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Showing Original Post only (View all)"The bicycle is the slow death of the planet" [View all]
"The bicycle is the slow death of the planet."
I hope he did say this, but don't know. Sounds about right.
General Director of Euro Exim Bank Ltd. got economists thinking when he said:
"A cyclist is a disaster for the country's economy: he does not buy cars and does not borrow money to buy. He does not pay for insurance policies. He does not buy fuel, does not pay for the necessary maintenance and repairs. He does not use paid parking. He does not cause serious accidents. He does not require multi-lane highways. He does not get fat.
Healthy people are neither needed nor useful for the economy. They don't buy medicine. They do not go to hospitals or doctors. Nothing is added to the country's GDP (gross domestic product).
On the contrary, every new McDonald's restaurant creates at least 30 jobs: 10 cardiologists, 10 dentists, 10 dietary experts and nutritionists, and obviously, people who work at the restaurant itself."
Choose carefully: cyclist or McDonald's? It is worth considering.
Healthy people are neither needed nor useful for the economy. They don't buy medicine. They do not go to hospitals or doctors. Nothing is added to the country's GDP (gross domestic product).
On the contrary, every new McDonald's restaurant creates at least 30 jobs: 10 cardiologists, 10 dentists, 10 dietary experts and nutritionists, and obviously, people who work at the restaurant itself."
Choose carefully: cyclist or McDonald's? It is worth considering.
P.S. Walking is even worse. Pedestrians don't even buy bicycles.
Thank you for this Megan Doreen 🙏❤️
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The bicycle isn't the death of the planet, by this argument. But it's one nail in the coffin
Gaugamela
Jul 2021
#6
Here in California, and probably elsewhere in these great United States...
Spider Jerusalem
Jul 2021
#7
The hardcore MAMILs I work with seem to use the hospital system quite a bit as well.
meadowlander
Jul 2021
#20
Not in the US . In the US they are more likely to buy overpriced organic and other foods considered
JI7
Jul 2021
#21
Love my bicycle. Everytime I ride it to the grocery store, the library, the PO,
Roisin Ni Fiachra
Jul 2021
#24