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> You ruled out everything we know/have tried, though. What is your idea? I am not sure I understand. I ruled out only desperate random acts of charity. Sure

> You ruled out everything we know/have tried, though. What is your idea? I am not sure I understand. I ruled out only desperate random acts of charity. Surely other tried-and-tested working alternatives are well-known? In other developed countries we do not consider starving children normal because we have a stronger and enforced minimum wage and people out of work get dependable welfare. We do not have thousands people dying from disease because they can't afford treatment, because it's handled by the government.

TomMarius 7y ago
> fucked dry by the government Do you expect that same government to help or what other option is there?
- sgift 7y ago
  The government is not some unmovable entity. For the most part it follows the priorities of society. Just look around at the comments when people are not able to feed their kids, or get bankrupted by medical bills or all the other times when they have problems: "It's your fault to have kids if you cannot afford them", "the best medicine in the world has to be paid!!!" and so on. Despite all the failings of the political system (and from my view as an outsider the US has many) for the most part what you get is a mirror of the American society. And that's something people don't want to hear, because then they have to accept a fundamental truth: They are the problem. Not some faceless government, that they can hold up and say "it is responsible. Not me. I'm a good person."