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Cleita

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59. Now you are talking.

Tue May 22, 2012, 10:45 AM

May 2012

Last edited Tue May 22, 2012, 11:48 AM - Edit history (1)

"Maybe the government should buy up some of this real estate to house the homeless..."

It would help out the homeless and the property owner who made a bad deal.

You asked what I'm doing? I'm trying to convince people like you of what needs to be done. If government does what it should in a real democracy, then the government is us the people and collectively we should all be there fixing this situation not trying to reach into already empty pockets to try to help someone worseoff than yourself. I have spent almost ten thousand dollars out of my social security in the last five years to try to help some homeless people.

Yet, by myself it does nothing to make such a sacrifice and it is a sacrifice for me because I have to do without. Now that the RWing nuts are talking about taking away my Social Security, I would be homeless myself, then how would I help anyone out? Those empty buildings need to be filled with homeless and it takes our government to accomplish this, not individuals.

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This Graffiti Artist Had An Interesting Idea You Probably Haven't Thought Of Before [View all] Playinghardball May 2012 OP

Wow. Couldn't be any simpler than that. Well done! nt gateley May 2012 #1

I and I'm sure many others have had that thought before IDemo May 2012 #2

Seriously. intheflow May 2012 #3

'xactly. TahitiNut May 2012 #36

Hey, TN! intheflow May 2012 #39

Hey, itf! TahitiNut May 2012 #40

I hope that is an empty building, otherwise he's a vandal. Odin2005 May 2012 #4

I would guess it is unoccupied since the electrical meter is removed. Arctic Dave May 2012 #5

That makes it unoccupyAble. WingDinger May 2012 #10

And that matters ... how? HuckleB May 2012 #8

I certainly would not want anyone spray-painting on my house. Odin2005 May 2012 #14

Get a clue. Fantastic Anarchist May 2012 #18

Yes, because it is so progressive to... Odin2005 May 2012 #24

You mean it's bad to make the big banks pay to stop people from telling the truth? HuckleB May 2012 #62

I think the point of the graffiti is to point out that it's an unoccupied house lunatica May 2012 #27

that's why I was saying that I hope it is unoccupied. Odin2005 May 2012 #28

I carried a sign with a similar message in the Occupy portion of the Rose Bowl Parade JDPriestly May 2012 #30

Who's spray painting your house? HuckleB May 2012 #61

No, he's socially aware. Fantastic Anarchist May 2012 #17

It's not about rules, it's about empathy. Odin2005 May 2012 #25

Whether the house is empty or not intheflow May 2012 #21

If it is bank-owned I don;t care who fucks with it. Odin2005 May 2012 #23

If it is bank-owned, it is owned pretty much by the Fed and by their depositors JDPriestly May 2012 #31

There are more abandoned foreclosed buildings in Florida than there are homeless people in the US Recursion May 2012 #6

Maybe we should impose a special tax on houses while they are not being lived in. JDPriestly May 2012 #32

Not exactly novel, no. HuckleB May 2012 #7

Now if someone would just buy pipoman May 2012 #9

.. rational_democrat May 2012 #11

True, it always infuriates me and I always point that out. freshwest May 2012 #12

Thanks for crediting us with being idiots. n/t JayhawkSD May 2012 #13

reallllly????? you think none of us has thought this before? wow. niyad May 2012 #15

Actually it never gets anywhere because someone actually pipoman May 2012 #19

They only own them because our laws allow them to own them Cleita May 2012 #22

Flawed as it may be, I opt for pipoman May 2012 #33

Yes, but should they let property go vacant from greed? Cleita May 2012 #35

Supply and demand don't lower pipoman May 2012 #41

Did you ever have a course in economics? Cleita May 2012 #42

Why didn't you answer my question? pipoman May 2012 #44

I thought I did. The 10% on top of the economic pyramid, should pay for it like they used to Cleita May 2012 #46

So then, do we agree or disagree? pipoman May 2012 #49

Yes, like in any business, if you can't make it work, get out. Cleita May 2012 #50

No.. pipoman May 2012 #53

Well, a lot of people overpaid for their rental real estate when Cleita May 2012 #54

Nobody has a right to pipoman May 2012 #56

Now you are talking. Cleita May 2012 #59

The flaw in this case is the hoarding of wealth (land in this case) by too few people. U4ikLefty May 2012 #55

Who, pray tell, do you speak of? pipoman May 2012 #57

Investing and speculation used to come with risk, not Cleita May 2012 #60

Anarchism 101 Fantastic Anarchist May 2012 #16

But vandalizing other people's possessions is vandalism. Odin2005 May 2012 #26

I see what you did there. Quantess May 2012 #20

Not just a fail - an utter spectacular epic fail. Initech May 2012 #29

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT May 2012 #34

The GOP is building housing for the homeless as fast as they can. TahitiNut May 2012 #37

1 in 7 houses are empty. 1 in 402 Americans are homeless. just1voice May 2012 #38

makes me think some asshole has a can of spray paint Scout May 2012 #43

There is graffiti and there is graffiti art pipoman May 2012 #45

So you would rather a gang banger with some creative colored Cleita May 2012 #47

Wow.. pipoman May 2012 #48

What was the point of your post then? n/t Cleita May 2012 #51

Simply that the OP mischaracterized pipoman May 2012 #52

This what happens when you make Shankapotomus May 2012 #58

How would that practically WORK? ErikJ May 2012 #63