[–] 19 points 2 days ago (1 child)

I've run for office, and yeah, the running is a job all on its own. That and everything takes money.

Campaign signs don't print themselves, canvassers need to be paid, handbills need printers, venues need to be booked, offices need to be rented and all of it, all of it takes money that the majority of candidates simply don't have on their own.

Once you experience that you realize why a lot of politicians become corrupt, or at least corrupted by the system.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I work returns in a Costco. In fact, I'm typing this on my phone in the little office we have in receiving.

    Food either gets sold or gets pulled for various reasons. Pulled food goes first to the local food banks. What can't go to them goes to a farm, a local pet rescue group, and to a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation group.

    Anything left over from all that goes into a bin to be turned into high grade compost, which gets sold for $5 for a 20lb bag.

    It takes time and money to do this, and it gets done anyway because the will is there.

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