America's big cities are increasingly home to people living in their cars

[davide405]

@RedFury

A lot moved to Denver to get jobs in the weed industry. Same thing - no plans or skills, but they have criminal records that make them undesirable to trust with the keys to anything, so they camp in our parks and National/State forests and attack women who use the trails. Women are at least half of the taxpayers, but now they can’t use public parks or public lands because of the very real fear of being raped by a recently released convict.

Dear gods, where to begin? So many Faux News talking points here…

Hey, look! I can quote these news articles where homeless people did something awful!

Let’s derail the topic of people being made homeless by runaway rent and a minimum wage that is nothing like a living wage.

Instead, let’s point our eyes over here at a small segment of that population and definitely call in some “think of the children” sensibility to demonize them.

Those damned people living in cars! They’re all exactly like these people who made the news for the worst of reasons. They’re lazy, morally deficient, and dangerous, just like all poor people! The proof is right here in the articles I’ve linked!

Do you have any suggestions, or do you just want to pile on with lurid alarmism?

Let’s see, maybe you could station police at the borders and have everyone who enters the state of Colorado prove that they have a job and an address. A great big, beautiful wall would make that job easier.

Tourist you say? Yeah, likely story. We’re going to need to see some utility bills and pay stubs from your real home before we let you into our state! Otherwise, you can keep your so-called tourist dollars at home!

Oh, you’re travelling with children? Well now, that was a mistake…

Because really, how dare any state/region/nation dare be perceived as being a “land of opportunity” We all know what nonsense that is!

If you couldn’t make good in the place you were born, stay the fuck home and starve to death there!

Those economically disadvantaged areas, they’re not sending their best They’re sending people that have lots of problems. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. Although some, we assume, are good people.

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Or, you know, maybe we could address some real problems,

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but that would be really hard. Easier to just make it unlawful to be unable to afford housing. Once we put them in prison, they’re effectively slave labor, so there, at least and at last, they can be of some benefit to society.