It was shocking to read on the front page of my paper this morning: "6 firefighters feared dead in Worcester warehouse blaze ".
How sad for the families - no " Pop " for Christmas ! No more Pop - never more !
One evil is connected to another here : homeless people " built fires there to keep warm ". Was THAT abandoned -God forsaken ! - warehouse their choice for a merrier Christmas ?
Perhaps it should be a CRIME to be homeless ? But the " criminal "here is an indifferent society. It could decree an end to homelessness in two weeks . ORDER local landlords to charge rents commensurate with the minimum wage or weekly welfare checks ( and don't pretend that the homeless are employable while still homeless ! )
Who would hire ANYBODY who even LOOKS homeless - as if he or she sleeps in abandoned warehouses ? If it proves impossible to establish rent control, then guarantee an adequate income to EVERYBODY in the country - adequate at least for the purpose of survival with simple human dignity.
Stop singing the praises of CAPITALISM in the midst of this abomination - human beings with no place to live - and scorned by the comfortable - God's chosen people ?
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