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It's also funny to me when people say they are Christian but don't want to help the poor. The good Samaritan is very clear. So is the bit about the sheep and the goats.
But you can use the Bible to justify anything, I guess.
I'm not Christian and I don't want to see them. Also I didn't consider housing them to be my job. That's why we have government that we elect and pay taxes to in order to fund it. This is just bs sign that simply virtue signaling instead of asking hard questions.
How are those government people that you elected working out?
Not well. I don't know if you mean to imply something, but I live in Portland and our government is very liberal. And yes I voted for them. And yes they have solved absolutely nothing.
The notion of government being not your job, something you pay someone else to do, is a fallacy. And the notion that it can be that is fantasy. But even if that were the case, you'd be a chump to not at least demand in writing an undelivered service that you already paid for. We do have local council reps now.
Wtf? Government is my job when I vote for it based on their declared policies. Demand services in writing? What are you talking about? What country are you from?
Nope, that's the fallacy again. Literally not the way that it actually works. You have to hold your reps feet to the coals. Interests that are opposite your own already understand this fact. You have to get involved at least at some minimal level, or you'll never get what you want out of politics and will forever stay frustrated.
Portlanders do struggle with this concept more than a lot of other urban Americans and I think it's largely due to the fact that until a few months ago we were the only major city that didn't have a city council. They look at me like I'm an alien, and ask things like what country am I from.
I already have a job. I don't need the second one. If I did, I would run for office myself.
All good, I'm starting to realize that this interaction would have been even more a waste of my time had you actually taken my advice to heart.
Useless advice from naive individual. What is there to discuss.