I have been to five cities in 3 months (Sacramento, Portland, D.C., Columbus, and Pittsburg). When I got off the plane and jumped into my Uber. The driver did not give me the normal run down of best places to eat. We traveled for a few minute when he broke the silence with, "We have a homeless problem in Portland". He underestimates …
I have been to five cities in 3 months (Sacramento, Portland, D.C., Columbus, and Pittsburg). When I got off the plane and jumped into my Uber. The driver did not give me the normal run down of best places to eat. We traveled for a few minute when he broke the silence with, "We have a homeless problem in Portland". He underestimates the scope of the problem. There are already tent cities in each of the above places. The biggest ones obviously in warmer climates but still prevalent throughout. In Sacramento there are people walking the strip howling at the moon with obvious signs of mental illness. In D.C. the pack any spare inch of open grass on the corners across from churches and convention centers. As global warming precipitates more housing problems. We are on a crash course not with a housing crisis. But with a home grown humanitarian crisis. It is fitting that a gluttonous socio path espouses the fix that is necessary for Capitalism to thrive. Out of Site, Out of Mind. Make no mistakes, he is talking about people. And that person one day will be you he is talking about because he does not care about life itself. He is right on one thing. We need more housing and places for homeless to sleep that is not the ground. And I am sorry to say. I don't think capitalism can solve this out of control problem. (We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States.) Notice the word Capitalism is not used one time but there is a word used that is often associated with Socialism. That is the word Welfare. This is because Socialism is about factors of production and not about the right to vote. In fact, if the common worker had more of a vote in corporate institutions outside of the need for unions. You would probably not have many of the humanitarian issues we have today. I agree that the lady in the neighborhood running the soup kitchen for her local community makes a better representative then a non-profit form out of state. This is a Republican ideal. But Democratic ideals of a central government fomenting her ability to do so needs to become prevalent. This will never happen under a party controlled by a melomaniac. I couldn't sleep the night he was elected. Its possible because I already knew that the experiment was over.
Capitalism is perfectly compatible with a generous welfare state. Virtually every time full-blown socialism has been attempted, it has failed. But American capitalism needs re-shaping. We have the resources to prevent this. A country with so much wealth and suffering from labor shortages should not have such a huge homeless problem. We are the only modern democracy that doesn't guarantee health care to its populace.
I have been to five cities in 3 months (Sacramento, Portland, D.C., Columbus, and Pittsburg). When I got off the plane and jumped into my Uber. The driver did not give me the normal run down of best places to eat. We traveled for a few minute when he broke the silence with, "We have a homeless problem in Portland". He underestimates the scope of the problem. There are already tent cities in each of the above places. The biggest ones obviously in warmer climates but still prevalent throughout. In Sacramento there are people walking the strip howling at the moon with obvious signs of mental illness. In D.C. the pack any spare inch of open grass on the corners across from churches and convention centers. As global warming precipitates more housing problems. We are on a crash course not with a housing crisis. But with a home grown humanitarian crisis. It is fitting that a gluttonous socio path espouses the fix that is necessary for Capitalism to thrive. Out of Site, Out of Mind. Make no mistakes, he is talking about people. And that person one day will be you he is talking about because he does not care about life itself. He is right on one thing. We need more housing and places for homeless to sleep that is not the ground. And I am sorry to say. I don't think capitalism can solve this out of control problem. (We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States.) Notice the word Capitalism is not used one time but there is a word used that is often associated with Socialism. That is the word Welfare. This is because Socialism is about factors of production and not about the right to vote. In fact, if the common worker had more of a vote in corporate institutions outside of the need for unions. You would probably not have many of the humanitarian issues we have today. I agree that the lady in the neighborhood running the soup kitchen for her local community makes a better representative then a non-profit form out of state. This is a Republican ideal. But Democratic ideals of a central government fomenting her ability to do so needs to become prevalent. This will never happen under a party controlled by a melomaniac. I couldn't sleep the night he was elected. Its possible because I already knew that the experiment was over.
Capitalism is perfectly compatible with a generous welfare state. Virtually every time full-blown socialism has been attempted, it has failed. But American capitalism needs re-shaping. We have the resources to prevent this. A country with so much wealth and suffering from labor shortages should not have such a huge homeless problem. We are the only modern democracy that doesn't guarantee health care to its populace.