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Everybody is like “yeah housing should be a human right…” and completely ignore reality and how to actually achieve the goal which is the hard part.
Everybody is like “yeah housing should be a human right…” and completely ignore reality and how to actually achieve the goal which is the hard part.
Well, I’m sure it’s a lot in absolute numbers because it’s a big country, but I doubt that stopping Carlos Slim from buying an apartment in the middle of Manhattan at an inflated price is somehow going to help the working class.
Canada aside, these are upscale places where foreigners are just injecting a ton of cash into our economy.
You're right, man.
In the richest country to ever exist ever, there should be people sleeping under bridges. There should be children sleeping in the woods cause they are too old to go with their mothers to the shelter.
We need to put bootstraps under bridges.
You came in super hot today especially since you are literally arguing to keep homeless children homeless cause you hate Marx or some such nonsense. I don't even know wtf you are talking about.So people who own homes or apartments should be forced to house people who aren't paying them anything? "You think people should pay you to live on the property you own? Fuck you, you're going to let whoever we tall you to live in your place. And they don't owe you shit. This is a pandemic afterall."
Got it. You're a Marxist piece of shit. Makes perfect sense now. You belong in Venezuela, with the few remaining Chavistas still living there.
Why would you compare the minimum of one thing to the median of another?The discrepancy between min wage and the median price of a house is far too wide.
I don't think it will work. Most people who are homeless either have an illness, an addiction, or they suck at life in general and will continue to suck regardless of the amount of resources you give them.My ideal solution is to provide homeless people housing for 6-12 months if they agree to get into government supported training programs/short term work to give them a head start in life. By 6-12 months, they will stop being homeless and can afford to rent.
Do you have a plan on how to provide this housing?You're right, man.
In the richest country to ever exist ever, there should be people sleeping under bridges. There should be children sleeping in the woods cause they are too old to go with their mothers to the shelter.
We need to put bootstraps under bridges.
Yeah, most "Intentional Communities" fail. I participated in a religious one and it was a living nightmare. I visited a second and the social element was like walking on eggshells. There is a small (secular) one in my city that has done well for over a decade but they've found their sustainable size of 5 families. Another one in my city is set up as a part of an addiction ministry (Christian non-affiliated). People usually enter in after completing normal rehab and stay live on the ranch for some months before returning to normal life. They get assistance with finding jobs and housing.That's wonderful. There are also thousands of intentional communities that have failed.
Drug addiction and crime should automatically bar people from these types of support/safety nets. I believe housing should be a right for everybody as long as they aren't criminals/pedos/drug addicts. A lot of these bums still get plenty of food and shelter from the govermnment but if you kick em out of town and throw them into the wild, they'll quickly realize how good they have it living in society
You came in super hot today especially since you are literally arguing to keep homeless children homeless cause you hate Marx or some such nonsense. I don't even know wtf you are talking about.
This is the richest country ever. There are 6 times as many empty properties as their are homeless. Government exacerbated this problem, the government can f'ng fix it. Nah, you don't want to pay for something or something. Can you at least pitch in for some bootstraps?
If you ever find yourself being angry at someone lower on the economic ladder than you are ,i.e, homeless, there's a good chance you are being manipulated by someone higher on the economic ladder than you are.Do you have a plan on how to provide this housing?
Obviously home ownership isn't a right. There are homeless shelters for people to stay in temporarily, but of course you don't have the right to force people to buy or build you a house for free.
Why would you compare the minimum of one thing to the median of another?
Mortgage payments for the median house price are $15k/year, and median household income is like $60k. If you don't earn the median income, why would you expect to buy the same house as people who do?
If you ever find yourself being angry at someone lower on the economic ladder than you are ,i.e, homeless, there's a good chance you are being manipulated by someone higher on the economic ladder than you are.
-Jimmy Dore
Quoted him just cause donks were whining about him.
In this case, the buses run on time. Your Amazon packages arrive in 2 days. The bombs reach their destinations to blow up a middle eastern country. We can figure out this problem.
80% of the country living paycheck to paycheck isn't just bad with saving. 40% can't afford $1000 emergency isn't just bad with money.On one side, I’m all for helping folks out who are in a pinch.
On the other side, I have a hard time wanting to help anyone who won’t help themselves. Like you said, this is the richest country ever (for now), there is opportunity everywhere.
So regarding a person who has absolutely nothing, do you suppose it’s because they’ve been presented zero opportunity? Or because they’ve put in zero effort.
I quoted the right post. You aren't asking the right question.You quoted the wrong post.
You're not entirely wrong. But nothing there was an answer to my question, which was did you have a plan to solve the housing problem?