Posted on 05/16/2014 5:41:54 PM PDT by Nachum
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,
Have you ever given food to a homeless person? Well, if you do it again in the future it might be a criminal act depending on where you live. Right now, there are dozens of major U.S. cities that have already passed laws against feeding the homeless. As you will read about below, in some areas of the country you can actually be fined hundreds of dollars for just trying to give food to a hungry person. I know that sounds absolutely insane, but this is what America is turning into. Communities all over the country are attempting to "clean up the streets" by making it virtually illegal to either be homeless or to help those that are homeless. Instead of spending more money on programs to assist the homeless, local governments are bulldozing tent cities and giving homeless people one way bus tickets out of town. We are treating some of the most vulnerable members of our society like human garbage, and it is a national disgrace.
What does it say about our country when we can't even give a warm sandwich to a desperately hungry person that is sleeping on the streets? A retired couple down in Florida named Debbie and Chico Jimenez wanted to do something positive for their community during their retirement years, so they started feeding the homeless in Daytona Beach. But recently the police decided to crack down on their feeding program and slapped everyone involved with a $373 fine...
For the past year, the Jimenezes have set up shop every Wednesday on Manatee Island in Daytona Beach, Fla., where they feed hot dogs, chicken, pasta salad and other BBQ staples to about 100 homeless people, WFTV reported. Handing out meals is just one
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I believe it is more along the lines of "that which is not prohibited is mandatory."
You do have a point there.
Santa Monica, CA?
Nobody takes their kids to Palisades Park.
A good chunk of the homeless do not want to be governed or live by the rules etc. That’s why a good portion of them are homeless in the first place.
I would rather give the homeless food and cut off all those EBT cardholders.
I’m sure there are a few homeless who fit the profile protrayed on the “Sad Story of the Week” but very few...the rest do not WANT to be civilized...they like doing what they do and they get by with it....I have no sympathy...
The unpleasant fact is that the involuntary commitment laws need to be changed again, not just for this reason, but some others as well. I know that everybody is worried about abuses. I am too, but we have to do our best to put safeguards in place.
its because they'd rather have a monopoly on being generous, and afterall, think of all those richly paid govt workers needed to do what the church ladies did for free..
It is about health laws and being able to track food borne illnesses.
This isn’t ‘new’. These laws have been around for a long time.
You want to feed the homeless, then set up a legal feeding place that is inspected and can be tracked.
So is Everett but there is less tolerance for the other things associated with feeding programs, etc. Today in the Everett Tribune(free newspaper) was an article about people dismayed with panhandling in Snohomish. There are also big debates about civility issues in an around the Everett Library. There is a movement afoot to put Alcohol Impact Areas in downtown Everett.
8 more years of this, half the country could be destitute
Ok, make them rent an empty store front
A small minority is probably right
I think what you say is accurate. With strong enough will and a little well-placed help, people can pull themselves out of homelessness. I know people who have.
I suspect that a lot of homeless women are that way because they won’t give up a husband or boyfriend that is dragging them down. I can’t prove it, I just suspect it.
There are some who are getting disability checks and choose to spend them on other things rather than rent on a room or tiny apartment.
I think that’s especially true of street youths who tend to hang only in certain areas. People claim that they are fleeing horrible home situations and some are but some aren’t so bad. Phyllis Wachtel, co-author of the Tough Love books, calls them run-tos, as opposed to runaways, because she sees them running to, as they see it a life of freedom, friends and partying, and away from rules and discipline.I bring it up because there is a movement afoot to extend the age that kids can be dependent in the foster care system, since a lot of foster kids are evidently ending up homeless and dysfunctional in the streets. I think that this is a bad idea. Instead they should be prepared, at 16 or 17 to transition into responsible adult life at 18.
Somebody named Tyler Durden writes for zerohedge?
If they are capable of working, whatever their capacity, then require them to work (homeless, EBTers, bums, etc.). Just giving them food doesn’t solve the problem.
If they are incapable of work then that is a different story.
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