12-08-2021, 03:55 PM
(12-08-2021, 03:43 PM)Benton Wrote: I agree with the medical issue, but you lost me a little with the homelessness. I've always seen it as more of an issue of our attitude toward investing, our lack of cost of living controls and the overall grossly inflated housing market.
So, you're right, but go a little deeper. Think about who makes those decisions about how we invest our money in the governmental budget and who decides that we don't have those CoL controls. Where do our policymakers put our money? They invest in things that benefit the corporations in this company. They have made the decision to prioritize funding the military industrial complex over funding to secure affordable housing for the population. Funding the MIC means they need workers, but they aren't going to get workers doing the lower end jobs for the compensation and conditions they offer if those workers aren't afraid of being homeless.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
