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also doesn't help that some people are too lazy to work and looking for free handouts. The people at Poydras are actually homeless but you have a LOT of others that are not but can make a decent living tax free plus on gov benefits by begging because idiots give them money.

Yeah, the government will give them money, food stamps, a phone, housing help, Medicaid. Those programs should be enough to keep the bulk of the homeless off the streets. There has been an explosion of street people in recent years, and I just can’t believe it’s all a result of closing the mental health facilities. Opioid abuse is probably the main factor.

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Posted by northshorebamaman

Cochise County AZ

Member since Jul 2009

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Posted on 10/9/18 at 7:19 pm to biglego

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Yeah, the government will give them money, food stamps, a phone, housing help, Medicaid. Those programs should be enough to keep the bulk of the homeless off the streets.

Here in Seattle, the problem only gets worse as they throw more and more money at it. It's almost as if making it easier to be homeless encourages more homelessness.

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Posted by rowbear1922

Lake Chuck, LA

Member since Oct 2008

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Posted on 10/9/18 at 8:48 pm to biglego

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Yeah, the government will give them money, food stamps, a phone, housing help, Medicaid. Those programs should be enough to keep the bulk of the homeless off the streets. There has been an explosion of street people in recent years, and I just can’t believe it’s all a result of closing the mental health facilities. Opioid abuse is probably the main factor.

I would think drug addiction just in general is a bigger factor than mental illness.

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