"So a good outcome is keeping them drinking and using drugs? At least in "abstinence schemes" some people recover. I am proof of that. " The numbers are poor, though. In a wet house, at least the former homeless are not drinking mouthwash, and a good deal of them decrease their consumption as the stress of homelessness recedes.

"In other words, you enable them to keep drinking and using drugs and keep them homeless and dependent. " In other words I favor realistic, harm-reduction based alternatives to utopian "abstinence" schemes that result in poor outcomes.

"They are drunks and drug addicts JRG....he hauls them down to the polling centers and instructs them to vote for liberal candidates....you know the Rep of San Fran libtards that don't know a dollar they can't spend....and they're bankrupting Cal. " I defend the homeless from attempts to pass anti-vagrancy and anti-panhandling legislation. I advocate for alcohol-permitted "wet house" shelters. I encourage the homeless to become involved in politics and VOTE!

"I will agree Carter's presidency needs a lot of rehabilitation, not sure the academic historians (probably about your age) are the ones to do it however. At your age, you would remember little of those years, some of us that lived through it (along with our parents) could give you a little insight. to the situation. " I remember those years well enough. I was a precocious child and followed the news since kindergarten. They weren't so bad.

"The GOP isn't fiscally responsible, and never has been. " Exactly. It was the Bush Dullard who created these economic conditions, and the American people know it!

"And that will fix everything, because in leftie world printing 1 trillion dollars has no consequences at all. " There will be inflation of course, but that's really no biggie.

"Just print more money, yea, yea, that'll fix it! " We may be printing a very special platinum coin if you havent heard, and indeed that WILL fix everything. Of course the House and the GOP will feel left out but oh well.

This really isn't that big of a deal.

"Let the states, local governments, and charities handle what needs to be done. " They don't do a very good job, for the most part.

"You should never be fine with any branch exceeding it's limitations. And, the House are the adults in the room. Any president who wants unlimited debt ceiling increases should scare the socks off of any voter with a brain. " It costs money to run a country of this size. Lots and lots of money.

"More equal? What is glaringly apparent is that the executive branch is exceeding its Constitutional limitations. " Considering how the House is behaving these past few years I am fine with that.