I did the math. If I do a load of laundry every week (I technically have to do two, as my undershirts are washed at a different temperature and air dried), so its $6 a week. That’s $312 per year. There are six units in my building, assuming they are spending the same on average (but probably more), that’s $1872 per year that my landlord pulls in. I can FRIGGIN GUARANTEE YOU that the collective building *DOES NOT* spend $1872 per year in water and power to run the washer and dryer. I also pay $1200 per month in rent, which is $14,400 per year. Between 6 units that’s $86,400, plus the laundry fees lets call that $88k that the building pulls in per year. I can FUCKING GUARANTEE YOU this building does *NOT* use that much in water and property taxes, and every unit pays for its own electricity.
My landlord owns 10 buildings, all of the same design. The entire lot of 10 buildings has one superintendent. The buildings do not have AC, their appliances have not been replaced in a minimum of 20+ years, and the washer and dryer are…well they’re ancient.
I feel *ZERO* sympathy if I can make this work in the laundry room.
I just want to point out, if you want to stop abortions, work towards fixing the issues that push woman towards them
If you want to stop abortions, support better sex-ed so our teens have a better grasp of it than just “don’t do it cos it’s bad.” It doesn’t work for any other stupid things teens do. They’re more likely to be receptive and cautious if they are given a proper and thorough explanation.
Support contraceptive rights and preventative care so that women who don’t want to be pregnant have more options to stay that way.
Support healthcare so that expecting mothers can get the care they need while pregnant.
Support a liveable wage so that these women can feel financially secure enough to have a child.
Working to eliminate the factors that push many women to abortion instead of making it illegal does much more good.
It’s like how we put on sunscreen before we go to the beach– it makes much more sense than going, getting burnt, then complaining and putting aloe on it as if you couldn’t have prevented it in the first place
Bringing this back again with the news that Justice Kennedy is retiring.
“Banning” abortion doesn’t actually stop it.
It just stops safe abortions, and increases the number of women who die because an abortion is the only choice for them and they have to result to back-alley methods to obtain them
Support measures that will actually help decrease the need for abortions instead of pushing desperate women to their deaths
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