Seattle's tiny home villages pose as a potential solution to Spokane's homeless crisis
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2022
- Seattle's Low-Income Housing Institute is finding big success in tiny solutions, building more than 700 tiny homes in 17 villages for the city's homeless population.
This program is actually getting results. Why would you want to stop it?
It's not just the big cities dealing with homelessness, it's every single town in the US. You notice it more in the bigger cities because there is more people homeless
yes, but any homeless people in the rest of the USA who must steal on a regular basis to support hard drug addiction will migrate to Seattle, Portland, SF, or LA to benefit from the laws that allow you to shoplift moderate amounts without fear of jail. The rest of the country, chronic shoplifters get jail....so they all come here...the worst of the worst.
@@seattleflyboard3807 I'm thinking that it's your climate that draws people to live there
I live in a city in Washington state that helps the homeless but doesn't allow them to take over and its because we don't enable them by supply their habits with drugs and our local police and sherrif's department enforces the law, Seattle needs to do the same and this issue might decrease!make illicit drugs illegal again!
@@julesj5853 statistics say that around 75% of homeless are NOT alcohol or drug users. I think your town is punishing the majority over what the minority is doing
@@sandyallen1523 we all know that statistics vs reality is no match. There is actually a woman who goes around befriending and interviewing the homeless is Seattle and most of them are being referred there from other states from prisons and they are advertising to them Seattles legalization of drugs and homeless resources. When you walk around downtown Seattle and all you see is a zombie like state with the majority of the homeless, I'm thinking the stats you are reading are grossly inaccurate. Also, encouraging folks to get off the street and get work is not punishing them, its actually loving them. I know that concept is hard to grasp these days but there is a fine line between enabling and encouraging better outcomes of success!
I used to live in Seattle around the corner from one of these and these are a great idea! The problem is that they attract a lot of issues associated with the individuals occupying them. They kept burning them down for some reason. They would find them completely trashed and infested after the occupants decide to leave… I truly think this is a great idea for those who truly want the help and respect it but I have seen the other side when individuals take advantage and completely trash these little villages
I can see how it has its ups and downs. There are individuals and families who fall on hard times who would probably treat the homes well. Then there are those with addictions and mental health issues who would abuse the privilege.
Exactly @@Mary-cg1sl
Privacy- locking doors-the real impact of housing. Large shelters are HORRIFYING! Divert that to something that could REALLY HELP… but shelters are not a safe place- for anyone!
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How are you doing today?
What would rich people be without poor people
Ive never seen a homeless person recover and back into society without HELP....
I think the tiny home concept is great.the homeless are people too and they shouldn't be living on the street. They need help with housing drug addiction etc. At least in a tiny home they can have a sense of security and self respect .I also like that the tiny home villages are monitored and they try to keep all the riff raff out.its a chance for people to get back on their feet again you can't do that living outside around a bunch of mentally ill and drug addicted people. It's like a fight just to survive each day. Good work tiny home villages.
All homeless are not drug addicted. Many are working full time but are unable to pay current rent & other costs.
Its the duty of local govts to ensure there is housing available for ALL their citizens but they havent, they have literally ignored their lower income citizens. They had no problem approving single family homes but not the poor mans home. If you want to blame anything for the homeless, blame your local govt. Not to mention that homelessness is traumatic & forces major lifestyle changes to those afflicted. You can blame your local govts for that as well. Its rather pathetic the run around we get from these cities who say its very complicated… WHAT? They created it by not planning as federal & state law requires them to do. This just didn’t suddenly occur, & i find it ridiculous they aren’t taking full accountability for what they created. Look at how many lives have been disrupted & the best solution they can come up with is a SHELTER?! Why not a concentration camp? Same thing!🙄
This same idea in Canada, takes 30% of the occupants income, and a gated community with security to deter hopefully people who don't belong them. With mental health and wellness services. It was built by a private citizen who used 4million if their own dollars. It's a great story.
I guess the people that are opposed to this, would rather have the tents and trash in the streets.
I am seeing this same program pop up in other areas of the country with great success. Glad to see it, I think it really does improve peoples' lives, and the communities where it is instituted.
So much better than homeless shelters with one room where everybody is forced to try and sleep through people snoring, farting and watching porn on their phone at full volume
Eventually, even those who normally can afford a mortgage or rent will succumb to the reality of unaffordable housing, which often leads to mental health/addiction issues. With AI/AGI on the cusp, many jobs will become obsolete and exacerbate the housing/homelessness issue. This looks promising but more needs to be done to root out the systemic problem.
Homelessness is a clear reflection of the amount of cronyism, corporatism and racism in our political leaders. This is a social problem that requires an open heart to the real problem.....,human beings are hurting and are as part of us as we are a part, of them. You cannot sweep your brother under the rug, the rug is no longer big enough.
I can just see the Seattle city council looking down there noses with their own pockets in mind what's in it for me
We can do it 🕊️
They should’ve done something to help these poorest people in their city then. Rather than doing nothing.. Giving even the poorest of folks a tiny lil secure place to call they’re own will change their lives dramatically. ESP when these communities are also offering help to these folks as they’re the most vulnerable of society & some are veterans & if the local govt’s/councils are bothered they are only bothered bc they did nothing. I hope they all feel rlly damn guilty..🤨🤨
Eventually those tiny houses are going to cost half a million as well
OMG!
Wouldn't surprise me
This is good!!! 🙌🏿💯
Genius idea.. Should be rolled out all over the USA & UK.. 🎉 WOULD HELP SOLVE HOMELESSNESS & worsening housing crisis.!! 🥳🥰 ITS CLEARLY A NO BRAINER‼️☮️
Thank you for hopping the homeless people get into housing
American should build some smaller colder for cheaper affordable for people to live, I found lots of condos are too big just not necessary, I found out lots of my friend condos are much bigger than Australia Sydney, Melbourne etc…. Should be the right side ti live is ok La !!!😊
We need something like “the new deal” to help this!
We need this up here in pennsylvania there are so many homelss ppl I was one too and who knows if I will again I pay 1395 for a 1 bedroom apt. It’s very hard and having just ssi disability I need help . Housing isn’t even open to take applications because there are so many ppl looking for help. We need some tiny home community’s wifh low rent. To help us survive some of us can’t even afford medication because it’s either food or rent or medication or food and so on. We get these high class ppl from New York to keep buying and building expensive apts in Allentown pa here. And it’s sad to say, what about us we have no where to go they keep pushing us out more and more. But I see some states helping the homelessness and how to get ppl to get their life together to get a job and afford necessities. We need help here. I wish someone would do this here in pa. ALLENTOWN NEEDS HELP. We need help!
I bet the greedy land lords hate those tiny homes and there all going I can get 1600 a month for that
There's more than a few social services programs in Portland Oregon that don't make anything better..
Some youth facility DON'T teach responsibility and money management skills which is a huge part of homelessness, along with mental health, alcohol, drugs
Make affordable housing to accommodate a person working for minimum wage and the problem will solve itself overnight. In san diego where I'm born and raised, you used to be able to afford a one bedroom apartment while working minimum wage. That should be guaranteed as a us citizen. Now the only people that can afford to live in my beautiful city are the ultra rich and people on section 8 vouchers. Freaking sad. Working minimum wage in my city will only afford you a room to rent and you still have to pay 60% of your income for it. When there is no promise of sustainable and affordable housing to a homeless person even if they're working full time, the incentive to do so goes out the window. Especially if the city is subsidizing their addictions and providing excuses versus obvious answers.
This will absolutely not solve the problem at all lol, the large majority of homeless don't WANT to work at all. That's the thing about it.
@@AdiusOmega yeah, most don't want to work because they're all smart enough to realize they can get all the handouts and live in a comfortable climate for free ! The rise in homelessness directly correlated to the rise in rents and being priced completely out of affordable housing. Who wants to work when you can't even afford a basic roof over your head by doing so?
@@beatrixbrennan1545 There is some validity to that for sure, unfortunately I don't ever forsee there being a probable solution to the problem.
The working class should be guarunteed affordable housing,but its the profit motive of the wealthy driving up rentas they OWN the housing amd set rent rates.Dont blame powerless people who are disabled,mentally ill,or have no hope of sobriety so long as the only thing sobriety provides is the right to wake up under a bridge.That would never make someone change.
The fact that homeless people and billionaires exist at the same time is a demonstration that we live in a failed society.
Exactly. They planned for the billionaires they ignored the poor, the elderly, the disabled, and the drug epidemic.
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It's Nice To Hear Spokane Is Considering More Humane Treatment Of The Unhoused. They Have A Sit & Lie Law That Does NOT Allow People To Sit Or Lie In Public Spaces & If Caught The Homeless R Often Given A Misdemeanor Citation. And 1 Of The Cruelest Things I Have Ever Witnessed Was On A Cold Night The City Turned A Fire Hose On Some Homeless Who Had Sought Shelter Under A Bridge. It Was Awful!!!
There should be some kind of cap on how much a house can cost
Home value is made up for the most part
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Too naive...capitalist societies thrive on fair competition.
Mobile Loaves and fishes in Austin TX are doing it right
I got to volunteer at their place last year and I agree, the setup and community is nice and there are some great people there. Fingers crossed it becomes an even bigger positive example
What's this dynamic desk changes for drama reporting the news?
If it will succeed?? But it depends on who owns the land, type AND size of the housing..
Did you go check the older tiny home villlages to see the issues and what it has done to neighborhoods? Other Seattle stations have covered it, they turn into dumps, get overrun with junk.
Fentanyl 💊, popular blues, destroy humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair.
They seem better than tents. The sad truth is that mental health and predation on the poor are always a risk you have to address. It’s just whether you want to try your best or pretend it doesn’t exist.
Way better than letting them clog up public walkways
@@fartexplosion4480well said fartexplosion, well said
Great solution at least other people cant steal there shoes socks ect alot safer
Does anyone know how to get into these tiny homes?
Through the door. ah hahaha.
They don't want to stay in a shelter because you cannot use drugs in a shelter!
Hey City of Phoenix how this. You would get enough people who want to get clean, and have support, inspiration to get to where they want, need to be.
Shameful how we have members of the human race out on the streets like stray dogs.
When most of us would let a stray dog in and shelter it w open arms.
Prayers for solutions all over w homeless.
Stray dogs & cats are pretty loyal, people not so much😐
So yes people do keep animals for companionship they love you unconditionally 💯
Assistance for everyone but the people that work hard daily
Live in one, then comment
Spokane has huge empty lots everywhere to do tiny house villages👍
Fentanyl 💊, popular blues, destroy humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair.
Their are such abandoned 😔 people whom live exactly likened unto stray Dog's & some states adopt law's where it's illegal to be homeless & other states pass laws making it perfectly legal to make people sick 😫 infecting folks with hepatitis & overdosing them with radioactive contrast to give them exponentially increased risks of kidney & thyroid cancer literally killing the homeless cause no one questions a doctors deeds when such bills are silently passed into law to prevent one from the ability to sue a doctor.
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Successful Intervention programs look like are need to sign up for university credit and human development study for long term effects of living would like to keep living human life. etc. Thanks for leaving us citizens of USA some civilian working aircraft.
The homes are solar.
Washington is expensive and you have to have skills to work there. There is plenty of rural land to place houses on and build communities. It is sad to see so many homeless people in such a beautiful area. Even if you build affordable housing people have to have jobs to work and their mental health has to improve.
Hello Carlas smith
How are you doing today?
Need to build concrete units like duplexes all connected. 4 to a unit. Permanent out of the way of single family homes.
After numerous incidences of domestic violence, I was given the opportunity for low income housing. My biggest obstacle has been the staff who are related to the people, who follow us, and try to intimidate us, the residents. Schizophrenia is always the excuse for their harassment. I am bilingual and I think in both languages, the schizophrenia voice's only come in English and from a person who has no concept of, past, present, and future. Very bad grammar. The voices are very low, as far as the DESC all the people that I talked to are experienced the same thing. In a word it's gaslighting and it's very disrespectful to the residents that live here. It's detrimental to a lot of people because it induces psychosis. These people, the majority of them are suffering from numerous mental conditions. I need getting the names of these people, the license plates, and the communities in which they live. I'm not into distribution or any type, or criminal activity, there is literally no reason for the security guards to harass me or even talk to me for that matter. Iron Oak security has made it their personal Vendetta to harass me anywhere I go. They scream racism while practicing the behaviors that they speak against, that would be called a pre-emptive strike against any accusations of criminal behavior, or criminal gang stalking which is a federal crime, Danny Blaine Beach 3rd avenue and James Street Central district Bayview and Rainier, these are the places that targeted me and the criminal conspiracy. If you're a people watcher and you like to unravel the inner workings of things, I got it all figured out but you don't want to hear the truth from me you want to figure that out for yourself
Wait y’all embezzled The donations
Property values have been increasing exponentially... and with that, homelessness is getting worse... Is anyone putting 2 and 2 together, and figuring out EXACTLY what is creating these issues... People JUST CANT AFFORD TO LIVE anymore... and its not getting better, it is only GETTING WORSE... Wake Up America!!!
This is 100% caused by the boomer generation and they’re insane level of greed. They’ve put so many roadblocks in for new development to allow supply to increase with demand as we have a growing population and inward migration towards cities, there are critical housing shortages. Who is in the way of allowing more development? Previous property owners. The boomer generation is the most selfish and narcissistic generation in American history and they’ve destroyed this country
Homeless solutions from usa programs
This is an excellent solution for these poor people who are experiencing a bad luck time. BUT the ones who refuse and prefer to stay on the streets need mental counseling as their problem is NOT homelessness.
Spoken like a person who has never stayed in a big shelter. They have and don't want to deal with the lack of privacy. Hard to sleep when you have to keep one eye open
@@sandyallen1523 Yes but having the streets flooded with homeless subjects the non homeless to having to dodge criminal attacks. I am sure you are one of the good ones....but you know more than anyone that a fair percentage of sidewalk tent dwellers are the same people who make it so you have to sleep with one eye open. Its your community suffers or the housed community. Since the hosted community is less destructive, strews less garbage and needles and feces in the street...the decision is fairly easy.
@@seattleflyboard3807 you think the homeless aren't suffering? I got displaced because of covid in a place where they find homeless frozen to death regularly. The families with kids going thru the hell of being homeless have their kids ripped away from them. How downtrodden do people have to get before the rest have empathy for what they are going thru? People see and judge what they see from a place of not understanding what the homeless are going thru. All I can say is thank God we all don't think like you. There are nomads who having been living in their vehicles for many years now and many of them are women on social security who can't afford rent in 95% of the towns and cities in the US. Women who spent the majority of their lives only working part time so they could take care of their family and are living on $1,000 or less in SS. Remember that when I first started working the minimum wage was only $2 hour. Didn't put much into my SS fund now did it. Especially with only working part-time so I could be there for the kids. Yes there are some of the homeless that are hooked on drugs or alcohol but the majority are homeless because of circumstances out of their control. We treat refugees better than we treat our on homeless
You're right. People need to stop calling it a housing problem. It has nothing to do with infrastructure or the housing market.
@@thos1618 yes homes have nothing to do with homelessness why would anyone think that lol just like sicknesses have nothing to do with sickness
Really the only solution if the place is a sober village.
Good luck with that one especially with some people not all them from camp hope (dope) in Spokane Washington & most of them won't go to rehab or get counseling for mental health problems or don't want help finding a good job they just want everything for free with no rules no laws no structure & some of the people at that camp are criminals/drug addicts possibly some are from other cities states etc. Because I look all over Spokane city & the valley most of the homeless people living wherever they can in Spokane are mostly from Spokane they won't go to camp hope because they don't like Julie Garcia running things because it's like Lord of the flies there
@@geno1825 I believe you. Thank you for your comment.
Aside from the fact that people suffering addiction with no hope have about zero chance of wanting to sober up as long as the only reward is waking up under a bridge,and being told "if you wake up under the bridge sober for 6 months you may get an empty room with a roof as a reward..",if they have drug probs move them in,and give them 6 weeks to get on something like methadone,ive noticed people tend to get much more stability on those programs,they suddenly have time to find housing,take care of kids,get jobs,only the homeless on methadone continue using drugs.
"...possibly from other states..",wtf does that mean?are you saying "fear outsiders or foreigners"?like some ignorant bigot?And of course people who use drugs want the right to do what they want with THIER LIVES,if they break a law aside from putting what they choose in thier own bodies(like if they steal)then put them in jail for that not for choosing to do what they want with thier personal life.There was a study done in vancouver,ex felons that had lifelong addoction problems,they GAVE them the drugs they were using FREE,and not one of them ever ended up in jail supporting thier drug problems,what a surpize!In the people included they had a 100% reduction in prostitutiom,theft,drug dealing ect&the cost of giving them theier drugs outweighed the cost on society by over 95%..Look at facts before making judgements.Marijauna was legalized and noone steals to pay for it cuz you can much more easily buy all you want by working and not risk jail,legalization lowers prices so much theres little or no blackmarket motive hence no need for large sums of money amongst users so they can afford what they need legally and live productive lives like the 35% of methadone patients who fimd employment within 6 months,the number would be much higher but most people using non fda street drugs usually arent given treatment until they are old or disabled by dangerous non pharmacy grade drugs or they have kids to take care of when they begin methadone.
The cost of prisons and property crime is far more of a burden than the cost of GIVING the drug addicts methadone or flat out giving them the drugs they use,producing those drugs would cost 1% the current cost of prisons,guards,probation officers(which have proved no obstacle in curbing drug use)&property crime,i say let them have thier goddamn poisen if theyre going to get it anyway and they are willing to hold a job so long as they have thier fix.
For those whom staunchly believe God Will Judge us By How we treat the Least among us. Thru Grace May God Continue To Bless America!
To get federal aid.
Just use concrete
Homelessness is not as big problem in conservative cities, but there is an explanation for it. The main reason for homelessness is fentanyl, and other drugs addiction believe it or not. If you do not believe me, you can find Michael Shellenberger's interviews here on RUclips. Liberal cities have laws that attract homeless because addicts can support their addiction there more easily. The main one is you are allowed to steal from stores for up to $950 in Cali, and no one will bother you, police will not even come even if they had an officer available. In my town the law says you can steal up to $500 worth of items, and that nothing, so there are no as many homeless like in Cali but we have almost as good camping weather as southern Cali. I go to Texas, and they do not have such law that you can just steal from stores as you wish, so their addicts migrates to the west coast where they can simply support their addiction. Stealing from stores, they call it boosting.
They ignore the obvious truth in favor of their dreamy progressive plans. So glad I'm in a rural area of a red state.
exactly!
Homeless services created these problems & removed anti camping laws. So that these agencies can get the news media to report this. Thus more federal aid comes in under guise of helping the "homeless", meanwhile it goes into the pockets of the executives of these agencies. As for the conservative states they traffick their homeless into othe states like Cali.
EVERY state has misdemeanor and felony theft laws.Speak from experience i live on the west coast,and just last week in seattle i saw police tackle a guy for shoplifting an oil filter,so dont rag that theft is merely legal to support addiction im nonconservative states that take progressive approaches in stopping addiction,in seattle 90% of fetynol addicts that begin methadone treatment do not steal to support thier habit so long as they continue trearment.and this is undisputed proven to be 100× cheaper than property crime,prisons,guards,probation officers,and most people once in treatment if they dont have kids or disabilities get jobs after going to the clinc at 530am,most people recieving methadone are in work uniforms as thier job starts within an hour of dosing.The u.s. has the largest prison population on earth,mainly due to backwards conservative policies,and people who think they can get a job off of the suffering and imprisionment of others who happen to think differntly than them.Drug addicts would not be a burden on society if drugs were cheap and availiable,in fact even society paying to give them away is far cheaper than the cost of prisions and property crime.And those people would never have been criminally inclined if the backwards laws were not there on the 1st place.Educate kids about the dangers of drugs,and the people who want to stop.Jail doesnt stop anything it only delays it.Ive talkes to many excons and they do drugs whenever possible in jail and cant wait to get out and do more,why not take away thier reason for crime and reintegrate them as functioning productive members of society?
@@haroldrichardson8761 What state are you really from b/c you are speaking like you're homeless in Seattle
Make sure you are helping the right people.....the right people dont want to go to shelters because there are theives..drug users and rapists there.
wait till you see the junk start to pile up... just let me do my pills in my own home... tax payers say no, city workers say yes..
You need to really be apart of it, to understand , drug world
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How much is the city paying to build sheds and call them tiny homes?? I saw them do this in Ballard several years ago. Turned in to a needle fest and went away. You give people this stuff they don’t appreciate it and trash it. They have to earn it if you want it to be successful.
Just read the comments... the bleeding heart liberals will condemn your anti-humanitarian outlook even if it's from experience. It's this whole we must evolve as humans by enabling others to DE-EVOLVE...SMGDH!
A lot of naive people in the comments section don't understand that virtually all of these people are addicts and will choose drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and freedom over any sort of environment that imposes rules, limitations and work.
Keep thinking this is an infrastructure problem or a housing problem and you'll end up like SD, SF, Portland or Seattle.
So you speak from first hand experience?You have been one of those people,giving you the place to stand in judgement of them?Or are you one of the comfortable never been homeless fat and sassy americans,who judge people from the comfort of your home with no idea of what its like if someone close in your life whos name is cosigned for your housing,and overnight your out in the rain sleeping in your car with your bank account closed.Its very hard not to turn to alcohol or drugs(even if they were never a prob in your life before)&faced with that and a city indifferent to your problems,"oh well a tent is all you have?we are ripping it down anyway,that will instantly make a home sping out of the ground for you lowering the homeless population,right?",no it doesnt work that way.That person will just get a NEW tent,and be back by next week.What a surpize that people live where they are in thier own neighborhood.
@@haroldrichardson8761 Yep smartass. Been homeless twice in rough areas. The reason homeless shelters are vacant is they don't allow drug and alcohol use.
Just read the comments... the bleeding heart liberals will condemn your anti-humanitarian outlook even if it's from experience. It's this whole we must evolve as humans by enabling others to DE-EVOLVE...SMGDH!
In my college years I personally have helped at Good Shepherd Homeless Shelter and I can tell you from my Experience, I only witnessed one legitimate Homeless situation where a family was displaced due to health and medical issues. They only stayed there a week and received aid from social services because they were law abiding citizens in need of aid. The vast majority of Homeless I would say have severe social issues. I don't say mental... it's how they view the world. My brother in law was a OTR Trucker. A real nice guy, but he got a divorce and just said F#@k it and started living in a tent. We tried many times to help him, but he said we were a$$holes for judging him. He made friends with other Homeless and insists its the best freedom there is.
wonder how much "executive director" makes; what is motivating factor behind wanting to help these Adults
Go to any cheap trailer park and you will see what will become of tiny homes.
Of course there needs to be oversight, inspections, education to maintain these areas
You have to work hard, states just need to care more for their residents and misplaced individuals
I'm all for a solution for those who appreciate this service, refugees in other countries need a system where they live in War, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornado, fire
We need to do better for humanity!!!
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The real pandemic.
This is sad!!!! America is a disaster!!!
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You could build some cheap home for every single homeless person in every city, and you know what? Many would never move into the little boxes, leaving them vacant. Others would destroy them. Who's going to clean them? Repair them? Because such shoddy and cheap workmanship will need constant upkeep. You can't just give people things they don't care about. The majority won't put in the work and responsibility it requires to maintain even a very tiny home.
First vote for Republican Governor and Mayors
Those are NOT tiny homes, they are sheds. A tiny home village is a good idea but a nice tiny home costs over $50,000.00. These are not nice homes and should not be within city limits.
This is dorm tier tiny homes what you are thinking is small apartment tier tiny homes. Two different markets.
The staffing is the people living there, oh yes safe with drug addicts
STOP CATERING TO HOMELESSNESS!!! WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM IF THE POLICE COULD DO THEIR JOB AND IF WE KEEP SANCTUARY STATUS!!! ALSO, MAKE ILLICIT DRUGS ILLEGAL!
Just read the comments... the bleeding heart liberals will condemn your anti-humanitarian outlook even if it's from experience. It's this whole we must evolve as humans by enabling others to DE-EVOLVE...SMGDH!
Oh, I get what you are saying. So, if I get a big enough whip I can teach you to be a math professor or even beat the xenophobic ideas out of your head.
@@bobmirror7164 what an ignorant thought you have. When people don't have to go to work, when people are able to just live off taxpayer funded programs, why would they need to get work to support themselves? Its time to clean up the streets and get people back to work. Except, the majority of the homeless won't go to work or can't because of their criminal record or mental health or for the majority, their drug addiction. If society desires to help these folks, stop enabling and have tangible, helpful programs to get these folks off the street. The challenge is, they often don't want help, they just want their government checks, clean needles and money for their next fix, only 5% of all homeless actually get off the street to become normal members of society!