Civil Beat article about Puna

[Guest]

I used to argue with the guy I built my house with about entitlements. My drift was there are too many and too easy. His drift was it is the price you pay to keep crime down. After much reflection, I think he was right. Take away entitlements and people will do whatever they have to do to survive. That does not necessarily mean pursuing jobs that do not exist because some PhD economist from Harvard trotted out in front of congress says that it is more 'efficient' for production to follow slave labor to foreign countries, and that people rendered destitute by such movement must 'follow employment opportunities'. It never occurs to such pampered idiots that most people call a place home, and they will stay there and do whatever it takes to survive. So yeah, I see the EBT cards in the checkout line, but at least they are not getting the money robbing me, because what other alternative do they have? Then there are the ones too messed up on meth to figure out how to get an EBT card. These are the ones who cause trouble.

But I love this place. Naked reality shines bright here.

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You can't fix Samsara.