"Trick or treat" was probably standardized by US media, but the term itself originates in Canada. (As well as the modern form of the activity)

Then it's perfectly reasonable to blame the third of Americans who didn't really care enough to vote, as well as that 28% of course.

I don't know what kind of altruistic landlords you're renting from, but all the ones I have had dragged their feet and eventually "fixed" the problem in the cheapest and bare-minimum-that's-technically-true way possible. They'd love nothing more than for me to leave so they could jack the rent 100%.

Yes. I think you fundamentally misunderstand what struggle means. $4750/month is enough to rent a super nice place or a mortgage on a decent detached house (nothing fancy but just under a million). And that's not to mention the other $5000+/month leftover after taxes.

Anyone struggling to afford housing while making $190,000 (let alone more) is either grossly incompetent with money or is confusing "struggling to pay for housing" with "not being able to afford as big or fancy a house as they'd like". If you go with the standard 30% for housing costs vs income (which to anyone making $80,000 or less is impossible), you're looking at $4750/month. That's not a struggle by anyone's definition.

That's why firing the executives would be so much more effective, I just don't know how that could work with the government forcing a company to fire someone. That being said, I also don't know how they should be able to force workers to work, so maybe that could be some sort of condition.

I am of the belief that any back to work legislation should come with a major penalty to the employer. For a private company this could be in the form of a huge fine, but if it's a public body it should come with the firing of the executives. If a group of workers is too essential for them to have the right to strike, then allowing negotiations to break down shows gross incompetence on the part of the negotiation team.

Every American alive - minus Gen Z / Alpha at the moment,

Most of Gen Z were 18+ in 2024, they're already carrying the torch.

I'm intolerant of the US in the same way someone might be lactose intolerant. When you find out, it doesn't mean you immediately hate all dairy, you just have to start considering what items are worth the consequences.

I don't know, they're a very American brand, maybe not as much as Tim's is Canadian (in the sense of brand perception/ cultural significance). Even though McDonald's is American, it's been here so long and is so global it doesn't feel American.

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The problem is that once you get into lifetime costs the variables go through the roof and any numbers you come up with are almost meaningless to anyone but yourself. (Not to mention needing to calculate increasingly volatile energy prices over decades) I tried to do a bit of basic math. I calculated with BC Hydro home rates at $0.12/kwh and fast charger rates at $0.40/kwh, and with gas at its (local) year low of $1.40/L as well as rounding up to $2/L. I also am taking my basic search for efficiency data at face value.

Cost/100km

Kia Niro EV ~17kwh/100km = $2.04 home $6.80 fast charger
Hyundai Kona ICE ~7.5L/100km combined = $10.50-$15

Nissan Leaf ~18.9kwh/100km = $2.27 home $7.56 fast charger
Nissan Versa ~6.8L/100km = $9.52-$13.60

There's no doubt there are many people saving tons by driving an EV, just as I have no doubt many people will never break even (and if they're ok with that I have no issues).