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Schwarzenegger donates 25 tiny homes to homeless vets in LA
The hill ^ | 12/24/2021 | Mychael Schnell

Posted on 12/24/2021 8:24:07 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R) recently donated 25 tiny homes to homeless veterans in Los Angeles.

Schwarzenegger donated $250,000 to the nonprofit Village for Vets, which went towards purchasing 25 tiny homes for retired service members who had previously been homeless, according to Fox 11 Los Angeles.

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KEYWORDS: homes; schwarzenegger; sheds; tiny; vets
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To: dfwgator

The Kennedy Family, and (possibly) others.
He is a Hollywood type, don’t ya know.

*sigh* there are so few “Hollywood Patriots”
these days. AND, so few really good movies.
The listing of “STARS to watch” is almost
nonexistent.


21 posted on 12/24/2021 8:54:11 AM PST by V K Lee (Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistence by very wise men. A document unlike any other.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A razor blade and hot tub of water would be better if he wants to help humanity.


22 posted on 12/24/2021 8:54:52 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: fidelis

Agreed. Credit where due.

I’m curious what $25k gets for a tiny house.


23 posted on 12/24/2021 8:55:40 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Statistics don't matter when they happen to you.)
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To: fireman15

Arnold’s $250,000 is about enough to outfit maybe 2 tiny homes in LA not 25.


Since there is no electricity, sewer, and running water, they don’t need the appliances. makes them cheap. That’s what his pocket change bought.


24 posted on 12/24/2021 8:56:34 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: fidelis

“I say give credit where credit is due. If all the other grotesquely rich politicians and entertainers did the same thing, a lot more of our homeless vets would be off the streets.
It doesn’t make him any less a RINO or liberal tool, but it was still a good thing for him to do.”

Agreed.


25 posted on 12/24/2021 9:05:23 AM PST by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles., )
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To: faithhopecharity

I wonder what Klaus Schwab's house looks like.

Pretty nice office


26 posted on 12/24/2021 9:07:18 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I wonder how many are really vets? You see the sign holders always claim to be homeless vets.


27 posted on 12/24/2021 9:11:16 AM PST by willk
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To: ChicagoConservative27

$10,000 for a tiny house is a huge rip-off. Go to Lowe’s, Home Depot,maybe Menards and you can buy a bigger storage shed with windows for half that. A wardrobe and bed should cost maybe $300.


28 posted on 12/24/2021 9:12:48 AM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: hoosierham

How about detox centers and have them hit the pavement to get jobs? Let he that will not work not eat.


29 posted on 12/24/2021 9:15:06 AM PST by KierkegaardMAN (This is the sort of stuff up with which I shall not put!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

90% + are homeless due to drugs, alcohol abuse and mental problems. This enables them to continue. Not to mention the phonies dressed in camo begging on the street corners. Do not give cash, ever.


30 posted on 12/24/2021 9:18:40 AM PST by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: V K Lee
“True Lies” Love that movie. Even after countless times seen, will watch it every time it’s shown. Jamie Lee Curtis, a natural comic, was a delight on screen. That used car salesman, we’ve all met him at one point during our lives. Sadly, the two ‘stars’ have tarnished themselves.

...and the car salesman was played perfectly by the late, great Bill Paxton.

31 posted on 12/24/2021 9:19:21 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“towards” purchasing 25 tiny homes.

Right, because $250k will actually build maybe 1 unit.


32 posted on 12/24/2021 9:19:26 AM PST by SaxxonWoods
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Arnold: "Screw your freedom!"

That's what he'll be remembered for.

33 posted on 12/24/2021 9:20:54 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nice gesture on Schwarzenegger’s part. Now let’s ask for a follow up and see that houses are really real and being used by vets. (Not that non-profits ever renege on their promises or anything.../s)


34 posted on 12/24/2021 9:21:27 AM PST by GOPJ (Biden and his commie thugs don’t want us vaccinated they want us hated...)
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To: hoosierham

“$10,000 for a tiny house is a huge rip-off. Go to Lowe’s, Home Depot,maybe Menards and you can buy a bigger storage shed with windows for half that. A wardrobe and bed should cost maybe $300.”

Arnolds houses are painted inside and out, insulated, heated and have AC and beds/couch and they are trimmed out inside.
The cost also includes the delivery and set up and probably lots of other little things.


35 posted on 12/24/2021 9:21:47 AM PST by setter
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Reading the comments on this thread and you can come to a conclusion: Most Freepers are negative nellies who cannot see a single positive through their narrowed, old, single minded foolish eyes.

The guy did something good. More good than I’ve done this year. I would bet, more good than most everyone has done.

Recognize good when you see it. Be thankful. It may just spur that Scrooge to do better next year.


36 posted on 12/24/2021 9:26:16 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

If you have ever been around the “ homeless” you would know these tiny houses will be trashed in days....


37 posted on 12/24/2021 9:28:30 AM PST by sausageseller (If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. M, Thatcher)
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To: LottieDah
That is wonderful. I wish I could donate that much to help homeless veterans.

Yes, I agree. My wife and I were able to help just one person this year. We gave what we could.
38 posted on 12/24/2021 9:35:33 AM PST by The Louiswu (Peace to you and may God Bless you all)
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To: Flick Lives

Trues Lies - Used Car Salesman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuTvA1_NNSo


39 posted on 12/24/2021 9:42:27 AM PST by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: sausageseller

Exactly. Why is it people continuously attribute normal healthy behaviors to the homeless, especially ‘vets’? Virtually all the homeless in this country are homeless due to unhealthy attitudes and behaviors, and especially mental illness (the real root cause).

Most of them do not want any help, they want cash to continue their drug and alcohol habits, that is all they want. Giving them little homes is ridiculous and they would be considered unlivable due to terrible sanitation within a week.

Putting the ‘Veteran’ modifier on this is manipulative, because that word appeals to many people simply on an emotional basis, and you see it in the replies. Homeless ‘Vets’ need the help more than normal homeless they think, but the root cause of the homelessness is the same, mental illness leading to drug and alcohol abuse. Why can’t they get a job? That’s easy to answer, they don’t want a job, and they can’t hold down a job anyway being drunk, drugged up and disorderly.

This is not a lack of compassion, only that most homeless would be in Sanitariums 60 years ago, that’s how the mentally ill were kept off the street. Now that funny farms are considered inhumane, we have to live with these people in our midst, dangerous psychos who like living in an alley as long as they have some Mad Dog 20/20 to keep them satiated for a couple of hours.


40 posted on 12/24/2021 9:48:38 AM PST by KobraKai
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