Posted by Phil on January 2, 2014, at 10:57:31
In reply to Re: sydney and london, posted by Phil on January 1, 2014, at 23:08:12
i think cities just like sick people have to have a little joy in their life as hard as that is for us. I don't know what percentage of those cities budgets are tied up in the fireworks shows. I emailed Sydneys city offices last year to tell them how much i enjoyed their shows. They have a whole division/office dedicated to those shows.
I'm on disability but even when I wasn't I wasn't doing squat for the homeless other than slipping them a few bucks at a stoplight. oh, i gave one guy a coat and he never wore it. i figured it went to booze. still i tried. I learned one thing. Don't give them money give then lunch.
I knew a guy in corpus christi, in his forties that was homeless. some co-workers said he inherited a lot of money. I asked why is he still on the street? They said he likes it.
governments have shown that they aren't going to address the problem. It will have to come down to us.
Someone came to the states but i can't remember from where. they were horrified at the amount of street people. It is a shame. Thank Reagan for that. What the us could solve the problen would be to stop building weapons. we have enough nukes now to destroy the planet one jet could pay for celebrations for years.
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