tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108272364747244016.post6294972899049006721..comments2023-10-11T05:40:32.022-07:00Comments on Sacramento Homeless blog: At the Sacramento Community Homeless ForumAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718601770472939313noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108272364747244016.post-67034075581514476522010-10-13T08:31:37.958-07:002010-10-13T08:31:37.958-07:00Jenny,
Thanks for your comment. I defer to your ...Jenny,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. I defer to your better take on the attendance to the event. [And I'll take out the "Audience-lacking" bit to the title of this post.]<br /><br />As for the politics, I'm not a fan of making capitalism a purely greedheaded thing, as has happened over the course of the last fifty years or so.<br /><br />But you simple have to properly-incentivize the economy and a REGULATED capitalism is a central part. I believe the prime mistake, causing our economic tailspin, was the deregulation of capitalism during the G.W.Bush Administration. That is being reversed and more regulation should be imposed.<br /><br />Also, we greatly undertax the wealthy. Ours used to be a middle-class country; now, we are in a new Guilded Age with huge numbers of very poor and obscenely rich. <br /><br />Yes, something's wrong. But you can't force people to be the way you want them to be with the heavy-hand of government. You have to allow people the freedom to make mistakes and chase after their own idea of what makes them happy (within limits).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13718601770472939313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108272364747244016.post-47283055059249130542010-10-12T21:43:30.879-07:002010-10-12T21:43:30.879-07:00I am a Sac State student and attended the forum to...I am a Sac State student and attended the forum today and I can attest to the attendance and there were well over 100 professors and students over the 4 hour period. <br />Although I myself have never been homeless, I have several close family members who have spent years on the streets. Getting people off of the streets and guaranteed jobs is a right that all American's deserve to have! <br />I don't know what country you live in, but our system is flawed and set up for failure. If it weren't, homelessness wouldn't exist.<br />Unfortunately, every organization is corrupt, some more than others. I'm not defending SafeGround because I think that the logic behind its steps is stupid and it makes no sense to me BUT it's a step in the right direction. Hopefully it's mishaps and failure will help future generations figure out how to do it right!Jenny Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653461712963254566noreply@blogger.com