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Originally Posted by Recolligere
What say you all?
Personally, I believe that there are countless people who are homeless who got there on there own, and I don't believe America owes them anything at all. Sure, there are people who became homeless for reasons out of their hands, however, what about the ones who just chose not to work? The ones who who defaulted on everything (or never tried for anything) and are now wandering our streets begging for out money?
Sometimes I yell out the window as I drive by bums and yell something like, "Get a fucking job!". Sounds rude, asshole-ish.. whatever. But, you see, every day I drive to work I see that group of bums sitting next to the Chinese Restaraunt, sometimes drinking, smoking, or pestering passerbys hoping that someone will feel bad for them. I say fuck them!
But this is just me. Maybe I'm an asshole, but I do like to know other peoples' opinions, and so I ask for yours.
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Being homeless in America for most families is just a paycheck away... So many Americans live paycheck to paycheck... I understand there are a lot of
homeless people that don't have a desire to better themselves, however, this is due mostly to their self esteem, which is very low... I also have encountered elderly people who can't afford and apartment or house on their Social Security check, and they become homeless... I met this one man at the train station in NYC that had been homeless for three years... He was 73 years old, and he could not afford to rent even the smallest room... I told him he should consider moving away from the big apple to a cheaper location with regards to finding an affordable apartment... However, he said he was born and raised in NYC, had no children, and his wife had passed away several years back... He told me that with his and his wife's check they were able to just make it month to month, but after she died he wasn't able to keep their apartment...