Kansas Crimson

zsn wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 1:38 pm

KUTradition wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:23 pm

zsn wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:17 pm Unfortunately it’s going to be the new iteration of “BENGHAZI!!!” and “HER EMAILS!!!!”

The Republican Party has forgotten how to govern going back at least two generations.

^^^

it’ll be the trump/gop grievance tour for sure…with some tax cuts for the wealthy/corporations, and stripping of EPA powers thrown in to boot

Only saving grace is the veto power of Uncle Joe, so they’re unlikely to create lasting damage (hopefully). But it won’t stop them from showboating.

…Major corporations halted their political donations in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, with many promising not to support the 147 lawmakers who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 election.

However, those companies have largely resumed PAC spending since, donating millions to candidates who continue to deny the legitimacy of President Biden’s election.

Greene on Wednesday promised investigations into these companies as Republicans appear poised to take control of the House after November’s midterm elections…

sounds awful woke and cancel culture-ish to me

Par for the course.

Seems like exactly what Orwell was getting at in Animal Farm.

Starts with an idea (pigs::communism - MTG:: conservativism), and you go so extreme that you end up being the opposite of the thing you were originally for (pigs: "Some animals are more equal than other animals", MTG: "businesses should not be free to choose who they work with")

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy ... 022-11-02/

"President Joe Biden's administration will make $13.5 billion available to help low-income U.S. households lower their heating costs this winter, the White House said on Wednesday.

As part of the initiative, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is providing $4.5 billion in low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding, it said in a statement."

‘THE TRUE MEASURE OF ANY SOCIETY CAN BE FOUND IN HOW IT TREATS ITS MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS’

something tells me such a thing probably wouldn’t happen under most pub administrations

KUTradition wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:29 am ‘THE TRUE MEASURE OF ANY SOCIETY CAN BE FOUND IN HOW IT TREATS ITS MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS’

something tells me such a thing probably wouldn’t happen under most pub administrations

Especially when it is the GOP supported Big Oil companies driving the costs of energy up in the first place.

uncle joe is in charge. so if the big oil companies aren't playing fair. that is on uncle joe and his party. they are in control of our gov't.

MICHHAWK wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 1:35 pm uncle joe is in charge. so if the big oil companies aren't playing fair. that is on uncle joe and his party. they are in control of our gov't.

Speaking of.

Here or the frightening perspective thread?

I hate this stuff. It's the kind of populist crap I'd expect from Trump. There's usually a pretty good reason for fees. If not, let competition come and deliver the service without the fees and let people choose. If competition can't do that due to uncompetitive practices, that's where the Government should have a role. But price controls on non-essential stuff? That's anti-progress.

Everybody hates ticketmaster.

wait, so businesses screwing other businesses should prompt governmental action, but businesses screwing over consumers should be left to the fate of the free market?

or maybe the question is what the pretty good reason is for fees, usually

and I wonder what keeps competition healthy, and what might prevent healthy competition, and stuff.

concert tickets are very expensive. if he can lighten that load a little bit. yay.

or maybe he will forget all about it after next tuesday.

uncle joe is a lame duck president. expectations are very low.

I like ticketmaster. Having to go to a box office to get tickets for everything is a pain in the ass. If you don't like the fees you can still do that. Meanwhile Ticketmaster built a platform that enables the convenience of ticket self service from home. That platform costs a lot of money to build and maintain, so people who use it should pay for it. Unless you want them to just hide the fees within the ticket prices - but then you're still paying the fee, you just don't know it. They're vilifyed for their transparency.

ousdahl wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 12:54 pm wait, so businesses screwing other businesses should prompt governmental action, but businesses screwing over consumers should be left to the fate of the free market?

or maybe the question is what the pretty good reason is for fees, usually

and I wonder what keeps competition healthy, and what might prevent healthy competition, and stuff.

Businesses screwing over businesses directly, by doing something other than providing a better service/price/experience, in order to keep them out of the market is what should be punished, yes. Because that results in everyone getting screwed, most notably the customers.

When you go directly after things like prices and fees, the customer gets screwed. No fees equals you needing to go to the ticket office, or these fees just being hidden. Or say with banking fees, the costs just get spread to all other customers - those who didn't spend more than they have. And it increases the number of people that will spend more than they have, so it'll be a higher overall cost.

Mjl wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:33 pm I like ticketmaster. Having to go to a box office to get tickets for everything is a pain in the ass. If you don't like the fees you can still do that. Meanwhile Ticketmaster built a platform that enables the convenience of ticket self service from home. That platform costs a lot of money to build and maintain, so people who use it should pay for it. Unless you want them to just hide the fees within the ticket prices - but then you're still paying the fee, you just don't know it. They're vilifyed for their transparency.

I don't have a problem with a third party platform charging service fees for using their services. I have a problem with the actual venue charging you a service fee for buying their tickets (looking at you KU).

An example for tomorrow's game
Section KU 21
Row 53
Seat 21
Price Level Tier 2
$33.00 (plus $4.00 per ticket fee)

There is no reason for KU to add a fee to those seats.

twocoach wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:56 pm

Mjl wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:33 pm I like ticketmaster. Having to go to a box office to get tickets for everything is a pain in the ass. If you don't like the fees you can still do that. Meanwhile Ticketmaster built a platform that enables the convenience of ticket self service from home. That platform costs a lot of money to build and maintain, so people who use it should pay for it. Unless you want them to just hide the fees within the ticket prices - but then you're still paying the fee, you just don't know it. They're vilifyed for their transparency.

I don't have a problem with a third party platform charging service fees for using their services. I have a problem with the actual venue charging you a service fee for buying their tickets (looking at you KU).

An example for tomorrow's game
Section KU 21
Row 53
Seat 21
Price Level Tier 2
$33.00 (plus $4.00 per ticket fee)

There is no reason for KU to add a fee to those seats.

I know I'm an idiot so hopefully people will be gentle with this question.
Why would KU charge $33.00 and then add a (plus $4.00 per ticket fee) instead of just charging $37.00 for the ticket and adding no fee?
Only thing that comes to mind is maybe there is a law that makes them declare they are charging a fee that is going to the school/city/state?

Creepy

Gas prices are the lowest they have been in over a year. Thanks Joe.