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zipplewrath

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17. Doesn't mean they can access it.

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Reply #16)

Mon Jun 6, 2016, 04:07 PM

Jun 2016

Just because the wealth exists, doesn't mean the government can access it. The question you're really asking is why can't cities/states/governments form the kinds of social safety nets we see in Europe. The real answer is that it is politically unsustainable (we were coming close in the days of the Great Society programs) and complicated by the fact that we spend way too much on the defense department.

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Why can't liberals solve homelessness? [View all] Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 OP

One word - money. It takes money and most cities are struggling. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1

You are right. I just retired from county government in CA where I worked on homeless grants. upaloopa Jun 2016 #2

How would a change in attitude solve the problems you mention, elleng Jun 2016 #27

It would take more taxes to solve the homeless problem upaloopa Jun 2016 #29

Extremely difficult to change that attitude, imo. elleng Jun 2016 #30

That's weird because right next to the homelessness there are enormous piles of concentrated wealth Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 #7

Because EdwardBernays Jun 2016 #3

We have zipplewrath Jun 2016 #4

Great now that the solution is known, how long until homelessness is solved in all these cities Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 #13

Or they don't "run the show". zipplewrath Jun 2016 #14

In some cities liberals do run the show, controlling the whole government. Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 #16

Doesn't mean they can access it. zipplewrath Jun 2016 #17

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

Evidence? zipplewrath Jun 2016 #19

I thought that was the evidence. Cities run by liberals for decades but still have a lot Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 #20

SS created the (retired) middle class zipplewrath Jun 2016 #21

The money goes to the wrong things ghostsinthemachine Jun 2016 #5

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

Homelessness is a by-product of the cutthroat capitalist system we use. Maedhros Jun 2016 #6

THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^ socialist_n_TN Jun 2016 #22

What makes you think that the 1% who own the liberal politicians guillaumeb Jun 2016 #8

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

Because the Democratic party has been under the control of the Thirdway Phlem Jun 2016 #15

Well, there's a few on this thread that see the answer......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2016 #23

Yep. nt LWolf Jun 2016 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author tralala Jun 2016 #24

You folks are missing a major contributor to the problem. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2016 #26

It might helpful to understand who they are... jonno99 Jun 2016 #28