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Soup kitchens, cots in a dorm, bathroom facilities, a public health clinic, psych services and a way to earn money to get out seems about right. Anything more, let the churches pay for it with what they don't pay in property taxes.

Two blond guys ring the bell of a brothel. The Madam opens the door. -- What do you want? -- What can we get for five dollars? -- For five dollars you can jerk each other off in those bushes over there. She shuts the door. A 15 minutes later the bell rang again. The Madam opens the door. It's the same two blond guys: -- Who do we pay?

Every parent dreams that their children will be better off than themselves.You must be very proud! The top 5-10% of income earners who are homeowners are living the best life possible. You have the tremendous advantage of the leverage that home ownership provides. Long term asset appreciation in a asset class thats tax free. In accommodation for which you can make changes as you please. Life-...enjoy.

It’s a fine balance, but I think there are aspects where we have it wrong. I believe it’s a basic human right to have food and shelter. I would prefer to support a welfare system that provides a financial safety net for people who lose their job for a period of time, perhaps 12 months. But I would like to see long term welfare people housed in dormitories, given free public transport and with an onsite cafeteria that provides healthy food for free. I really struggle with the concept that “welfare” is providing people with free car registration, all speeding fines paid by the state, and a relatively high welfare check. The system (here at least) is skewed and it’s actually better to not work than to have a menial labour job as you earn less. Our menial labour is being done by visa holders who can’t access public services, or the few that have the desire to work. It’s not all that abstract for me. I work a good job and am on a decent salary that places me in the top 5-10%. But after bills, mortgage and insurance etc I have less disposable income than my 25 year old son and his girlfriend where the subsidies all add up along with their welfare checks.

I don’t really get how you think you would be able to sue him for things he said about Trump. Though I suppose it makes about as much sense as anything else you’ve ever said.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28185079/ Which takes you to the article in German: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00399-017-0487-1