It Could Happen Here recently published a podcast episode about how this would work. Some people are upset with how far out the date it set, but it’s a smart approach and provides the runway necessary for other industries/unions to sign new contracts.
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I liked when the reporter asked Karamo if she could name just one example of how they’ve been fundraising and she said yes but still failed to do so.
Kristina Karamo
We’re not bankrupt. That’s not true. So the thing about it is, we are operating at a positive cash flow. So yes, it has-- have I hit the financial goals that I would like? Not at the level I would like, but we are on our way.
Zoe Chace
Well, that’s why I guess I’m asking just for any example. Is there a fundraiser in which you tapped into businesses that had been sitting on the sidelines, like you talked about in your campaign?
Kristina Karamo
Of course.
Zoe Chace
Or something like that?
Kristina Karamo
Of course.
Zoe Chace
Just any specific you can give me?
Kristina Karamo
Yeah, well, for one, yes. But I don’t know what specific you’re looking for. Because my question is, why are you so dogmatic on the notion of people who want to push the elitist narrative? That’s my question. Because I’ve answered it multiple times.
But my question to you, so why are you so aggressive on that notion? I’m not going to go through the nuts and bolts of every person who’s given $1 or $10,000 or $20,000 to our administration. I’ve answered, we’re operating at a positive cash flow.
Everything I’ve read about them states that they’re specifically designed to be non-lethal.
I agree that on the surface it sounds inhumane. But if it didn’t hurt much, just think of all the Tiktokers that would turn this into a challenge.
Several people have jumped into them. Some have been rescued from there, but “a handful” had “jumped into the net and then jumped to their death,” Mulligan said.
He declined to say how many. It will take a year or two of data to fully understand the system’s effectiveness, he said.
In the decade beginning in 2011, bridge officials said, there were 335 confirmed suicides, or an average of 33.5 per year. In 2022, as the first nets were being strung, there were 22. Through October this year, as more nets have been added, there were 13.
“If we save 30 lives a year, and not 31, it’s worth it for those 30 people who we saved,” Mulligan said. “And that’s every year. To greatly reduce the number of people dying in the community is a worthy goal. And to achieve that is success.”
Yet despite that…
Tuesday’s statement from the House Freedom Caucus included the line: “… we remain committed to working with Speaker Johnson”.
It’s still in place: www.axios.com/…/johnson-gop-house-speaker-rule
The far righters weren’t happy and voted against this. But they said they weren’t going to kick him out because of it.