Reply #73: It's a "Housing Crisis" now because it's the middle-class, people with money. [View All]

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This is the 'ownership society'. If you own, you have status. If you don't, you don't count. If you lose what you own, you MIGHT get help. If you have nothing to lose, you get a kick in the ass.

Giving people the benefit of the doubt, I really think that a lot of people just don't know how bad it is out there. Yes, they hear the stories on the news, and they shake their heads, and say "How terrible!" Then they turn the channel. Instead of looking into WHY things are so bad, looking into their own communities to find out what's there, what isn't, and doing something to bring it there. How many people go to city/county council meetings? How many people contact their legislators? How many people do more than just shake their heads, and say "How terrible"? Sympathy is good. Empathy is better. Action is best.

Realistically, I don't see enough people taking action until it hits them. So... for the others who can't seem to get it, take away their homes, take away their incomes... take away any help from anywhere, blame them for their situation... then give them a kick in the ass. They might just get a clue.