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I know it's a joke, but this really rubs me the wrong way, as it plays off the idea that homeless people are homeless because they're deviants somehow, not just unlucky individuals who fell through the cracks.
Fact is that giving homeless people a sizeable cash injection and a place to live often has very good outcomes in them being able to turn their lives around.
Good work by the author on punching down.
Glad I'm not the only.
Sure it's just a joke, but it does feed into this distorted rhetoric that giving money to homeless people will just lead to the money being misused rather than survival, which is absurd.
Ah yes because most homeless people are perfectly rational and would not spend it on drugs etc.?
I know someone who feel through the cracks etc. and got back on his feet. But clearly drugs and mental illnesses etc. are a massive problem where a lot of money can easily end deadly.
So you’re saying you’d rather leave all homeless people to starve than risk a few of them using some money on drugs?
No.