re: What should we do about the homeless problem?

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It's becoming an epidemic

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No, it isn't. It became an issue at the end of the '70s/beginning of the '80s when many of the laws allowing them (most homeless are deeply addicted/mentally ill or both) to be institutionalized were struck down. This resulted in many institutions closing their doors. There was a period of adjustment as many of them were violent enough to end up in corrections facilities or other mental health facilities, but many remained on the street.

And that lack of a system remains. This is still a free country, so the government doesn't just have carte blanche to just relocate folks on a whim - there would have to be some crime or public policy advanced to justify that, and it would incur years/decades of legal challenge.

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Also make it a crime to panhandle and a crime to give to them.

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There are slews of these.

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I also think hiring a bunch as laborers to work as grunts to help build the Trump Wall will save a bunch of taxpayers their hard earned money, will allow these people to serve their country and save some money.

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If these folks were capable/willing to do this, they wouldn't be homeless - like I said, deeply addicted, mentally ill or both.