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The Anders
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A new New Deal perhaps?
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Snicolette
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We certainly need something! Might not be a bad idea....
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"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
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SteveG
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Ronstein
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Wasn't 'Trickle Down' economics' Reagan's brilliant excuse for giving more money to the wealthy!
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SteveG
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Tapfret
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You spelled "police station" wrong. That's where our mental health money goes in the U.S., prison industrial complex. There are shelters, largely run on a volunteer or evangelical basis. All expectedly under funded. True help is an illusion here. "yer own bootstraps" and all that BS. Sorry, I hate to politicize this thread. Just a sore subject.
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triptych
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That actor>/poser-cum-idiot of a POTUS with Thatcher paved the world for the start of all our problerms on this planet ever since the 1980s !!!!....and we're still paying the high price. Since the 1980s and Reagan / Thatcher economics, there have been more wars, more terrorism, more poverty, more social strife, more hunger, more depression and manic situations in people, more hatred, more white supremacy, more racism, more right wing Fascism, more everyting negative that our weary minds could ever conjure.......and it culminated with the advent of Trumpism !
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Catcher10
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It's a terrible subject, even here in WA state, for example city of Seattle has been a complete disaster regarding the homeless for years. The city council has not a clue and they have more than enough money yearly to help those that need it most yet they don't, they continue to tax those living in the city.
So yea Seattle needs a new deal for sure...A new more intelligent city council deal.
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Snicolette
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As do most metro areas in the US. It's been a downward spiral ever since the 80's and "Reaganomics."
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The Anders
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I'm glad I don't live in the US then. I was unemployed between 2012 and 2018 after finishing a long university education in musicology that led to absolutely no job possibilities. All those years I was dependent of different kinds of money from the social security system. It all figures under the state, regions and municipalities, and it's financed through taxes. I guess I would have been completely down and out in the US if I weren't lucky enough to have some relatively wealthy parents.
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Snicolette
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This really is a problem with our tax structure, it does need some serious reforms, with large corporations and the mega-rich paying their fair share. We have no safety nets (outside of prison, as Steve G pointed out, which is a terrible option for mentally ill and addicted people, especially) for those who really do need help. Ridiculously outpriced rentals and home prices are putting more people out on the street, especially with the pandemic. it's just shameful.
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dr wu23
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I agree; our country has some serious issues to say the least. A similar thing happened to one of my friends who moved to Denver and fell on hard times...he was lucky to get Social Secirity disability or I shudder to think what would have happened to him. This is a problem all over with humanity ....and J Krishnamurti once said (paraphrasing), ' Things will not change for the better on earth until there is a fundamental change in the very nature of human consciousness.' And sadly in the US human consciousness is currently at an all time low. Edited by dr wu23 - January 18 2021 at 12:08 |
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Atavachron
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Of course it's well known, but that doesn't mean 'Be My Baby' was the greatest record ever. At the time Spector was doing something new and engaging, but quite frankly I never cared for that sound and don't find the projects he worked on to be appealing. And ironically Let it Be, which was a triumph, sounded nothing like a Spector production. I wager the Wilson Bros. would've been just fine without Spector's creepy, manic presence in their music and their lives. |
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Trying very hard not to make any comments about US society, because I don't want to offend anyone. I'll just say that following Brian's ordeal on FB was often very hard. Though many regard addiction as a moral failing, there is increasing evidence that it is no less a form of mental illness than depression or bipolar disorder. From what I understood, Brian also suffered from epilepsy, and his overall health was not the best, even without taking his alcohol problem into account. The merciless way he was treated in the places where he tried to find shelter, or even just a place where he could sit with his laptop, was totally heartbreaking. And then there were the times when he posted photos of him and his wife in happier times. As I said, even though he may have been some responsibility in what befell him (and there is a lot I don't know), I firmly believe no one deserves what happened to him.
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lazland
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Nobody at all deserves what happened to him. Nobody at all. It is a symptom of a society which desperately requires uplift and compassion.
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Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org
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Shadowyzard
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American culture is good at giving inspiration to the rest of the world, in a good way or a bad way. They do something, and the youth in my country are inspired by it or mimic it (the latter is the bad choice). This man (see the image below) has recently frozen to death in İstanbul. He was homeless. So sad... But the worse is, most of such people literally don't want to be helped. The solution is therefore very difficult. And the only possible solution I can think of is an all-encompassing service that would provide the essentials to survive for everyone. Actually, this should encompass stray animals too. Otherwise, if it is like a "help" more than a "right"; some people would never accept the "hand" (metaphorically) that try to reach out to them. It shouldn't be a matter of dignity. NEVER. It just should be a right, and a normal situation to be provided with the essentials to survive. You know? We see a bald person, and see it as normal. We should see the "fallen" likewisely... Only then, they can have the motivation to stand up again. I think Scandinavian culture is a good model, but their population is one of their advantages. Sorry to sound ominous, but if the overpopulation problem cannot be solved, things will seemingly go worse, and worse, and worse... Reformations? Sure, why not?.. The USA seems to need them. And the rest will likely follow them. But, after/if we reach a population above 10 billions or so; I don't see a bright future for the ensuing generations. I hope a prospective armageddon will not be our end. As, population growth could lead nowhere else, if not stopped or turned backwards... or if we can't find/create other planets for some of us (our descendants, most presumably) to go and live in. |
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The Dark Elf
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Silly Nickie. You assume people know how to f*cking read. They cherry pick either the 1st or 2nd Amendment rights that someone else gave them in a meme, and then parrot it back. You can tell how many people have no idea what is in the Constitution based on cultists saying Trump's 1st Amendment rights are being violated because the twit can't tweet. That's not first amendment, that's a corporation with a T.O.S.
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Hover text: I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once said that defending a position by citing free speech is sort of the ultimate concession; you're saying that the most compelling thing you can say for your position is that it's not literally illegal to express. |
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