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Charity has never adequately addressed social problems in America. signed, a surfer

• WalterBright 6y ago
  I'm not aware of any social problem that has been adequately resolved by any organization, government or private. There's always someone who thinks it's not good enough. Certainly UBI isn't going to do it, either.
  • Frondo 6y ago
    There are 12 US cities that have achieved "functional zero" homelessness -- no chronic homelessness and no homeless vets. The country of Finland has done the same, with a plan to reach absolute zero (nobody staying temporarily with friends or relatives) by 2022. Right now, over there, with 5.5 million people, 500 people don't have permanent housing of their own. Does that count?
    • WalterBright 6y ago
      > 500 people don't have permanent housing of their own. I.e. it's inadequate.
      • Frondo 6y ago
        You said: "I'm not aware of any social problem that has been adequately resolved by any organization, government or private. There's always someone who thinks it's not good enough." If you think that 500 people out of 5.5 million -- who aren't sleeping on the street, but have access to shelter and only lack their own permanent housing, with a plan to house them in the next two years -- is "inadequate," that's a you problem, not a "no social problem has adequately been resolved by any organization" problem. Try surfing, man. It might relax you.