Spam, A Lot

by philrw
60 words - 1 min read
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Gosh, I’m getting so many emails for Viagra and inexpensive Rolex watches, maybe I should buy some. I mean, the folks who send me these emails work so hard telling me about these great deals. And they could use the profits towards education: they need to learn basic spelling and grammar. But golly, I do appreciate their gumption and tenacity.

An Interesting Question

by philrw
174 words - 1 min read
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My girlfriend posed an interesting question last night. Say you’re in a car accident. The police and fire department who show up are paid for out of our tax dollars, right? We don’t have to pay them hundreds if not thousands of dollars for this critical service. Why then should an ambulance ride cost so much? Shouldn’t that be paid for out of taxes as well (as well as healthcare in general)? Here’s a bad idea: let’s privatize police and/or fire departments. Oh wait, that was done already. If you didn’t have their medallion on your burning house… well let’s just say that “for profit” was the rule.
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