Couldn't agree more

Especially when you consider what Jesus said about rich people.

Agree if it's a private parking firm scalping people for huge amounts of cash. Don't necessarily agree if that money is being fed back into the health trust or hospital itself (though of course that shouldn't have to happen at all, nor should the vast amount of charitable monies that hospitals rely on)

How about the employer pays the employee? Crazy concept, but it works!!! And if that employee makes the customer extra pleased with the provided service, that tip goed to that employee! (And not the employer...) I still can't believe how weird that US system is. It almost feels like it is extortion of the employers. Or should I drop the "feels like" in the previous sentence?

Let's add prison phone charges. If we're really trying to rehabilitate people so they emerge as helpful members of society, why are inmates charged up to $5.70 for a 15 minute phone call? This is the state that pays prisoners $0.13 per hour to work.

This!! Recently I have noticed a lot of bank ATMs are being replaced by non-bank ATMs which charge a fee to withdraw money. Getting to the point where I have trouble finding a local ATM that I can withdraw money from without paying money.

They shouldn't be allowed to do it at all.

There should be no trading at all. And the SEC should keep a major eye on their spouses and kids to make sure they aren't committing insider trading from knowledge from their elected family members. How do they end up making millions a year? Pretty sure this is a bipartisan agreement.

Get rid of this! Insider trading is illegal. If you do it, it shouldn't matter who you are, ie if you work in govt such that you know what's coming and you do that, you get a perp walk, just like the rest of us.

Yet when I was a Federal Government employee, I had to sign non-disclosure agreements stating I would not use such insider information. I would have been prosecuted for such actions.

It is difficult if not impossible to trace a lot of this because the clever crooks pass the information along to relatives or donors who then make the actual legitimate transactions and then funnel the money back later on through various offshore entities.

I thought Congress outlawed this years ago after '60 Minutes' did a segment on it. Apparently someone made the decision not to enforce it.

They would just have shell companies, or family names listed.

It's totally unacceptable. I work for a government agency that is divided into Centers that regulate different products. Employees, their spouses and children are prohibited from owning ANY stock in a company that makes 10% or more of its income from regulated industry or sector funds that trade in industries regulated by the agency. Employees and their families may not own stock in an entity regulated by the agency even if the employee's job is unrelated to the product made by that entity.

All criminals.

Smug smile from the UK.

Ronald Reagan's legacy, he abolished the "Fairness Doctrine". Contrasting viewpoints on controversial subjects were no longer required by law, so, networks were given free rein to embellish the stories reported.

Never heard of this (UK) can you please explain what it is?

There are fantastic free open source alternatives for most popular Adobe softwares. I use Darktable and GIMP instead of Lightroom and Photoshop and I edit my videos on OpenShot instead of Premiere. They work great and costs 0$ but I donate a little to support those developers and designers. And if you need to recover your data from a corrupted hard drive or something check icarefree, another free software which works way better than those expensive recovery services. Long live open source!

Minor tax in UK ensures all medical care is free at point of use ...and yes there are waiting lists...but no one is turned away. No one is penalised for being out of work or not having private insurance. Minor prescription charges in some parts of UK (free in my area Wales) only extra private charges are for opticians and dentistry for adults. You can still get plans for those too...but any medical care required from say an optician finding something requiring treatment is referred back to NHS for treatment with no charge.

Any fees for digital tickets. Booking fee, printing fee, whatever.

And most people end up in debt because of MLMs. They're just legal pyramid schemes.

This is up there with razor blades. In some cases it's cheaper to buy a new printer each time and use the ink it comes with.

I hate the fact i pay subscription to all the channels. Out of 200 i watch like 20 tops. Vut there's no profit if i only subscribe to 20 favourite ones

Rich people paying richer people to make legislation that makes them richer.

it's free in most countries

That's why The Netherlands has a system where every defect in your rented house means that you pay less rent. At a certain number of defects the house is declared uninhabitable. Landlords hate the system because it means that people can pay less than half of their rent without risking being evicted. The only thing landlords can do to prevent it from happening is keeping the houses up to standard.

Every single human being that makes money from religion, no matter how they do it. Take the Pope, for example.

This should be (and where I live most likely is) illegal.

Companies with bots who buy up blocks of tickets, usually really good ones, and if you wanted a seat in that section you have to pay a fortune to some scam company to get it. Legalized scalping.

WHAAAAT, where does this happen? I didn't even know this was a thing!

Oh my gosh in Australia that treatment would cost $4.50 from a pharmacy.

Paris’ story was so sad to hear.

My homeowners insurance dropped me after I filed my first claim in 16 years. It was a minor claim as well.

They should be allowed to engage in legal business activities like anyone else. It should be in a double blind trust however. The issue isnt the trading stocks, it is that they have direct control.

Okay well maybe this wouldn’t be done if the tax rate wasn’t insane. Killing your self working half the year for people who hate you and other people who hate your home country, sometimes a mix of both. It’s a fûcking scam, so we scam back. Plus I like my painting of a black line, and it’s worth the value people will pay for it. Sorry you can’t spend my money for me.

The news in Australia is pretty bad too. There’s even advertisements presented within informational programs that appear as if a factual piece. Shouldn’t be allowed. I don’t even read/watch it now and rely on more objective sources from overseas. There may be some in Australia but I’ve yet to find them.

All of them should be continously updated and electronic (ie. pdf files).

This is predatory and vile behaviour...not heard of it before ...now I'm horrified

Is it time to pop the U.S.A. in a big bag and shake them all up? I'm getting a lot of vibes from over the water and none of them involve 'Free' or 'Brave'.

Also, anyone who sticks your name on a mailing list and doesn't include an 'unsubscribe' link in any mails back. That's actually illegal, right?

Well the prices for them are getting ridiculous. If you get all labour and parts paid, or a replacement product, then that was good. But a quick bit of maths tells you that you will have paid for a new product usually within 4 to 5 years, and a proportion of that will already have a manufacturers warranty on it. The sensible thing to do is to put the money you would spend on an extended warranty into a bank account each month, and use the money to pay for a repair or buy a new one when it eventually packs up.

I agree. I'd think it'd be cheaper because I'm doing it myself online.

My bank gives those back of any ATM.

My lawyer caught that one.

To be fair (even though it's not), most of the time they are merely passing the fee the credit card company (or what ever financier they use) for digital fees, onto you.

Why should you be penalized for being related to someone who is in politics? You are not them. And there should be nothing wrong with members of congress investing their money, it should be in a Double Blind Trust to prevent insider trading and corruption

Weddings and funerals are cash cows since they're emotional purchases, not necessities.

I'm working on my MA. I'm 52. I have every intention of paying the absolute minimum on my loans and if I die without paying it off, too bad.

This is annoying. In the UK, fuel has two kinds of tax on it. Duty and VAT. Duty is added first, then VAT is calculated on the price including duty. So you pay VAT on the duty! If the chancellor increases fuel duty by 1p, you actually pay 1.2p more because of VAT.

This absolutely. Same for road repairs.

I live in Canada and we would have to make around $24 per hour, 40 hours per week, to just live with no extras. That would barely cover rent, transportation, insurance and food/basic necessities. The minimum wage is $15.00. Even if you did make $24 per hour you're just one emergency away from disaster.