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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:57 AM Original message |
America may have to accept shantytowns |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Out of sight....out of mind.... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. They want people to have a McJob, and spend their lives enriching the few |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. They want SOME people to have a McJob. They want the rest to be unemployed |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. good point |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 04:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Plus then they can cycle them out to deny them promotions and benefits. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. If only we could find 14 million or so unoccupied homes somewhere. |
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SlipperySlope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. That is just *crazy* talk. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. They should all just move to DC |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Just wait until adults with autism and other disabilities are wandering across the highways in FL. |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. Capitalism |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Yes, we are quite aware that we live under capitolism. We lived under capitolism with slavery, but |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. Only so long as we allow a few bastards to hoard all the nation's wealth |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. K&R. nt |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. there are some of these in Sacramento |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
10. He's being unfair! The *real* gop plan is we all become wealthy investors. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. ... n/t |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. Have you called your legislator today? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Or "progressive" media, which never talks about homelessness? |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. K&R |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
19. What about all these retired military bases? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. You want to herd people from different parts of the country to a military base, but that is NOT a |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Show me where I said I wanted to "herd" people anywhere |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yeah, that is what it amounts to... herding. Unless, of course, you aren't talking about ALL |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Hmmm... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. As I said, people keep saying these things in these kinds of threads, and the same replies are |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
23. I always wondered if the goverments here would allow shanties to persist. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Of course not. We aren't even allowed to live in tents or our cars. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Of course by the time it gets that bad, there probably wont be much government left to chase you out |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. What are you talking about???? What I described is HAPPENING NOW! |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. dupe. skip this one. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I meant as bad as the actual shanty town in my picture. Like the movie District 9. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. OK, so you didn't read what I said. The situation now is WORSE. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
28. sadly... accepted for a long time now |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. Now now. We all have to share the sacrifice |
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