StThomasMore
Christian Democrat
1. Where did I say that we should abolish welfare?
2. I proved above that America does not have the worst homeless rate per capita.
Not trying to say that homeless people don't deserve dignity, but many homeless people are homeless because they want to be homeless. We used to call them hobos. They lived an independent life, which is just what they wanted. There are opportunities all over the place for homeless people. I know companies that offer jobs to homeless people, but the homeless people rarely show up. Why? Because they can make more by begging on the street. An industrious beggar can earn $20/hour, and if you can't find a place to live on that, you're not looking hard. Certainly, there are those who fall through the cracks. But in this country, nobody is turned away for lack of ability to pay for basic health care.
Define living wage. $/hr please.
Where did I say they were lazy? And if you believe that $20/hr is poverty, you have another thing coming.
Obviously you are confusing panhandling with homelessness.
Some homeless people panhandle. But 20$ an hr ? please. Why would they be carrying around tons of soda cans to recycle for a few cents a can then? They get 3-5 cents a can depending on the center. Scrounging all day you would be lucky to make 30-40 bux. On most writings panhandling makes on average 30-40$ a day, with exceptions of 100-200$ a day on rare and erratic circumstances(like homeless people getting more money on Christmas and holidays)
Whenever I hear stories about beggars who are living it up, claims of beggars making 40K a year or what not, it breaks my heart that people believe that, - and the word - homeless by choice - do you not think that something must be wrong in someone's life and society to prefer the streets to another place. There are so many mentally ill people, alcoholics & drug users who were not completely functional, and abused teenagers on the street
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