Dem schools CNBC host who admits he 'doesn’t know' how to fix runaway healthcare costs With the second-longest federal government shutdown dragging on and Americans concerned about soaring health insurance premiums and coverage losses, Congressman Ro Khanna on Thursday again made the ca...

Until we REMOVE the #Healthcare #Rationing and #ProfitMotive, we will continue on this path.

We need a single payer system serving people, NOT stockholders. #SinglePayer

Dem schools CNBC host who admits he 'doesn’t know' how to fix runaway healthcare costs www.rawstory.com/health-care-...

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

Is it possible for a non-profit, independent college/uni to govern itself anymore? Now any #Billionaire #Alumna has the knowledge & right to redesign higher ed for the rest of US? Why? Is there a #ProfitMotive?
The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

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For those considering #SanFrancisco's Upzoning Plan (aka #FamilyZoningPlan) , predicated on letting for profit developers build higher and denser, we have some data:

"London boroughs with the greatest number of these rental property developments, rents have increased by 48% to 52% since 2015 […]

Well, the 99 cent bags of bruised and reduced produce at Kroger are now $1.25!!
About a 25% increase.... for things they are just going to throw away!
#ProfitMotive #Food #PriceGouging

NO
#TuningOut #ProfitMotive #Genocide #Democide #Ecocide #Capitalism #Escapism #PowerOver #Fascism #CommonStruggle #FaceIt #Together
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

👉 Vote 'em Out!

HEALTH INSURANCE CANCELLED - My husband found out his Humana Medicare supplemental policy was cancelled b/c they thought he has a chronic illness. The bleeding from cuts caused by Trump’s Terrible Ugly Bill has begun. #Florida #ProfitMotive

Using someone else's #standards exposes you to their #bias, UNLESS you can compare their #method to yours. #Individualsources & #brands expose you to a #profitmotive bias. And the #algorithm exposes you to #escalatingemotional biases.

#MakeMediaLiteracyGreat #MakeCriticalThinkingGreat #MakeProgress

7/9 Smith's response confirmed concerns, suggesting public hospitals should see this as "a way of getting more revenue" and promising surgeons would come to Alberta "because they will be able to make more money."
#ProfitMotive #PrivateSurgeon
#ABpoli #ABhealth

IRS gives new guidance for scam victims to deduct theft losses Taxpayers that suffer a smaller loss might not have the sophistication to know that they could be entitled to take a theft loss deduction, warns one expert.

#Scams are proliferating rapidly. Although few qualify to be written off as a #profitmotive is required so the typical scams we hear about are just a loss, the lessons here are valuable. If you want protection our #app will prevent you from being a victim
www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-giv...

PROFIT. ACCUMULATE. INVEST. UNTIL EVERYTHING IS DEAD.

#cyberpunk #industrial #ebm #latestagecapitalism #profitmotive #voidblaster

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Challenge #04450-L066: Enrichment Activities | PeakD People crave choice.... by internutter

Only the most profitable choices remain. How are we losing money?

peakd.com/fiction/@int...

#flashfiction #mundanematters #shortstory #profitmotive #writingprompt

DAILY TRIFECTA: The Healthcare System Doesn't Suck. It Just Sucks For You. Milton Friedman's School Of Medicine

Today's DAILY TRIFECTA: The Healthcare System Doesn't Suck. It Just Sucks For You.
newsvandal.substack.com/p/daily-trif...
#healthcare #healthinsurance #profitmotive #privateequity #pharma

How Cities Have Gotten Creative With Red Light Camera Tickets Chicago shortened yellow lights and made millions

The people cheering dismantling of government are naive. When profit is the motive instead of public good, you have people changing timing of traffic lights to increase ticket revenues: time.com/3505994/red-... #antigovernment #profitmotive #public_good

28 minutes and that's enough hold for me.

The #profitmotive is incompatible with #healthcare #kaiser

He doesn’t care. He’s going to throw parties at MAL and charge admission. #profitmotive

Capitalism endures because of folks who'd rather make a profit off things that are broken than make things that don't break. #anticapitalism #sustainability #profitmotive

Headline. Is it possible to make money AND do good?
#investing #businessethics #responsibleinvesting #business #profitmotive

Maybe they wished to profit from it? Less supply means they can jack up the price for their fellow users. 💸📈 #ProfitMotive #SupplyAndDemand #PriceGouging

Could L.A.’s rezoning plan to boost housing supply cause more tenant displacement? The city of Los Angeles is proposing to supercharge its housing development incentive plan to meet state mandates. Some advocates worry the proposal will lead to too much displacement as older apartme...

“[This] housing stock is the reason working-class Angelenos are able to stay in Los Angeles,” said Laura Raymond, director of the ACT-LA coalition. “It doesn’t make sense to have this huge cornerstone of our housing policy solution be at risk.” #ProfitMotive

www.latimes.com/california/s...

New PPP idea: Monitors for private prison who receive a % of every fine given. #profitmotive

So some guy writes a book called Blank Swan? Come on... That's riding the coat tails of Nassim so hard. #profitmotive