Loading ...The solution suggested in the article should never be implemented at the Federal level .
States and Cities create these conditions by driving out real jobs through excessive taxation ( of SMALL [edited] business , in particular ) . There is no reason a farmer in Iowa should have to support the homeless in Olympia .
I volunteer at a ‘soup kitchen’ . The meal consists of a salad , buttered French bread , a delicious course of meat and a starch ( mashed potato or pasta ) , a beverage ( Milk , iced tea or lemonade , or coffee ) and chocolate cake for dessert . We feed between 85 and 100 each evening that we participate . Most are young and able bodied , but addicted . Less than 10% are those who are retirement age , but who have lost everything , yet are not substance abusers … just decent folk down on their luck . My heart truly goes out to them .
When the system collapses , we will see many more of the latter .