Universal health care "concern trolls" . .

[Hortensis]

220. Well, good luck. My master gardener group once worked on a project

like that, invited in by the organizers to provide expertise. The only gardens that succeeded were one that became dominated by hobby gardeners and one that was taken over from the project-- as it very much should have been, I was proud of them -- by POC in their own neighborhood. However, in the end all but the hobby garden failed. Of course. I'm afraid I only hoped it would be different.

Except when done for enjoyment and personal satisfaction, the investment of time and labor required to grow even a tiny amount of food on a tiny allotment is simply not sustainable, the returns incredibly small for investment. Hugely, one has to tend living plants constantly. Any lapse can cause failure. And when individuals fail to maintain, the entire garden project begins its downward slide.

All entirely predictable. Subsistence farming, even on the tiniest scale, is simply not an answer for people whose real need is for higher wages so they can purchase food produced at far lower costs. Critically, the real work day for people who work at or near unsustainable wage levels is far longer than the paid one. People without their own washer and dryer, without bank accounts and credit cards, without grocery stores, pharmacies, doctors, banks in their neighborhoods, and often without cars have to work longer hours every day just at the task of maintaining after their paid hours are over.

And on that point: What happened to the unifying call to fight the extreme income inequality created by the right? How have both Democrat and the Sanders "revolution" discussion been subverted to scrabbling inside the party over repeal-and-replace of the ACA?

And just WHO sent people here to distract DUers away from the little issue of income distribution? I won't suggest one guess, since these days they're coming at us from all sides.