Butterfly
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And just where might the state or local jurisdiction get their money?
The taxpayers, of course.
And just where might the state or local jurisdiction get their money?
I was thinking the same thing, we never saw homeless people in the 50’s or 60’s who are they, where are they coming from? I know some of them are Veterans n that is our biggest shame of all!The solution is simple: The rents are too damn high. People weren't homeless in the fifties, sixties. It was very rare to be without a place to live. That doesn't mean the place was a "good" place, or desirable in any way except for having a roof over one's head. Even the "bums" had a single room, maybe the width of a bed, but they usually did have that option.
In 1980 I met a woman at work who had been to PRChina several times, which was uncommon for the late 1970's. She told me foreigners were not allowed in train/subway stations at night. She took the risk with several others to find out why. The stations were mobbed with the homeless. I believe it was Peking (Beijing). That's how the socialist paradise hid their homeless. It was an embarrassment, a disgrace. I had never heard of such a thing. And now, look at us. It's a reprehensible shame. It is a sign of a third world country.
Sorry after I posted it I realize it could be scrutinized as political, so I deleted it and inserted deleted. I have had some that did meet the rules and regulations and they just vanish...poof.Why was this post deleted ? By the poster, or the admins?........frustrating when all ya read is ....deleted.
And, if that wasn’t enough, we have also seen a rise in drug addicts and mental defectives out there. I don’t mean to sound insensitive or callous, but the perception is reality in this instance. How do you deal with a homeless person when you are talking about helping them and they are asking for some money to buy a bottle?I think that homeless people started showing up following the Great Depression. Many people just never recovered. Of course most were men and were called Hobos. The traveled by train. Today, with the many natural disasters from repeated flooding and forest fires, a great many people find themselves without a home, and without a hope. Then again the population has risen some as well. Sort of a perfect storm for homelessness.
Yeah, and the "cracks" keep widening instead of closing, as support from family, church, and government dry up, only to be replaced with "lip-service". Not many want to "feel your pain".And, if that wasn’t enough, we have also seen a rise in drug addicts and mental defectives out there. I don’t mean to sound insensitive or callous, but the perception is reality in this instance. How do you deal with a homeless person when you are talking about helping them and they are asking for some money to buy a bottle?
Gary,Not sure what all Houston is doing, but the restraints of helping folks need to be relaxed.
I so wanted to start a little soup kitchen thing this winter, even something at the far reaches of the wally world parking lot, near where a rather sizeable hobo camp on a vacant parcel has sprung up.
Just set up our four burner propane Camp Chef off our pickup, and ladle out my wife's glorious soup.
Turns out I'd be arrested.
Looks like another year doing the once a week volunteer thing.
It just seems so feeble.
I may sit in on some city counsels, see what's brewing in the homeless subject
Gary.......I know of a few excellent rehabs here in the East that may be able to help her. I have seen the results of their work and it has been mostly positive. The first rule to becoming sober is that the addict, (or in this case, the alcoholic), must want to be clean and have a very strong desire to stay dry. Otherwise, it's a useless cause. If she ever heads this way and has decided that enough is enough, let me know and I will do what I can to point her in the right direction. All that I ask is that she is ready to make the commitment because, (I am sure that you know), initially, there is a lot of suffering getting clean or dry.a little dirty laundry;
My daughter has been homeless for years now.
She made a valiant stab at recovery
It didn't take
We brought her down here this summer to get her dried out
She couldn't do it
Wanted to be where her 'friends' are
I have no answer to this mind set
Very frustrating
She's a meth addict.The first rule to becoming sober is that the addict, (or in this case, the alcoholic), must want to be clean and have a very strong desire to stay dry. Otherwise, it's a useless cause.
That's the reason we had her down here, 300 miles from her 'friends'let me know and I will do what I can to point her in the right direction. All that I ask is that she is ready to make the commitment
It's a sad state of affairs when we are more outraged that people live/camp/sleep in the streets than we are that they are homeless to begin with. No, I don't have the answer. Just saying...
She's a meth addict.
Heroin is also involved
Had an extensive phone conversation with her last night.
There's a massive program in Portland Oregon called 'Central City'.
Our hope is she enters that program.
That's the reason we had her down here, 300 miles from her 'friends'
I'll surely tell her about this.
Thank you, 9
Yes, she has to get low enough to know she has to have help...in order to stay alive
I agree that it's a problem, but who's to say that the homeless never paid taxes? Taxes that should be helping them now.
It's been at least 35 years since I've been anywhere in Europe, but back then there were public toilets everydamnwhere in Germany. Why aren't we doing this?
Lots of questions. No answers ☹
Yeah...and oftentimes even they don'tOnly they know
You mean the "they" who complain? I'll drink to that!
Meth and Heroin users have the worst time of trying to kick it. It just keeps pulling the user back in. I have seen both types of addicts while going through withdrawal and if you ever want to see shear agony, all that you need to do is to watch about 15 minutes of a person withdrawing from 1 of these 2 drugs. Fentanyl is the other one that owns the addict.She's a meth addict.
Heroin is also involved
Had an extensive phone conversation with her last night.
There's a massive program in Portland Oregon called 'Central City'.
Our hope is she enters that program.
That's the reason we had her down here, 300 miles from her 'friends'
I'll surely tell her about this.
Thank you, 9
Yes, she has to get low enough to know she has to have help...in order to stay alive