I live in Chicago. Plenty of homeless here. I will offer to buy a person a meal and coffee etc. If they accept, they were hungry, if they want cash, they often seek drink or drugs. I am always happy to get a meal for anyone without a home to go to. It’s the least I can do.
I live in Chicago. Plenty of homeless here. I will offer to buy a person a meal and coffee etc. If they accept, they were hungry, if they want cash, they often seek drink or drugs. I am always happy to get a meal for anyone without a home to go to. It’s the least I can do.
I solve that potential problem by handing them $10 McDonalds gift cards. Sure, they could probably sell that to a high schooler for $5 and buy some drugs, but I doubt that is the main destination.
Guys, when do handouts become enabling? We are not that wise, are we? We can't solve simple problems of homelessness locally. We had a man in our small town living in a tent, refusing to move to an apartment because he feared the voices in his head and knew no one understood him. Each man or woman has business to accomplish in life. Respect that.
Nancy, I don’t know where you live or have lived surrounded by people without homes. I lived close to SF for many years and worked in San Francisco. Now Chicago. The homeless populations are very significant, not just a man in a tent. I’m really not sure what your comment is getting at… allow mentally ill people to stay in the parks? That’s their choice? What “business to accomplish” are you referring to?
I only buy someone a meal if they ask for food. It is best to advocate at the state and federal level, for sure. No one thinks a handout is a cure.
Chicago has started a pilot program, converting old abandoned motels into mini apartments to allow homeless to stay, 24/7 on site psychiatrist staff, doctor visits on premises and drug rehab/job training.
Many homeless need to be on drugs for schizophrenia etc. There are ex-cons who can’t gain employment due to their past and end up on the streets as well. As a country, we need to address our entire system that puts people in these situations in the first place. That means getting every Republican OUT! The start is to be sure Biden is re-elected to go forward.
No, Biden's policies have driven homelessness. It costs so much more to let ve that people who would have donated can't afford to do nearly as much. Also with all the millions of border crashers, they are shoving community resources through crisis after crisis. What you propose is throwing fuel on the fire.
What I say is if you give some canned goods to the food pantry, give some money, drop off a snack pack, you pay yourself on the back for helping, then you forget about it. Meanwhile the glitter of a promise to panhandle or be provided for by random acts of knowing kindness keeps people on the line, like waiting for the lottery. These are real lives getting played and it needs to stop.
Ronald Reagan started the major homelessness when he closed the mental institutions in California and bussed the people to downtown Los Angeles. I watched the school busses going to downtown Santa Monica and the next day we had homeless people for the first time. And he changed the laws so you couldn't do anything with them.
Who changes laws? It's the legislatures. Who enforces, executes the laws? The presidential, the executive branch. If you live in California, they have big problems and instead of making progress, they appear to pay companies to solve their issues--instead of redirecting policies. The companies make money with every screwup, the taxpayers lose money. Add a lot of artificial intelligence entities calling the shots in California. With AI economies, prices go sky high and people become commodities.
I live in Chicago. Plenty of homeless here. I will offer to buy a person a meal and coffee etc. If they accept, they were hungry, if they want cash, they often seek drink or drugs. I am always happy to get a meal for anyone without a home to go to. It’s the least I can do.
I solve that potential problem by handing them $10 McDonalds gift cards. Sure, they could probably sell that to a high schooler for $5 and buy some drugs, but I doubt that is the main destination.
Guys, when do handouts become enabling? We are not that wise, are we? We can't solve simple problems of homelessness locally. We had a man in our small town living in a tent, refusing to move to an apartment because he feared the voices in his head and knew no one understood him. Each man or woman has business to accomplish in life. Respect that.
Nancy, I don’t know where you live or have lived surrounded by people without homes. I lived close to SF for many years and worked in San Francisco. Now Chicago. The homeless populations are very significant, not just a man in a tent. I’m really not sure what your comment is getting at… allow mentally ill people to stay in the parks? That’s their choice? What “business to accomplish” are you referring to?
I only buy someone a meal if they ask for food. It is best to advocate at the state and federal level, for sure. No one thinks a handout is a cure.
Chicago has started a pilot program, converting old abandoned motels into mini apartments to allow homeless to stay, 24/7 on site psychiatrist staff, doctor visits on premises and drug rehab/job training.
Many homeless need to be on drugs for schizophrenia etc. There are ex-cons who can’t gain employment due to their past and end up on the streets as well. As a country, we need to address our entire system that puts people in these situations in the first place. That means getting every Republican OUT! The start is to be sure Biden is re-elected to go forward.
No, Biden's policies have driven homelessness. It costs so much more to let ve that people who would have donated can't afford to do nearly as much. Also with all the millions of border crashers, they are shoving community resources through crisis after crisis. What you propose is throwing fuel on the fire.
What I say is if you give some canned goods to the food pantry, give some money, drop off a snack pack, you pay yourself on the back for helping, then you forget about it. Meanwhile the glitter of a promise to panhandle or be provided for by random acts of knowing kindness keeps people on the line, like waiting for the lottery. These are real lives getting played and it needs to stop.
Ronald Reagan started the major homelessness when he closed the mental institutions in California and bussed the people to downtown Los Angeles. I watched the school busses going to downtown Santa Monica and the next day we had homeless people for the first time. And he changed the laws so you couldn't do anything with them.
Who changes laws? It's the legislatures. Who enforces, executes the laws? The presidential, the executive branch. If you live in California, they have big problems and instead of making progress, they appear to pay companies to solve their issues--instead of redirecting policies. The companies make money with every screwup, the taxpayers lose money. Add a lot of artificial intelligence entities calling the shots in California. With AI economies, prices go sky high and people become commodities.
Edits : It costs so much more to live that.... You pat yourself on the back....random acts of kindness keeps hopes up....