The booming economy

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There seems to be a slight discrepancy between what CNN and MSNBC describe as a booming economy and actuality:

[MisterV]

I didn't see any porta-potties.

Those poor wretches.

Not the homeless;fuck them; I feel bad for the adjoining homeowners who have to deal with all of these epic failures pissing and shitting in their rose bushes.

[Alan Mendelson]

That's the homeless encampment outside Angels Stadium in Orange County, California. One of the wealthiest communities in the USA and there is a lack of portable toilets and washing stations all over Southern California which is why contagious diseases are running rampant. Even in beautiful downtown San Diego homeless urinate on the streets and only in the last six months did various local governments start to recognize the disease and sanitary problems.

Until now the proposed solution has always been taxing developers and real estate sales to build apartments at a cost of $55,000 each. But few are built. And then you have those with mental illness and can't or won't live in buildings.

Count your blessings.

[mickeycrimm]

California has one third of the welfare recipients in this country and 22% of the homeless. It's there own fault. The poor and homeless from all over the country flock to The People's Republic of California because of the benefits of being homeless. Your liberal politicians at work for you.

[mickeycrimm]

That's the homeless encampment outside Angels Stadium in Orange County, California. One of the wealthiest communities in the USA and there is a lack of portable toilets and washing stations all over Southern California which is why contagious diseases are running rampant. Even in beautiful downtown San Diego homeless urinate on the streets and only in the last six months did various local governments start to recognize the disease and sanitary problems.

Until now the proposed solution has always been taxing developers and real estate sales to build apartments at a cost of $55,000 each. But few are built. And then you have those with mental illness and can't or won't live in buildings. Count your blessings.

I've been there and done the homeless drifter lifestyle. The thing about it is I always had the power to pull myself out of it any time I wanted to. But I was in love with the carefree lifestyle at the time. I've told people this many times, even when I was homeless, government programs can only do so much for you. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. In the end the only person that really gives a shit about you is you yourself. You have to help yourself out of the situation. You are the only person that can do it. No government program can do it for you. You have to lift yourself up and out of the situation.

[Alan Mendelson]

California has one third of the welfare recipients in this country and 22% of the homeless. It's there own fault. The poor and homeless from all over the country flock to The People's Republic of California because of the benefits of being homeless. Your liberal politicians at work for you.

Don't forget the weather and liberal cities like Santa Monica which welcome the homeless.

[Bill Yung]

Count your blessings.

Isn't the real blessing not having to count them? Feeling funky, today.

[tableplay]

That's the homeless encampment outside Angels Stadium in Orange County, California. One of the wealthiest communities in the USA and there is a lack of portable toilets and washing stations all over Southern California which is why contagious diseases are running rampant. Even in beautiful downtown San Diego homeless urinate on the streets and only in the last six months did various local governments start to recognize the disease and sanitary problems.

Until now the proposed solution has always been taxing developers and real estate sales to build apartments at a cost of $55,000 each. But few are built. And then you have those with mental illness and can't or won't live in buildings.

Count your blessings.

I seem to recall funding for mental hospitals running out in the early 80's due to legislative changes. I think that was a big factor, along with the economy and what Mickey describes. Not a single factor for sure.

[quahaug]

The deranged used to be in institutions but it was deemed socially unacceptable so they were put out on the street to fend for themselves. Great idea.

[MisterV]

Actually, it IS a pretty good idea, except for one little point.

The current treatment model presupposes that the mentally ill will continue with outpatient treatment and continue to take their meds.

Oops.

[dannyj]

California has one third of the welfare recipients in this country and 22% of the homeless. It's there own fault. The poor and homeless from all over the country flock to The People's Republic of California because of the benefits of being homeless. Your liberal politicians at work for you.

And to think that POS Jerry Brown won re-election in 2014 by a 60/40 margin. I think liberalism really is a mental disorder.

[MisterV]

I think liberalism really is a mental disorder.

Well then, how does Trump factor into your insanity scenario?

He sure looks and acts like the Mad Hatter to me.

[dannyj]

I think liberalism really is a mental disorder.

Well then, how does Trump factor into your insanity scenario?

He sure looks and acts like the Mad Hatter to me.

He doesn't.

[LarryS]

give them a one way ticket to idaho

plenty of open spaces to piss in, low cost of living.

they can fertilize the potato crop

[quahaug]

I see hundreds of homes in the video. They're not high end but not everyone lives like Alan after all.

[MisterV]

I see hundreds of homes in the video. They're not high end but not everyone lives like Alan after all.

IIRC, didn't Alan say he has an apartment?

[Bill Yung]

give them a one way ticket to idaho

plenty of open spaces to piss in, low cost of living.

they can fertilize the potato crop

Either way, it's an advantage play.

[quahaug]

I see hundreds of homes in the video. They're not high end but not everyone lives like Alan after all.

IIRC, didn't Alan say he has an apartment?

An opulent apartment.

[Bill Yung]

I feel bad for the adjoining homeowners who have to deal with all of these epic failures pissing and shitting in their rose bushes.

give them a one way ticket to idaho

plenty of open spaces to piss in, low cost of living.

they can fertilize the potato crop

Either way, it's an advantage play.

Now we know how the casinos feel about advantage players.

[kewlJ]

I don't want to play politics, but I hate that republicans on these sites blame everything on the 'liberal democrats' and democrats blame everything on wealthy republicans. There is more than enough blame for both sides on most issues, including this one. I am a registered republican, but consider myself an independent. I voted for Trump once last year (primary) and voted against him once (general). I am socially liberal feeling people should be free to make their own decisions on most social issues and fiscally conservative, thinking the government spends to much of our tax dollars and that includes on the different welfare programs.

So this situation like most there is plenty of blame for both sides, and some blame that is due to neither. California is far too liberal in welfare benefits in my opinion. This is the fault of Democrats. Welfare was not suppose to be a lifelong 'lifestyle' Welfare was supposed to be a temporary aid to help people get back on their feet.

On the republican side, the great Ronald Reagan has to take significant blame. As president he cut funding for mental hospitals, opting for a program to intergrade the mentally ill back into society. People forget that he was also governor of California before he became president and implemented that same policy at the state level first. So that bad idea and failed policy, California got two different slaps from Ronald Reagan.

And some of the homeless are homeless due to no fault of their own. Some of them work fulltime or multiple part-time job and just can't afford to live anywhere in California. Apartments run thousands of dollars in some of these places. How does a low income worker afford that? High cost of living is one of the issues in a place that has high-end job market, like California with the tech industry. There is a greater divide and for people on the lower end, everything is out of reach.

I don't know what the answers are. But nothing will be accomplished by the traditional 'pass the blame to the other side'.