Trying various proposed solutions sounds good to me, if and only if the US federal government is not the one doing it. States could be good laboratories to try

Trying various proposed solutions sounds good to me, if and only if the US federal government is not the one doing it. States could be good laboratories to try things if and as those people want to, and learn from each other etc (and not make the federal budget problems even worse while trying to solve everyone's personal problems). If there are people in need: join nonprofits or help them personally, or at the state or local level: there are many good efforts! But charity by federal force leads to too much control over our lives and huge, controlling, wasteful bureaucracies that are hard to live with, multiply laws and consume resources so limiting ability to try anything different. (edit: I know enough about history to know what happens when the government tries to solve every problem. We definitely do not want that.) In fact, we fought a war in the 1770's, partly because of faraway people having too much involvement and control in our lives. Then wrote a constitution that limited federal power, because of those problems. The principles in the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution really are important. Helping people is important! There are other, better ways to do it than increasing federal control and distracting it from its core missions. To avoid going on and on about this, I posted more thoughts including personal experiences (with even more that I haven't posted, but can, given interest), at: http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854586100.html http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854586100.html There is an email address in the footer for honest feedback.