Originally Posted by
stoffi
Homeless numbers started to rise long before Obama got in power.
Obama isn't doing anything wrong, he's trying to do the right things by making the rich tax as much as normal people(The Buffet Law, or whatever it's called). This is something Republicans are against, they seem to WANT rich people to tax less, flat tax for them is a no go.
I could also mention the Health reform.
The thing Norway and countries such as Sweden and Finland do right, is that they moved away from the 19th century where the general conception was that poor people were lazy and probably deserved it. In the US, that attitude is still very visible. Poor people aren't lazy and deserve it, they have struck a hard time in life and can't get out, or they are born into it. USA today reminds us of 18th and 19th century England, the very country people fled from to get to the States, a society somewhat ruled by Social-Darwinisn or Determinism, people are borned into poverty and have few ways of getting out of it. Their future is pretty much determined from birth(thereby the word 'Determinism'), which means social mobility is low in the lower classes.
Very few people choose to be poor, and it's rarely because they are lazy. If they only were helped back on their feet, they would become assets to the country, pay taxes, buy good, stimulate the economy, get off welfare(if you even want to call it that in the US) and live good lives.
The best countries in the world to live in are all in the North, Canada, Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Finland. The US today has tens of millions of poor ppl who can't stimulate the economy and live off minimum wages equalling what I make in 10 minutes of an hour as untrained labour.
At least Obama TRIES to do something with some of this, but he keeps getting shot down, even by those who will benefit from his labours.
The best solution would be to just let the above mentioned countries take over government of the US. ;)