive and thrive.