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Hawaii sets aside $100,000 to offer its 17,000 homeless people one-way airfare
Daily Mail ^ | July 30, 2012 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 07/31/2013 4:55:46 AM PDT by Makana

Hawaii is hoping to take the burden off its welfare system by saying aloha to its 17,000 homeless residents.

The state will offer one-way tickets home to any eligible homeless person to anywhere in the continental United States.

Hawaii has allotted $100,000 for a three year trial run of the so-called 'return-to-home' program, which could also even offer participants beds on cruise ships bound for their homes.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: government; hawaii; hi; homeless
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To: scottteng

LOL!


61 posted on 07/31/2013 8:03:02 AM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: Sooth2222

(They don’t seriously think anybody is going to take them up on their offer, do they?)


The 0.2% of “homeless” that were going to leave anyway will enjoy the free $1000 for a one-way ticket.


62 posted on 07/31/2013 8:36:09 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Universal Background Check -> Registration -> Confiscation -> Oppression -> Extermination)
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To: mrsmel

It’s all about not following rules. I find it hard to comprehend myself - but some homeless folks don’t want to follow anybody else’s rules. On anything!

This is why they can’t hold down a job and when you can’t hold down a job - that means following other people’s rules to get back on your feet. This is harder than sleeping off the street and grifting off everyone else.

I took a friend in for awhile and learned quite a bit about the mindset. Never again will I do it. I offered them free room and board and assistance in getting their affairs in order so that they could become minimally employable and get back on their feet.

This worked - for awhile. Then I found out that my friend preferred living on the street when the rule, “come home every night” became oppressive. Sure - my place wasn’t the best - but they were safe and had food. It was heartbreaking for me.


63 posted on 07/31/2013 8:55:15 AM PDT by JCBreckenridge ("we are pilgrims in an unholy land")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

One of my FB friends was whining about Hawaiian homelessness the other day, even had a photo — who TH would want to be homeless in some place OTHER than Hawaii?!? The EBT fed food cards are just as available and work just as well there.

Clearly, the other 49 states could easily solve most of their homelessness problem with one way tickets *to* Hawaii.

IOW, Hawaii, don’t even think about it.

Thanks Makana.


64 posted on 08/01/2013 5:31:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: Makana

coming to a street corner near you


65 posted on 08/01/2013 5:34:21 PM PDT by bigheadfred (INFIDEL)
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To: Makana

The Dims believe that welfare spending creates jobs. So why would Hawaii want to cripple their economy by deporting all the welfare moochers?


66 posted on 08/01/2013 5:47:52 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: SunkenCiv; Makana

Most of the homeless in Hawaii have family in Hawaii and choose to be “houseless” for various reasons. And the homeless who are from somewhere else have probably learned to like living in so-called paradise.

Mahalo for the ping, SunkenCiv.


67 posted on 08/01/2013 10:08:32 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi

:’) If I were homeless, I’d stow away on a barge to get there. :’)


68 posted on 08/02/2013 6:08:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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