Public support for carbon tax waning quickly (www.nationalobserver.com)

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[-] nueonetwo@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 years ago

And kids don't want to eat their vegetables or go to bed on time... Sometimes people need to be encouraged to do the thing they don't want to do, but is only in their best interest.

I work as a public servant and I say this like once a week. The general public acts like a spoiled child who wants to eat candy for dinner. The public do not care that candy isn't nutritious, they do not care that they will rot their teeth out if they eat out for every meal, they do not care that it will give them an upset stomach. They know what's best for them and candy is what's best.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

That and they think that if their siblings eats vegetables they then don't have to eat them themselves, so they prefer to force someone else to eat them in their place.