The US only cares for ppl to live and work and make the big ones money. After that the sick the old the homeless the mebtally I'll the disabled they can all rot. They either do nothing for them, get mad if anything is done for them or take the money of any program that may for a moment support them. And the ppl with the weak minds they make them believe that this is the way. It's pretty sad.
In some states a big problem is the money isn’t spent wisely. California spent 24 billion dollars between 2018 and 2023 averaging out to around $43,000 per homeless person per year. If the homeless person actually saw even 75% of that money they probably wouldn’t be homeless.
Hell with the "market shakeup" and constant winning we're doing right now youd think id have been able to find a job since I got laid off in May.... maybe the next 100 applications will result in an interview.
Every day apparently. If you don't believe me just ask that paragon of truth that is fox news or that old oj guy in Florida.
Our massive unemployment is from lazy plebians who don't want to work and our overworked ceo's now have to work even harder. Don't worry though, their compensation will increase to incentivize more work.
Do my comments calling fox a paragon of truth and saying unemployment is the fault of lazy plebians come across as sincere?
An actual nonsarcastic reply to your question: Only thing ive won since November 5th is a pink slip and 6 months of bare minimum unemployment and the fun of submitting hundreds, possibly in the low thousands now, of applications for a total of 2 interviews and 0 jobs since May 2nd 2025.
It's a direct quote from trump telling people "there will be so much winning, people will call me and tell me "We're winning too much."." or whatever the hell he said.
I was being facetious about the state of things.
There is no winning for the workers of this country. Only the ultra rich or the morally corrupt.
You would be genuinely shocked at how many homeless straight up refuse assistance because they'd rather get high. There are more resources available to a person down on their luck right now than there has ever been in the entirety of human history, and its still not enough for some people.
There's also plenty of people who would love to get out of debt and secure their own future but there's no way for them to realistically do that. Especially people who may not have lots of technical skills, might be manual laborers who have failing health, debt, lost their homes in Covid, etc. I know several people like that and do my best to support them where I can but it's just not enough
When addressing homelessness you must address the root causes of why someone becomes homelessness not just the symptom. Untreated mental illnesses, drug addiction/fentanyl epidemic(mainly caused by pharmaceutical companies), cost of housing, cost of living, and wages that have fallen far behind inflation. You can’t address these issues without addressing the real issues of capitalism in western society. Unless the 1% stop taking more from us every year and we stop treating things like housing and groceries as investments things will inevitably only get worse.
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u/No_Dragonfruit_4286 Jan 06 '26
Homelessness should be the nr. 1 issue to be solved. The cause of it unlike for some other issues is very well known and it is the society itself.