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Showing Original Post only (View all)Why can't liberals solve homelessness? [View all]
Liberal Democrats run the local governments in most of the big cities but there are homeless people all over the place constantly being harassed by the police. They hang around the library all day or sit around fast food places. A lot of people are just totally unemployable on the capitalist labor market. How come these people aren't helped or given something meaningful to work on when the cities are obviously crumbling and it's clear there is enormous unmet human need and environmental need. Why can't liberals put it together?
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You are right. I just retired from county government in CA where I worked on homeless grants.
upaloopa
Jun 2016
#2
That's weird because right next to the homelessness there are enormous piles of concentrated wealth
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2016
#7
Great now that the solution is known, how long until homelessness is solved in all these cities
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2016
#13
In some cities liberals do run the show, controlling the whole government.
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2016
#16
I don't buy any of this story. I think any major city has more that enough resources to open a
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2016
#18
I thought that was the evidence. Cities run by liberals for decades but still have a lot
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2016
#20
Good point, there seems to be a hell of a lot of money sloshing through some of these privately run
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2016
#12
The capitalist solution to homelessness is probably to build more prisons.
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2016
#9
Agreed, but they should be private prisons to maximize profit opportunities. eom
guillaumeb
Jun 2016
#10
It isn't allowed to be solved, the current housing market absolutely requires
TheKentuckian
Jun 2016
#11