@cherokeepatti and the lobby groups in DC.

@Mandy57 I hear about that every single day from my people. Just so hard against the huge money guzzlers.

@Mandy57 i am sorry if you have had problems with insurance and medical care, but why do you believe they deserve the term scam? I don't want to be too personal, but did someone deceptively take money from you for insurance or medical care?

A scam is a deceptive scheme to trick someone into giving away money or personal information, often by pretending to be a trusted source (like a bank, government agency, or friend) and creating urgency or promising big rewards. Common types include phishing emails, fake job offers, unexpected money prizes, and impersonation scams, utilizing tactics like pressure, threats, and requests for unusual payment methods (gift cards, crypto) to get you to act quickly before you can think.

@Iwillwait I read Texas hehe

@Iwillwait a little bit.

@SwampFlower That too. 😑

@Thevy29 100000% YES!

@NerdyPotato this.

Which in turn is also driving another which is even more dangerous to humanity: AI.

@RisingMorningStar7 nope

@robertsnj Universities are spending a lot of money recruiting students. Things were so much different when I retired than 25 years before when I first started working there. They started adding on mandatory classes for freshman to take. And added so many types of fees. Started taking a percentage for their cut of student scholarships and grants. And set up foundations for people to donate to the university for various projects including landscaping, benches, statues etc. They wanted more of those things to pretty up the campus so visiting potential students and their parents would be so impressed. They had to hire a lot more landscapers in order to keep everything planted, watered, weeded and maintained.

@cherokeepatti i got a degree so so long ago--i am just out of the loop---but i see how expensive it is these days to go to college.

@robertsnj It’s ridiculously expensive. Some of my generation could live with their parents during college to save on housing & cafeteria expensive that are so much $$$. That way they didn’t have to get over their heads with student loans. they even tried to make freshmen that live within commuting distances to stay in dorms & buy a meal plan. Two mothers protested out on the campus while the president of the university went on vacation. It got the attention of a local TV station who broadcast the story. That bit of public scrutiny and some phone calls that followed caused the president to reverse that rule.

@OriginalDumbMan I think you just won SimilarWorlds

@ArishMell that is a good example

@robertsnj Thankyou!

I'd add motor insurers too, most of them encouraging that racket.

@hunkalove hey, hey! Peanut butter cookies are amazing 😯🥺

@meJess what is that?

@EndlessHorizon obvious to whom?
So that my post doesn't look ridiculous,
The post I was commenting on, by EndlessHorizon, was: religion, obviously.

@samueltyler2 the intelligent?

@Picklebobble2 I've never worked out how donating to any cause would save you money!

I don't donate to churches anyway, apart from paying for the occasional music event in one, or attending a coffee-morning !

@GuyWithOpinions Oh, scarcity is a thing, but we create it.

@DancingStarGoddess Hey, the church has bills too!!

@Hireath yeah, yeah!

@Ambroseguy80 COVID is so 2019 !!

@Ambroseguy80 All those dead people are really committed to the lie.