Reply #7: Oh, God, here we go again. [View All]

[liberalhistorian]

How many times do you have to hear that increasing numbers of homeless are families who lost the living-paycheck-to-paycheck roulette (yes, even middle-class families), people whose jobs don't pay enough for rent, especially in high-cost-of-living areas, the mentally ill, and CHILDREN, for God's sake. I don't think THEY are addicted to anything, and I can't honestly believe you do, either.

That's an old repuke talking-point stereotype, the same kind of bullshit as "there are plenty of jobs, people just don't want to work", when millions of jobs are being lost, businesses are cutting back, college graduates can't even get jobs at McDonald's or Wal-Mart, etc.

I hope to God you're never in that position, because then people will probably just point to you and say "stay away from him, he's just an addict."