Posted by Sigismund on August 31, 2008, at 15:34:17
In reply to American Refugees, posted by rayww on August 30, 2008, at 19:02:20
I grew up on land that had been cleared of its indiginous inhabitantants less than a hundred years before, yet was in my 20s before I saw a homeless person.
I found the homelessness in Europe more shocking than that of Asia (and would have felt the same about the US), because there was the means but not the will to do something about it.
So yes, if that's socialist expectation, then I have it. In our little town we even have breakfasts for the homeless.
After WWII the spirit of the times did not permit people to be seen homeless, did it? And there was full employment too, which may have been important.
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