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In reply to the discussion: Trump pushing for major crackdown on homeless camps in California, with aides discussing moving resi [View all]onethatcares
(16,167 posts)26. gaud dammmint
we throw untold billions into wars that we never win and a military that acts as an arm of capitalism while the citizens are homeless, jobless, medical care less while sleeping and shitting in the streets while the plutocrats steal more and more of the public funds and land.
It would make sense to begin a new Civilian Conservation Corp, funded by a reduction in our MIC budget.
Our infrastructure would gain untold benefits while the citizens would at least enjoy the fruits of their labor.
but we've gone beyond that simple idea at this point.
fuck, forget I wrote this absurd rant.
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Trump pushing for major crackdown on homeless camps in California, with aides discussing moving resi [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2019
OP
Hire them out ... to Republicans & their campaign donors ... forgot that part ... (nt)
mr_lebowski
Sep 2019
#71
So, is this his solution to hunger - replace food stamps with Soylent Green and also solve climate
RKP5637
Sep 2019
#16
Instead of building concentration camps for homeless people, how about offering housing subsidies???
SunSeeker
Sep 2019
#4
Exactly!!! It's really a stupid solution, but then again looking at who is proposing it
RKP5637
Sep 2019
#6
"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges,
elleng
Sep 2019
#8
Is this the first step of fed concentration camps for homeless and to where it finally leads?
NotHardly
Sep 2019
#10
"unclear how they could accomplish this and what legal authority they would use"
jberryhill
Sep 2019
#20
He already has his concentration camps with cages for babies for $775 a day.
keithbvadu2
Sep 2019
#24
If conservatives still had any principles, they would be yelling "overreach" at the top of
Eugene
Sep 2019
#28
Good point just like the undocumented who used to fill out forms Now in 2020 unlikely
lunasun
Sep 2019
#56
Concentration camps in a red state nearby? Counted as population of Utah or Idaho?
StTimofEdenRoc
Sep 2019
#42
Being homeless in CA comes with free healthcare, free pet care, free mental healthcare...
displacedtexan
Sep 2019
#47
Homeless. Not just poor or underemployed. Here's just one source of services.
displacedtexan
Sep 2019
#62
The SF nonprofits you're citing don't cover the needs of SF's homeless, let alone all of CA.
SunSeeker
Sep 2019
#79
Duh. Yes, Hippie Hill. The hollow is in Austin, where I went to grad school.
displacedtexan
Sep 2019
#64