"I believe in a Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists, but not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and actions of human beings."
--Albert Einstein, 1929
If you're "busting your ass" just to get the bare minimum on which to survive as a productive member of society, you're doing it wrong.
That's the wholly dishonest conserva-answer to anything regarding social spending -- that the poor will live like kings while everyone else toils in the salt mines.
Freedom of speech is not freedom from criticism.
Freedom of speech is not freedom from criticism.
"I believe in a Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists, but not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and actions of human beings."
--Albert Einstein, 1929
Freedom of speech is not freedom from criticism.
Don't put words in my mouth, pal.
The system that Salt Lake City used works. It is incontrovertible FACT that it does not "soak the taxpayer," and it's seen homelessness reduced by about 80 percent. Would it work as well everywhere? Probably not, in part because some places would just refuse to properly fund the program, in part because of incompetent city government, in part because of bad breaks. But just sticking them in a warehouse and forgetting about them accomplishes nothing.
A modest apartment, a case worker, proper mental health care as needed, and job preparation/training would do wonders for many of these people, and it seems like a lot of conservatives here just couldn't care less.
Freedom of speech is not freedom from criticism.