People who do this need to go to the nuthouse.

Jonathan Bailey said:

But are they cleaner/more sanitary than the Germanics more south of Sweden? I've seen pictures of Swedish homes and they look immaculate enough to eat off the floor. I can't imagine Swedes smell like BO in public like the Germans do if the appearance of their houses bear any relevance. I've been on the German U-Bahn so my nose knows firsthand.

For Germanics, the Swedes, Dutch and Amish are quite peaceniks otherwise Germanics are quite war-like.The Amish men are all bearded and don't strike me as a people of good hygiene. I don't think they shower and use deodorant because they are so old-fashioned. I think they must bathe in a wooden tub if at all.

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Jonathan Bailey said:

Man caught pooping in aisle of San Francisco Safeway

What would happen in Texas or some other Red state if somebody were to do this in a supermarket?

I know there is squalor in some Walmarts, but goodness!


"Last month, San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney called the city’s poop problem a national embarrassment."


When humanity stoops this low, I would say the world is on its last two legs.

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Stevicus said:

Except that rich people have an inordinate amount of influence over public policy. Therefore, the policies that work to make the rich richer and the poor poorer are the responsibility of the rich. They're stacking the deck in their own favor.

Let's just look at the problem outlined in the OP. Let me try to connect the dots for you, since you seem willfully contrary on this.

1. Homeless person poops in Safeway.
2. Why is this person homeless? Because he can't afford to buy/rent housing.
3. Why can't he afford to buy/rent housing? Because it's too expensive or he doesn't make enough money (or a combination of the two).
4a. Why is housing too expensive? Because a rich person decided (all on their own) to set the price too high and is clearly demanding more money than he/she actually deserves.
4b. Why does the individual not make enough money? Because a rich person decided that they should be paid less and not get enough to live a decent life.

So, it seems quite obvious, self-evident, and logical to me. The situation is as it is because of the questionable choices made by rich people, ostensibly due to blind greed and nothing else. The only remedy is intervention from above, either in the form of higher taxes on the rich, wage/price/rent controls, or similar measures to equalize society and level the playing field.

When Reagan took office, his theory was that, by lowering taxes on the rich and deregulating the marketplace, it would encourage the rich to spend more, invest more - with the idea that the benefit would "trickle down" to the rest of society. That didn't happen. The expectation was that, in an unfettered, deregulated market with low taxes, the wealthy would have greater freedom of choice, with the assumption that they would make the right choice which would bring about the greatest benefit to America as a whole. At least, that's what they promised, and that's why a lot of people voted for him.

Now, nearly 40 years later, we see that just the opposite has happened. Even though Reagan believed the wealthy would make the right choices if he gave them freedom to do so, it's clear that they did not. They pushed for more outsourcing and created the Rust Belt. They strongly opposed labor unions (which is hypocritical from those who claim to support a free, deregulated, laissez-faire society). They cut social programs which left a lot of people out in the cold. Meanwhile, they continued to support interventionist warmongering, fiscally irresponsible borrow-and-spend policies, and an insurmountable trade deficit. The infrastructure is collapsing, our once-booming industry is dead, America's credit rating is sinking, and our influence and prestige around the world has also decreased to a measurable degree.

Who do you think is responsible for this? The poor? The working class? They don't set policy or influence society.

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Jonathan Bailey said:

There are some who might say, "Execute each and every last one of those homeless bums." Gladly I'm not numbered among such savage monsters with that way of thinking. I say tax the rich enough and stop spending money on frivolous crap as $600 navy toilet seats to truly help those people.

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ginaGH said:

All this is very terrible. But homeless people themselves brought themselves to such a state. Or am I wrong?

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