San Francisco Mayor London Breed introduced what she calls a “very aggressive strategy” after the Supreme Court ruled people living on streets can be cited, fined, or even jailed even if they have nowhere to go. CNN’s Nick Watt joins a city sweep of an encampment and talks to the people living there.
pushing hard that reddit narrative that being homeless is a “lifestyle choice”
also acting like there is some massive social democratic welfare system just rusting and waiting to be used if only they can be convinced to abandon their “lifestyle”
It’s devastating how many people think this country has a safety net. I couldn’t tell you how many times newly homeless people have come to me in shelter and asked about “housing vouchers” or “when I’ll get housed.”
Like sorry friend, I’m going to tell you, in the most polite terms possible, that you need to get either a job or acquire several terminal illnesses if you want to get out in any reasonable timeframe.
My state has some resources for poor people. You’ll get food stamps and medicaid, and they are pretty good. But housing is still either expensive or involves long waitlists.
Every now and then I’ll try to help someone out of state, and in a lot of places you don’t even get that.
i do wonder where this comes from sometimes. like maybe it’s from mostly politically inactive people hearing right wing propaganda second-hand and getting it mixed up with reality.
then there are the actual libs that seem to think there is an abundance of resources. r/povertyfinance is absolutely blackpilling for this shit. as soon as they get called out by a regular person in actual poverty that person gets dogpiled by a dozen libs trying to protect the reputation of their party at either the local or national level. then the thread gets locked.
people legit asking for help or resources and it’s just an endless stream of suggestions that don’t fucking exist.
pushing hard that reddit narrative that being homeless is a “lifestyle choice”
also acting like there is some massive social democratic welfare system just rusting and waiting to be used if only they can be convinced to abandon their “lifestyle”
It’s devastating how many people think this country has a safety net. I couldn’t tell you how many times newly homeless people have come to me in shelter and asked about “housing vouchers” or “when I’ll get housed.”
Like sorry friend, I’m going to tell you, in the most polite terms possible, that you need to get either a job or acquire several terminal illnesses if you want to get out in any reasonable timeframe.
Where I live, disability tops out with 9(?) dependents…at around 30k per year
My state has some resources for poor people. You’ll get food stamps and medicaid, and they are pretty good. But housing is still either expensive or involves long waitlists.
Every now and then I’ll try to help someone out of state, and in a lot of places you don’t even get that.
i do wonder where this comes from sometimes. like maybe it’s from mostly politically inactive people hearing right wing propaganda second-hand and getting it mixed up with reality.
then there are the actual libs that seem to think there is an abundance of resources. r/povertyfinance is absolutely blackpilling for this shit. as soon as they get called out by a regular person in actual poverty that person gets dogpiled by a dozen libs trying to protect the reputation of their party at either the local or national level. then the thread gets locked.
people legit asking for help or resources and it’s just an endless stream of suggestions that don’t fucking exist.
Just have infinite reserves of willpower, stop sleeping, and hustlegrind.