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46. The government runs lots of programs that do great with realistic funding levels

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Thu May 14, 2015, 05:45 PM

May 2015

that allow them to function. The only thing preventing more of them is congresses like this one.

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Do you believe that everyone deserves food and housing, regardless of ability to work? [View all] Lyric May 2015 OP

I would also include medical care to that list. 99Forever May 2015 #1

Yes get the red out May 2015 #13

Agree with this! It should not be tied to income (or lack thereof). n/t Avalux May 2015 #18

YEs! Yes! Yes! bvar22 May 2015 #22

Hell yes.... daleanime May 2015 #151

+1 nt steve2470 May 2015 #23

Most have these basic items already yeoman6987 May 2015 #102

Housing is not provided to or even subsudized for an awful lot of impoverished people, tblue37 May 2015 #115

I am horrified that anyone here doesn't consider food and shelter to be basic human rights. nt tblue37 May 2015 #116

I agree but I assumed everyone here already agreed with that. Lyric May 2015 #140

Sounds like the Welfare State as we used to know it before Bill and Newt agreed to unmake it leveymg May 2015 #2

Perfect parody of purity. Love it. NCTraveler May 2015 #9

It's the truth. Ken Burch May 2015 #117

Thanks. I sorta like having one, leveymg May 2015 #132

I agree that welfare reform was a terrible mistake. Lyric May 2015 #142

Deserving regardless of ability work, and regardless of which side of an imaginary red and blue lin LanternWaste May 2015 #3

Not all disabilities are visible ones Warpy May 2015 #4

how would these things be provided Romeo.lima333 May 2015 #5

Take from the rich? RobertEarl May 2015 #7

agreed and corporations too get rid of the tax loop holes that allow corporations to pay 0 taxes Romeo.lima333 May 2015 #35

The same way they are provided in most civilized countries. And even ones we don't consider sabrina 1 May 2015 #15

Makes me sad every time I think of that. nt. polly7 May 2015 #31

Me too Polly. I notice the silence on Libya these days, as those civilians we supposedly went to sabrina 1 May 2015 #150

Nice to see you too Sabrina! polly7 May 2015 #153

there's 43 million people in poverty in 2013. so the government does what buy 43 million homes Romeo.lima333 May 2015 #56

There is an interesting analogy to be drawn here. hifiguy May 2015 #62

True. truebluegreen May 2015 #81

Why is that happening in the most wealthy country on earth? Have you been attention to sabrina 1 May 2015 #66

I'd add: taking them FROM Americans who CREATED THAT WEALTH IN THE FIRST PLACE! arcane1 May 2015 #78

Abe Lincoln didn't buy it either hifiguy May 2015 #106

Do each of those people living in poverty live alone? No one in families? Should each child & infant uppityperson May 2015 #96

Basic housing and food often reminds particular individuals of Russia... LanternWaste May 2015 #17

Actually it only reminds very propagandized Americans of Russia. To the vast majority of the sabrina 1 May 2015 #48

+1 truebluegreen May 2015 #82

We can do better than two-year olds in rural counties drinking soda from their baby bottles. Starry Messenger May 2015 #19

i dont believe i said anything about rationing Romeo.lima333 May 2015 #32

Then wtf do lines in Russia have to do with providing food and housing? Starry Messenger May 2015 #36

cause im assuming the government would be the ones running it and with a congress like this Romeo.lima333 May 2015 #41

The government runs lots of programs that do great with realistic funding levels Starry Messenger May 2015 #46

and congresses like this one will be something that will be a reality to any program like this Romeo.lima333 May 2015 #61

The cost to the federal government is presently $500 billion dollars a year for child poverty Starry Messenger May 2015 #69

Well, we just paid thieving bank$ter/donors hundreds of billions of dollars to stick in their pocket jtuck004 May 2015 #43

agreed trouble is congress Romeo.lima333 May 2015 #63

Read Stress Test, by Timothy "Killer" Geithner, and think of the thousands who have died in poverty jtuck004 May 2015 #68

Russia started from the classic Royalty to Peasant model... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #44

When you try to run the retail economy like the army supply system, it does 1939 May 2015 #75

"everyone began to hoard it and it disappeared from the shelves." Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #77

Not a business model, just a behavior model 1939 May 2015 #138

I lived in Michigan..... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #139

Uh, plenty of countries manage to do this. The difference is, they don't give all their Arugula Latte May 2015 #86

As someone one asked, "Am I my brothers keeper? Yes. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #6

I absolutely do! JustAnotherGen May 2015 #8

I would also include medical including mental health care and dental as basics. Bluenorthwest May 2015 #10

Food, water, shelter, medical care, access to education, safety, and equal treatment in petronius May 2015 #11

+1 leftstreet May 2015 #26

Agree. Arugula Latte May 2015 #87

If a society can't provide for all as it allows some people to be very wealthy and wasteful... hunter May 2015 #12

Yes. LeftOfWest May 2015 #14

If anyone answers no, then I'd ask why do we feed/house convicts? closeupready May 2015 #16

Yes with a but.... theboss May 2015 #20

That's so loaded with preconceptions/prejudicial bias about people with mental illness. HereSince1628 May 2015 #24

I have first hand experience of street people hifiguy May 2015 #27

The post I responded had -no- conditioning about varying seriousness of mental disorder HereSince1628 May 2015 #49

People who take their meds regularly and can be monitored by hifiguy May 2015 #57

The answer is properly-funded mental health facilities with professional staff providing care Maedhros May 2015 #29

"(I don't think I'm expressing this well)" Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #54

Yes of course. lpbk2713 May 2015 #21

Food, housing and basic medical care hifiguy May 2015 #25

I don't consider housing a human right. Buzz Clik May 2015 #28

What? RobertEarl May 2015 #45

Do you understand the concept of charity? Buzz Clik May 2015 #50

Eh? RobertEarl May 2015 #55

Whatever. Buzz Clik May 2015 #64

And you're a-okay with leaving it all to mercurial charity in the "richest" country on the planet. Arugula Latte May 2015 #95

We both know I said nothing of the kind. Buzz Clik May 2015 #109

And if that "charity" is nowhere to be found, then what? arcane1 May 2015 #79

"Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?" Arugula Latte May 2015 #92

Nothing goes with Dickens quite like a glass of ... Buzz Clik May 2015 #111

I keep saying this with every one of these upaloopa May 2015 #30

I'm more than happy to pay additional taxes LanternWaste May 2015 #34

The surprisingly simple way Utah solved chronic homelessness and saved millions Bluenorthwest May 2015 #39

We do the same thing in our county. upaloopa May 2015 #53

How much does your county spend on roads? RobertEarl May 2015 #40

You don't think we should tax the rich? Starry Messenger May 2015 #42

I know all about the Millionaires tax. upaloopa May 2015 #58

Well, that's sad for them. Starry Messenger May 2015 #65

We need to have the power upaloopa May 2015 #71

It's been done before. It is realistic. Starry Messenger May 2015 #72

You are in Santa Barbara County? I thought you were in SLO. Cleita May 2015 #98

Yes Santa Barbara is where work. upaloopa May 2015 #104

It's going by small working class communities, poor communities. Cleita May 2015 #108

Our county should be taxing the many people who have vacation homes here. Cleita May 2015 #94

That's because the county shouldn't be doing it alone. Local governments Cleita May 2015 #83

Big fan of everybody doing something! One_Life_To_Give May 2015 #33

That model is dying at least as it has existed for a few generations. TheKentuckian May 2015 #144

There was a good article in "Mother Jones" a couple of months ago that explained how Vinca May 2015 #37

I think it was this article DawgHouse May 2015 #67

Absolutely, along with medical care. polly7 May 2015 #38

No, and I don't like the framing. I think we have a duty, a strategic necessity, to make sure jtuck004 May 2015 #47

"ability to work" is different than "desire to work". Let's at least make the conversation frankieallen May 2015 #51

Why not make it more interesting? leftstreet May 2015 #93

If you work hard and do a good job, you won't be frankieallen May 2015 #147

Shoo. truebluegreen May 2015 #103

How busy of a day do you think all those hedge fund assholes who got gov't $ Starry Messenger May 2015 #112

No, but that has nothing to do with the question frankieallen May 2015 #145

It is the essence of the motivation for asking such a question. Starry Messenger May 2015 #149

ok, I am curious how, can you explain? frankieallen May 2015 #154

You see people who don't want to work. LWolf May 2015 #155

If someone has the ability to and they do not have a big stash of money to provvide their needs Thinkingabout May 2015 #52

Might end up we cant provide for everyone IN OUR CURRENT trade status randys1 May 2015 #59

Totally in favor of "Mincome" truebluegreen May 2015 #60

If you think not everyone deserves food and housing, then you think SheilaT May 2015 #70

All Gubermint program should be Progressive Cryptoad May 2015 #73

Too many of our citizens are happiness-disabled by the rich and/or non-caring. BlueJazz May 2015 #74

A major difference that separates us from Republicans HockeyMom May 2015 #76

And even a little extra for a movie and dinner out now and then. Cleita May 2015 #80

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #84

Just like Jesus always said. He hated poor hungry people, right? arcane1 May 2015 #85

speedy, aren't you? uppityperson May 2015 #88

LOL Likewise! arcane1 May 2015 #91

Let the poor starve and die of exposure! gollygee May 2015 #89

Absolutely IVoteDFL May 2015 #90

I'm going to split hairs here. dawg May 2015 #97

Cool! Im sick of the 8 to 5 grind Elmergantry May 2015 #99

You might get a little bored and depressed daredtowork May 2015 #129

But dont forget the free medical care and wi-fi. Elmergantry May 2015 #131

Free wifi? daredtowork May 2015 #133

~eyeroll~ Marrah_G May 2015 #130

From an existing in the universe point of view, no The2ndWheel May 2015 #100

Help those that need help and require those who are able to help themselves seveneyes May 2015 #101

Your such a killjoy! Elmergantry May 2015 #105

Could you honestly devise such a house and food model? brooklynite May 2015 #107

And wi-fi Generic Brad May 2015 #110

I have family members that would quit work tomorrow if the government paid for everything FLPanhandle May 2015 #113

I'm sorry your relatives are such morons, but most people would look upon it as an Cleita May 2015 #114

But what the OP is proposing is much better than welfare today FLPanhandle May 2015 #118

Count me in! Elmergantry May 2015 #121

Except I think your odds are not correct. Cleita May 2015 #122

I'm fine with short term safety nets to help people get thier lives together and get back to work FLPanhandle May 2015 #123

Some people need lifetime. Cleita May 2015 #128

Not sure if you are being obtuse on purpose or not. FLPanhandle May 2015 #135

You are right. No point in going further with you because your mind is Cleita May 2015 #136

Working would be for chumps Elmergantry May 2015 #119

Actually inability to work should be taken into consideration... Oktober May 2015 #120

It's not worth the effort of trying to determine who is faking. Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #125

Well... That certainly is... Lazy... Oktober May 2015 #126

It's too hard to determine who is actually deserving of help. Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #124

I love the question Omnith May 2015 #127

I refuse to argue semantics over this. Love is all there is. Hiraeth May 2015 #134

Yes, but I don't think it has anything to do with "deserve" lumberjack_jeff May 2015 #137

My own opinion is yes, and here's why. Lyric May 2015 #141

a litle too far left / progressive even for me John_Doe80004 May 2015 #143

In Kansas City even dogs are required to be provided with leftyladyfrommo May 2015 #146

If Takers cant support themselves, why should I? Telcontar May 2015 #148

Yes, although.... Adrahil May 2015 #152