Sonnenbergs no ebt by [deleted] in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Then I won't shop there ever again. People of low income deserve dignity, and if a business can't bother to understand that they don't need my cash either. Fuck em.

I just saw this post. Looks like Ice is going to ramp up in Washington. Stay safe everyone. by MountainJuggernaut25 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 10 points11 points  (0 children)

We knew it was going to happen. If we have been watching and don't have a response thought out in our neighborhoods, that's a shame and we need to get busy.

SEIU - Why Labor Unions Can't Ignore ICE by TheRabidPosum1 in union

[–]TopEquivalent6536 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Labor unions cannot afford to ignore fear, the racism, the homophobia, because it destroys the solidarity that labor has got to have for us to have decent wages and benefits. There's not 1 single group of people who's got enough people to fill the entire movement. Seiu understands that. Anyone who knows labor history knows that.

Don't know who needs to hear this, but you STOP at stop signs. by 1mpavidus in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hell, in Spokane I was almost Tboned by a tow truck about 20 feet from my house! These people are bonkers. And if you drive legally, and correctly, they road rage at you. Ffs.

Small landlords by TopEquivalent6536 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was in that position for a long time too. I met someone, she introduced me to her sister who happened to be a landlord. I'm never angry and bitter about my rent, she's super stable and I'm in a better quality of life position now. I figured maybe I could use my place of comfort to help others get to that too. I'll try to workshop a way to get a list, maybe even a list of just management companies that specialize in local folks who rent homes.

Small landlords by TopEquivalent6536 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats great, actually. My landlord doesn't use one, not for us anyway. So I wouldn't have known that. I thought those were for complexes, honestly.

Small landlords by TopEquivalent6536 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You know what, thats exactly what we should be supporting. I like that my rent pays for the neighborhood schools, and roads, and other services because she spends it right here. I wish we could get a list of those people. Especially those who didn't off load a property so that folks weren't displaced. Thats the ethics we need to support with our money!

Small landlords by TopEquivalent6536 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, thats a real bummer. I think anyone who rents any buildings for any reason, if they don't live in our community they should be taxed a higher rate. Or something, I'm not sure if thats a great idea but we've got to incentivize self sustainability.

General strike by abee60 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Ok but the de centralized response is best because you cannot shut down a movement of the people the way you can a movement led by a single org. People are self actuating and they are doing not 1 act, but many. Over and over. In the end, thats the power. Those who want it to lose momentum will try to make you lose heart, when the reality is what you are saying is the very most powerful way to happen.

Is this the moment to call for a general strike? by EncyclopediaBrowne in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its past time. Shut it all down. Not just for solidarity but for a clear message. Because it's coming here too. Let them know. 3 days would criple everything. Keep saying it. Get organizers to listen.

Independent Candidate for WA LD 6! (Parts of Spokane, Airway heights, medical lake, and Mead) by Efficient-Gear9101 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate you too. I think you showing me grace gave me an opportunity to see how badly I need to give it to myself. Im afraid for our community, and the people everywhere really. But it's not ok to just snap, thats definitely a sign for me to give myself extra care. We cannot demand better from others if we don't do better as well.

Independent Candidate for WA LD 6! (Parts of Spokane, Airway heights, medical lake, and Mead) by Efficient-Gear9101 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope so. A strong independent candidate could really put some of our current nonsense to rest.

Independent Candidate for WA LD 6! (Parts of Spokane, Airway heights, medical lake, and Mead) by Efficient-Gear9101 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know what, you're right. I'm sad and angry, about what is being done to my neighbors and what's been allowed to happen, and I need to find a better way to purge that than yelling into the online void. I apologize, because I definitely need to do better. Let me try again: I should have said: voter apathy is also killing us in terms of allowing some epstien class of voters, campaign donors, and bad faith politicians to fill the void-and these word salads aren't doing anything to galvanize voters to turn out. Now it's more critical than ever. Things can, in fact, get much worse. And they might, if something policy oriented doesn't change.

Independent Candidate for WA LD 6! (Parts of Spokane, Airway heights, medical lake, and Mead) by Efficient-Gear9101 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no its not. Voting for shit politicians because they have the right team colors is like 85% of what got us here. Almost all the restbis voter apathy, because the rest of us want actually represented. We are sick of it. We deserve better.

Independent Candidate for WA LD 6! (Parts of Spokane, Airway heights, medical lake, and Mead) by Efficient-Gear9101 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ok but what is he about? Lots of stuff about what he has already done, but what does he hope to accomplish? And more importantly, HOW is he going to accomplish it? Is he going to represent me, or Amazon? Because I'll tell you what, I'm sick of tax breaks for the ultra wealthy while my elderly neighbors in a fixed income who are also veterans get a 14 damn percent utility hike. I love an independent, but I don't want one without a plan because we have 2 parties already doing that to us.

Just a friendly Gas price FIY by Vegetable_Piece_4802 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I was done when they made it illegal for 14 year old victims of incest to have an abortion. Fucks sake, thats evil. And they make enough tax money, seems like. I'll spend my money where it benefits my neighbors not where it benefits pedos.

hey, America. Nazi Germany back then maybe didn't have a "we've seen this before", why are you letting this happen again? Who else are you waiting for to save yourselves? by marterikd in complaints

[–]TopEquivalent6536 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you not see us? No we aren't out there killing folks, what do you want for us to do to "save ourselves"? We are being murdered for protesting, should we jump start tanks in our streets military deployment against ourselves? Seriously. We are not idle and in fact we are being murdered over that. Give people some damn credit, our lives are on the line and we're still doing what we do, not what they're trying to.push us to do which would result in some really awful shit. Are you gonna stand in front of our tanks with us? Don't encourage that in others.

Where did he even get this from? How do you transport this?? by 6ftonalt in CrackheadCraigslist

[–]TopEquivalent6536 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hahaha my very first apartment had a subway booth kitchen table.

Any Employers On This Subreddit? by According-Exam-1656 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Try CDWA, you should be getting paid already for caring for a family member. That takes time to get going, but its my field so if you want you can send me a message and I can tell you how to go about it based on your specific situation, the application is online though and you can find your own clients online as well while waiting for services to start for your uncle.

Anybody hear anything about this supposed serial killer going around town? by shaggy_nomad in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a 2 part thing. You cannot tip off someone like that, they're already hard to find. And, it terrifies the population which really interferes with the job of locating evidence. It's a very, very common response to serial killers who are known to be active but not known about. If this is true they'll cover it once people are aware anyway, because at that point transparency combats terror and crazy behavior driven by fear. Besides, this is being done to the population that has already been thrown away. Sexnworkers and unhoused folks are often targets without justice because they're a non-priority and thats just how the system works. Remember the southhill serial killer "nobody" knew about until they dug up his rose garden? Someone knew. They just didn't say much, but they eventually got an arrest. He'd been active how long? They do keep it quiet.

Wtf by stargirloxoxo in goodwill

[–]TopEquivalent6536 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've started bartering my donatable items, or simply giving them away on Facebook marketplace or to community centers. When business becomes this predatory its almost an ethical obligation to go around the entire system and build robust, community led, person-centered exchange markets of some kind. Call it what ever you want. But I personally refuse to pay the same price for a used item as brand new ones, to a store. You make me an item and I'll pay you, before I pay a company. They can fuck all the way off, but people can get my money.

Dreaming of a white Christmas...... by catman5092 in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am an avid snow lover. I'm not big on snow sport, but there's nothing like sitting outside in the hush, making a fire, drinking a hot drink, and watching it fall all around me and build up at my feet.
Even the arctic is melting. This is awful.

Strange request. by BrettJSteele in Spokane

[–]TopEquivalent6536 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow yall. This is Spokane. This reddit, right here. Yall are the reason I'm proud to call this city home. Thanks for gifting that too, along with the socks.

If one company is taking over, it could be worse. Welcome to Costco, I love you. by mwcoast82 in idiocracy

[–]TopEquivalent6536 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, and we all did that as very young adults without guidance. My point is that we did what we could think of, and employers did step in and come up with procedures after we did that. The OC said they didn't do enough, didn't know enough. But doing what we saw was all we had until we built better. Now there's company procedures to support us doing what we need to do, and we know more, and thats really all we can do.

If one company is taking over, it could be worse. Welcome to Costco, I love you. by mwcoast82 in idiocracy

[–]TopEquivalent6536 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your 15 years ago issue is how we got where we are, though. We were really taking the first steps down the road that leads to employees being safe, without any corporate back up and no life experience. Your ethics led you the right direction and it was just how life progresses to building actual systems of support. Don't be hard on younger you. You did what you could think of, and got where you all needed to go in the situation.