I gave ten bucks to a guy in the parking lot this morning.

[TBF]

59. You hit all the talking points didn't you

"force ourselves", "rounding everyone up", "impose ourselves on others", et al. Nicely done and brownie points for your "real life examples".


But the reality is that nobody said ANY of the things that are present in your elaborate straw man argument. My suggestion is that instead of using tax money (which could be plentiful if we actually taxed corporations, did away with the ridiculous cap on social security etc) to kill people overseas - we could instead use that money to rebuild our infrastructure and make programs available for the people who could use them.

There are so many offerings we could provide: simple housing, basic meals, basic healthcare, public education, public transportation in order to provide OPPORTUNITY for folks to have a lifestyle that does not involve living on the street. It doesn't have to be fancy. There are graduate students today designing very simple houses that are no more than 500 sq feet but adequate to live in and have protection from the elements. Nobody has to force or round up anyone. Make basic accommodations available and they will come.

Would the David Koch's of the world possibly have to give up a private lear jet or yacht in order to make this fantasy a reality? Of course. Letting 1% of the world live in extreme luxury (and providing the legal loopholes for them to do so - talk about a giveaway!) while others are starving/homeless is fundamentally wrong. But we can easily fix it. That is TRUE freedom - being given a chance to actually be part of the community and thrive as opposed to lying on the fringes.