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Besides the "theft" nonsense, how would you address the poor?
Is "out of my way, peasants" a valid answer?
Besides the "theft" nonsense, how would you address the poor?
Is "out of my way, peasants" a valid answer?
If it is shown that it costs less in taxpayer dollars to provide apartments for the homeless than it would be to just let them remain homeless in the streets, would you support using taxpayer dollars to pay for apartments for the homeless?
Why or why not?
How am I making it someone else's problem when I am personally active in providing for others in need through donations and volunteering? There are a lot of us. I counted 13 shelters in the Columbus vicinity where the majority are run on donations and volunteers.
Quit being so immature, she is talking about taking care of it herself, with the help of her friends at her church. You're proposing forcing other people to pay through taxes, aren't you?
Well, yeah, it is "cheaper" IF you throw in free medical care and emergency room stays on the other side of the equation. But it is not cheaper than providing no free government services. If the person isn't paying his medical bills perhaps he should stop getting treatments.
But this type of calculation should be used on all government services-if there is no pay-back than the government should not spend money on it. Government should provide for the greatest good for the greatest numbers for the longest period of time and not subsidize people who are unable or unwilling to repay it at some point. That is the role of the religious community.
"Millions for defense, not one penny for tribute."
It works pretty well as a maxim in dealing with socialists who advocate bribing the poor into good behavior.
Y'know, I really thought ahead of time that you'd try to bring up that exact quote...and the difference is that the millions for defense was against a foreign power that was essentially holding our ships and crews for ransom...whereas our homeless are mostly AMERICAN CITIZENS, who are mostly guilty of nothing more than getting addicted to drugs or alcohol or - in a surprising number of cases - simply had the bad luck to get laid off or had to flee domestic abuse.
But you would compare them to what we would today call 'terrorists'.
I think more and more people would just become homeless because life is hard and this would be an easy alternative.
You really missed the point of the studies, didn't you? It costs more to leave the people on the streets because of the INCREASED police presence required, the INCREASED rate of arrests and prosecutions, the INCREASED amount of jail time served, and the INCREASED visits to the emergency room because of what happens to those homeless people on the streets.