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In reply to the discussion: 10 Unbelievably Sh**ty Things America Does to Homeless People [View all]daredtowork
(3,732 posts)I don't watch 60 Minutes as a matter of course - I just stumbled across this article as a matter of luck.
When I did it made me feel so hopeful. Few things do that. Normally I feel this country is doomed. What I see all around me is convoluted policy that drives people into poverty, drives them crazy in the process, and ultimately drives them into homelessness. Perhaps it drives them (deliberately) into suicide. It begins to look like some Rovian plot to implement genocide on those who were insolent enough to think they had a human right to food, shelter, and health care. This is what's going on in Oakland, CA right now, and there's a lot of middle class I'm-safe-and-terribly-busy looking away from the whole mess.
Very depressing.
But then I see people getting shelter and being healed by it. The argument being made by this sensible military person that Middle America might listen to. The whole deal actually saves money. If this were one of those lawyer TV shows, the argument would start with, "The United States of America..."
This rocks. This makes my day. If I had money, I'd go out and get a celebratory ice cream cone.
Maybe there is hope for us yet.
But I wish Oakland were listening.