They don't need a house. They have shelters and its known many if not most choose not to use them. So its their own fault. Its well known in Los Angeles where we keep burning taxpayer money and the government officials keep making their friends rich by building more shelters that aren't used. So its just a waste until we make it a crime for them to sleep on the street and loiter and harass people if there are shelter…
So much [citation needed] here.
While I can't speak to Los Angeles specifically, every shelter I've ever been to in the last ten years has been overwhelmed with more people than they can house.
They don't need a house. They have shelters and its known many if not most choose not to use them. So its their own fault. Its well known in Los Angeles where we keep burning taxpayer money and the government officials keep making their friends rich by building more shelters that aren't used. So its just a waste until we make it a crime for them to sleep on the street and loiter and harass people if there are shelter…
They don't need a house. They have shelters and its known many if not most choose not to use them. So its their own fault. Its well known in Los Angeles where we keep burning taxpayer money and the government officials keep making their friends rich by building more shelters that aren't used. So its just a waste until we make it a crime for them to sleep on the street and loiter and harass people if there are shelter…
Shelters are like ghettos. You can not get out of a homeless situation by being in a community of people with no clear vision out of which many have serious drug, alcohol and crime problems.
Homeless people need a LOT more than a house. Every single one has their own story and circumstances. From what I have read about people who have made their way out of homelessness at my local Rescue Mission, it was a multistep, and long, road to get back to "normal". One man spent years at the Mission. Just giving them a house would not have saved them.
Indeed. Without a education your new found asset will likely only lead to worse destruction, much like the process of how winning the lottery bankrupts most winners.
Give a bunch of homeless people homes they don’t work for, and they will trash them in short order. People don’t respect things they don’t work for. I suggest the author give up their house and show us how it goes! Instead of telling others how they want to take their money from them (that they worked for) to fund crazy liberal schemes.
Give a bunch of homeless people homes they don’t work for, and they will trash them in short order. People don’t respect things they don’t work for. I suggest the author give up their house and show us how it goes! Instead of telling others how they want to take their money from them (that they worked for) to fund crazy liberal schemes.
> Users can then read the profile of the beacon-wearer, and donate money if they’re so moved. Donations can be redeemed at select stores and restaurants. They cannot be used to buy alcohol. The beacon-wearer must check in monthly at a participating nonprofit, or else their beacon is disabled. Soon there will be multiple agencies that helps homeless individuals build the most marketable profile and increase "Donation…
To play devil's advocate here, why don't you think we do in fact know better? They're homeless as a result of their life choices and we're in a position where we could help them as a result of choices we made in our lives. It may not be their fault, but do you think in their current state they can make the most rational, logical choices? Would it be better for us to enable these people's bad habits/mental illness and let them destroy themselves further with alcohol and/or other drugs? If we are going to make the case that we shouldn't blame them for their state of being, and that they're victims, then we need to accept that a lot of them need help from themselves. If on the other hand you want to respect their free will and self-determination or whatever, then hey, they made their bed. I'm certainly not going to fund their lifestyles if they have agency and self-determination and this is what we get.
> Users can then read the profile of the beacon-wearer, and donate money if they’re so moved. Donations can be redeemed at select stores and restaurants. They cannot be used to buy alcohol. The beacon-wearer must check in monthly at a participating nonprofit, or else their beacon is disabled. Soon there will be multiple agencies that helps homeless individuals build the most marketable profile and increase "Donation…
To play devil's advocate here, why don't you think we do in fact know better? They're homeless as a result of their life choices and we're in a position where we could help them as a result of choices we made in our lives. It may not be their fault, but do you think in their current state they can make the most rational, logical choices? Would it be better for us to enable these people's bad habits/mental illness and…
> They're homeless as a result of their life choices
that's just false. the same as people in privileged circumstances claiming to have gotten to where they are due to their 'hard work'