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oxymoron

(4,053 posts) Sun Dec 23, 2012, 06:29 PM Dec 2012

Sparkling Shame: Cash spent on Christmas decor could end US homelessness

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Sparkling Shame: Cash spent on Christmas decor could end US homelessness (Original Post) oxymoron Dec 2012 OP

We should make the people making Christmas decorations , homeless. julian09 Dec 2012 #1

Yes, that crossed my mind. I thought it was still good food for thought. nt oxymoron Dec 2012 #2

K&R. We could both have tasteful Christmas decorations and help the homeless. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #3

Your comparison makes more sense - gun spending vs homelessness Merlot Dec 2012 #4

julian09

(1,435 posts)

1. We should make the people making Christmas decorations , homeless.

Reply to oxymoron (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 06:42 PM

Dec 2012

and everybody will be happy.

oxymoron

(4,053 posts)

2. Yes, that crossed my mind. I thought it was still good food for thought. nt

Reply to julian09 (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 07:11 PM

Dec 2012

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)

3. K&R. We could both have tasteful Christmas decorations and help the homeless.

Reply to julian09 (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 11:25 PM

Dec 2012

We could do it. The lady was right. What the homeless need is housing.

I would like to see a comparison of what is being spent on guns this year with what we would need to house every homeless person in America who wants to live inside. Now that would be interesting.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)

4. Your comparison makes more sense - gun spending vs homelessness

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 07:23 PM

Dec 2012

So once a year people go a little (or a lot) goofy on the decorations...electricity is wasted and a lot of junk produced. Still....compaired to the destruction guns provide, versus a little bit of light and festivity during the dark months, I really can't get to upset about the "waste" of holiday ornaments.

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