Facts…
The dotted line is NOT Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine. It’s the date he was inaugurated. And before you say it’s fake, it comes from the Labor Department! Sigh…
In other news, Seattle strikes again…
Seattle’s Link Light Rail is a freeloader’s paradise.
There are no turnstiles, so passengers are supposed to either buy a ticket or tap their pre-paid card. But so few riders are paying, fares are currently covering just 5% of the system’s operating costs, a fraction of the 40% mark Sound Transit set as a requirement.
Full article, HERE from MSN.
I just ‘lurve’ the fact that they are using ‘fare ambassadors’ to help collect fares, especially since they no longer have anything resembling transit police…
And anybody that thinks the ‘honor’ system will actually work is slap nuts! There was a restaurant that tried that down in Australia and it’s gone now…
A popular ‘pay what you like’ vegan restaurant chain will shut its doors for good after running out of cash.
The last three remaining Lentil As Anything stores in Melbourne will close on February 27, founder Shanaka Fernando announced.
His Sydney restaurant in Newtown was shut up shop at the end of January, after landlords changed the locks over a row about rent payments during the pandemic.
Full article, HERE.
Note that they blame it on the pandemic and rent, but had to do fundraisers to even stay afloat before that. Students, homeless, and lazy types will never pay if they think they can get away with it…
LA MTA had an honor system for fares. That didn’t last too long. Sheriffs enforces the fares now.
On the same vein, there are no public restrooms in the system, because some genius thought they would be misused. So the homeless just take a dump in the elevators.
Last time I rode the Seattle Light Rail there were three transit police checking riders. That was long ago during the Lightbringer abomination.
Our “Meals on Wheels” program is a “Donation requested” system.
About 10% of our clients donate.
We taxpayers pick up the remainder.
In Canada, Trudeau the Pr!ck, or as the European Parliament recently called him to his face, a Dictator, gave aCPI increase to senior citizens of a whopping 2.1% of which he taxes it for income. This year for the first time in recent memory he is not releasing what CPI increase he gave himself and members of Canadian parliament. Last year he gave himself and colleagues over twice what he gave senior citizens. Trudeau did give Canadians a 25% increase in his carbon tax on 01 April. Bend over Rover.
Gerry- Didn’t know that, but not surprised.
WSF- Apparently they dropped them in the last couple of years!
GB- Yeah, sigh…
Dave- Wow!!! Yep, truly a BOHICA!
This is why they don’t teach math anymore. To better hide the numbers.