Worth noting that the French law only deals with food waste from supermarkets as far as I know. Not households or agriculture. It’s a great start, though.

Unemployment. Like many others, I keep an emergency fund with high yield that can keep food on the table for the fam while looking for a new job. Replenish as soon as I get a new job.

Not taking risk is one of the main reasons most people never get to truly experience life before it’s over. However, there are situations where taking risk can actually destroy your life, especially when it involves physical danger. Proceed with caution.

So, let me get this straight. You think a Trump win will ensure that the US will stop backing Israel?

Never lied. Also, you don’t seem like a very pleasant person. Lighten up.

You have nude public beaches like in Europe? Where?

Hoping the same for the United States.

This thread must be mind-blowing for Americans.

I’m never going to be on the side of Hamas, but there’s no need to make a mockery of something that will surely involves civilian casualties. Shame on her.

That is the unfortunate truth about doing business as a startup in the US, isn’t it?

I wonder now many businesses never get off the ground because people have to make these decisions.

Thanks for the suggestions. We have been thinking about having my partner switch jobs to something that provides better healthcare coverage. But that could take a while and put the business opportunity at risk.

I don’t like that.

I was actually part of a startup in Europe some years ago. Healthcare was not part of the equation.

It would work anywhere, but the opportunity I have is in the US and moving overseas right now is not really an option.

I do feel discouraged that it’s the healthcare system that’s holding back my business opportunity. Shouldn’t be like that.

Yeah, that’s also what I’m thinking. It’s just so sad that the US healthcare system is the thing that’s holding back business. Seems counterintuitive. I was just hoping someone knew of a good workaround.

I guess one option is to save more and risk losing the business opportunity.

I can, but it’s still outrageously expensive compared to my current situation. It would put a lot of financial stress on us in a situation that’s already stressful in every way possible.

We have some issues too.

Very true. But so do Europe and Canada.

What next tool are you talking about?

Guns are specifically designed to kill people as quickly and efficiently as possible and at great distance. Take that tool away and you put some serious limits on the will to kill.

The will cannot drive the action without the tool.

This is the dog equivalent of “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.”

But without the gun, no one would be killed by the gun.

Governments are pretty damn inefficient and tend to waste a lot of money because of the process and bureaucracy.

I wish you would take a look at how government works in places like Scandinavia and much of Western Europe. Their universal healthcare systems are very efficient and cost-effective.

Other than politics and gone-wild ideology, there’s no reason the US couldn’t do the same.