Capitalism is also theft, as no-one is fully compensated for their labour.
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That’s the fundamental definition of government. If you think government is bad, what is your alternative?
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Also, the article said that homelessness spiked after Katrina, which suggests that a large portion of that 90% were not chronically homeless, but just situationally homeless, which is a much easier situation to help people out of.
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Of course. And it already HAS, point of fact, in San Francisco (in a smaller-scale initial test).
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If taxes are theft, you breathing my air is theft. Seriously stop with the nonsense.
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According to HUD’s 2010 homelessness report ~650,000 are homeless in the U.S. at any one time with ~1.6 million homeless at some point during a given year. California has by far the most of any state with 20% of US homeless.
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In the Bay Area, there are a lot of cases where it makes sense for someone making six figures to live out of their car in their employer’s parking lot, and use the showers probided in the office.
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When was the last time someone took your taxes via a gun? I’m guessing literally never. You pay taxes out of your pay checks.
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Thanks!
I recall that for the homeless housing measure the City of LA gave a number of 55,000 (one city in LA county) and the tens of thousands who were only on the Santa Ana river bike path in Orange County. It “seems” like the numbers I’m seeing have increased since 2010, but the HUD numbers say otherwise and align with what Cory said:
I lived in Amsterdam for a few years and got a bit of insight into their program. Essentially, you won’t be homeless just because you don’t have enough money. There are programs and housing to get you back on your feet and a really robust network of social programs. The only homeless people are the “chronically homeless”, or “homeless by choice”, whatever you want to call it. People who have mental or chemical dependency issues that prevent them from being helped - and they even do their best to house these people.
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