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re: The poorest in the US can't find housing even as low-income units sit empty
Posted on 9/8/26 at 12:51 pm to ChanceOfRainIsNever
Posted on 9/8/26 at 12:51 pm to ChanceOfRainIsNever
Since the government doesn't spend the money on nothing worthwhile, I hope they cut taxes. Neither party seems to know what to do with it.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 12:55 pm to djmed
Recreate the modern version of the Victorian Era poor farm.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 12:59 pm to BuckI
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we should take care of our fellow Americans when they can't.
There’s a big difference between “can’t” and “won’t.”
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:01 pm to TheFonz
quote:I do not disagree with that.
There’s a big difference between “can’t” and “won’t.”
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:04 pm to BuckI
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I'm not saying you have to take him in but we should take care of our fellow Americans when they can't.
Are you saying that the leftiest states aren't taking care of him? How much money have they wasted on the drug addicts of the left coast? And you want to "help him" even more?
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:05 pm to BuckI
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Possible, more like probably but he might be mentally ill.
He's a certified druggie. His mental illness and lot in life is self imposed. But, you feel free to invite him into your home. I'm sure you'll be more than happy to have him around your loved ones. Let's see that toxic empathy in action.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:34 pm to BuckI
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we should take care of our fellow Americans when they can't.
There's a difference between can't and won't
Oops, I see someone beat me to that
This post was edited on 9/8/26 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:39 pm to BugAC
quote:You do not know he is an addict and I already said, I did not expect anyone to take him in.
He's a certified druggie. His mental illness and lot in life is self imposed. But, you feel free to invite him into your home. I'm sure you'll be more than happy to have him around your loved ones. Let's see that toxic empathy in action.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:42 pm to BugAC
quote:California has the highest rate of homelessness in the nation, so no leftist states are not taking care of anyone.
Are you saying that the leftiest states aren't taking care of him? How much money have they wasted on the drug addicts of the left coast? And you want to "help him" even more?
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:45 pm to djmed
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But with the little money he makes donating blood plasma
Dude, work at McDonalds. Get a bicycle and do door dash. Suck dick for money. Something
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:58 pm to BuckI
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You do not know he is an addict
I 100% know he is an addict. A homeless guy in Portland, OR is the same as a homeless guy in San Fran or any other liberal utopia. DRUGS. They are homeless by choice, not by circumstance. If they truly wanted help, they wouldn't be homeless right now. Hell, Oregon has some of the most generous drug enrichment programs in the entire country.
Feigning ignorance is not a debating strategy.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 2:01 pm to BuckI
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we should take care of our fellow Americans when they can't.
Can't, yeah, maybe. But what about "won't" or "don't"?
Posted on 9/8/26 at 2:29 pm to BugAC
quote:Neither is making assumptions without proof.
Feigning ignorance is not a debating strategy.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 2:43 pm to ChanceOfRainIsNever
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When I look at my pay stub and see almost half of what I earn confiscated in taxes I know exactly how that poster feels. It makes me irrationally angry
irrational (merriam-webster)
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adjective
ir·?ra·?tio·?nal i-'ra-sh(?-)n?l ?i(r)-
Synonyms of irrational
Simple Definition
A Simple Definition is available from our Learner's Dictionary to help you understand the meaning faster.
: not rational: such as
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: lacking usual or normal mental clarity or coherence
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: not endowed with reason or understanding
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: not governed by or according to reason
Well, at least you recognize it.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 3:13 pm to djmed
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Mathew Davis, who lives in a homeless shelter in Austin, Texas, would love an apartment of his own. But with the little money he makes donating blood plasma, even a $450-a-month tiny home with no running water and a communal bathroom would be a stretch.
There's a lot of people who would prefer to have a place of their own.
I know plenty of guys who are having 60% of their income taken in child support saying the same.
No running water is a rental violation on the part of the landlord. Stupid reporter doesn't know his law.
Follow up piece will be about how the donation center blew out his veins, and now he can't maintain his income.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 3:14 pm to BuckI
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but we should take care of our fellow Americans when they can't.
What about non-Americans. Do we take care of them too when they can’t??
Posted on 9/8/26 at 3:15 pm to djmed
If you don’t like the story from yahoo that you linked, you’ll probably like even less the story within the story, the National Low Income Housing Coalition's most recent annual report, that’s linked in the yahoo story.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 3:15 pm to BuckI
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BuckI
Do you believe that donating plasma is a career?
This post was edited on 9/8/26 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 9/8/26 at 3:24 pm to BuckI
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Possible, more like probably but he might be mentally ill.
Too bad. We put prisoners to work, have the unemployment office hire a few of the retired supervisors (since they've worked with difficult people before) & put these guys to work.
He can even work OT if he wants
Posted on 9/8/26 at 4:10 pm to BuckI
I've learned that you cannot change a person's behavior by caring more than they do about their situation. Alcoholics don't respond to people catering to them in any way. Poor people who don't care enough to get a job in the slightest aren't going to change because you give them money.
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