And that appropriate penalties would be meted out regardless of the position of the offenders.

(I sure do like that "no man above the law" idea.. don't you?)

n/t.

The man or woman who implemented that would be the most beloved president since Roosevelt.

A constitutional "right to a job" amendment would be good, too.

of consenting adults.

I think it is sad if this is what you tell people to believe. Might as well give up and die on the side of the road.

The point is to change the whole system...not insult or blame those who lost because of how the system is structured.

Solidarity with the poor is what my proposal was expressing, and the benefit of the doubt-not disrespect, as you seem to think.

The point is to reject the racist, sexist, classist "mainstream" narrative about the alleged immorality of the poor when making policy.

And of course poverty has been inflicted on people...that was the whole point of redlining...to inflict poverty on the communities that were challenging "Jim Crow". Before redlining, most of those communities weren't impoverished.

It's not as if the poor can only be helped or only help themselves if we refuse to acknowledge history.

Do you have any problems with that?

Meaning no private insurance companies allowed in the health care field.

would love for my kids and grandkids to be able to look back at earth.

We also need to make sure that any scientific or intellectual advances achieved in a new space program will be applied on Earth as well, and particularly applied to help those who have nothing.