mkconor

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by mkconor 4y ago
Other users of the road do most of the enforcement. The police often get involved only at the behest of another user or if certain levels of misconduct are breached. It sounds like this transparency allows other citizens to do the low-level
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by mkconor 4y ago
But neither of those places has the diversity or scale of California’s agricultural system—it’s one of the most reliable suppliers of the food on America’s plate. And that’s why California’s water problem is a local problem for most Americ
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A Silent Generation of College Debt Holders(nytimes.com)
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by mkconor 14y ago
gang violence The gangs were white, but the contours of the violence would probably be familiar to contemporary observers. intense poverty Sociocultural hurdles that limited property ownership, the inability to meaningfully advocate for
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by mkconor 14y ago
Health insurance in the US is highly variable. Many plans expect consumers to pay a substantial portion of their medical bills. The term "underinsured" tries to capture this segment of the population that is nominally insured but in reality
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by mkconor 16y ago
This issue is tricky and not for some of the reasons I've seen listed in this thread. My maternal grandparents were both the children of indigenious South Americans so this is somewhat personal for me. One the one hand if we contact them th
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by mkconor 16y ago
New Yorkers pay taxes on Amazon purchases. There are two or three other state where Amazon purchases are taxed as well. New York would be an ideal market for Amazon Fresh. Fresh Direct has whetted consumers' appetite for grocery delivery se