"Everyone
knows we need to
pour a LOT more resources
into mental health, addiction treatment,
antipoverty measures and housing, right?"

well
not Quite
Everyone!

wealth
Hoarders
the Successful
ones anyways'd
Prefer everyone else'd
just tug onto their Bootstraps
& magically Lift Themselves Outta
Poverty -- like They had to do. nevermind
their being Born on Third Base with Silver Spoons
jutting outta their wee pie holes -- if They can do it

why
then
ANYone

can.

maybe
Choose
Better Parents

next time?