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re: Section 8 is a curse
Posted on 8/24/14 at 10:40 pm to Aubie Spr96
Posted on 8/24/14 at 10:40 pm to Aubie Spr96
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We should be empowering people not enabling them.
We've enabled ourselves into the frickin poorhouse.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:24 pm to FightinTigersDammit
There's an organization here in Bham called The Jimmy Hale Mission. They are a faith based non-profit that works with homeless men and women on a variety of issues like drug rehab, job training, and other skills. I did some work for them many years ago. The director told me that there was a percentage of people that were always gonna be homeless. He also said that the worst thing you could do for them was enable them through handouts and alike.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:31 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Truth. I struggle with the whole concept of rewarding failure. I know it's disguised as helping disadvantaged. It always starts there -good intentions. Then it gets into "where do you draw the lines" and then "who draws them". Not a good exercise to implement from afar in my opinion. Bring those decisions closer to home and you get more accountability.
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