This is about the homeless. When you break the social contract from above:
it breaks from below as well:
A good-hearted Republican friend of mine recently asked, How can we truly help the homeless? Because I knew he was an engineer, I said it was a manufacturing problem. We have to stop making them.
I don't know what's happened around you, but around me the homeless problem has gotten a lot worse, and the angry nihilism and hopelessness seem to have grown — sort of like an oil well about to blow.
If Pete Peterson gets his way, this could easily turn into a nightmare.
GP
(By the way, the second link above is to an article by William Greider, a good writer to keep on the radar. For an high-energy alternate performance of Street Fighting Man, click here.)
