it is just that I think they should not be killed off.
just picked up, removed to either jail or treatment center (depending on whether sober or under influence of drugs/booze)
and then when released told to stay away from begging and annoying pedestrians and passengers and all that sort of thing, under penalty of prison or ?
i just don’t think they should be killed is all, and all the talk is increasing so very very very much (including professionals, people in suits, regular office workers, other “productive members of society” we know)
all this “let’s kill the bums off” talk is upsetting me, quite frankly (and many of them appear VERY SERIOUS too)
The solution is begging licenses. Require that they be drug/alcohol free, be in case management and take classes on job skills ETC. No aggressive panhandling or annoying people. If they say no, move on.
They are also subject to random screening and testing. If they fail, they lose their license until they complete rehab.
Aggressive panhandling, described as, waking up people on trains and buses for money, asking them repeatedly even when told no, baring pedestrian or auto traffic, threats and touching. If they do this they lose the license.
They also are barred from panhandling on road medians, near ATMs or stores with ATMs or banks.
And also the names of all licensed panhandlers will be distributed to all stores and restaurants that sell alcohol or marijuana. They may not sell to them. If they do, they will be punished.
Bottom line, better a man to be poor honest and beg than steal. But we can regulate how they beg. Liberals already have regulations for everything there is and %99 of the rules make no sense, we can do the same for beggars.
It would be nice to have a place for them to live and get treatment and some kind of small stipend and have lots of good community.
“i just don’t think they should be killed is all, and all the talk is increasing so very very very much (including professionals, people in suits, regular office workers, other “productive members of society” we know)”
Frankly, it’s the people in suits who dislike ‘unpleasantness’ and would prefer those ‘icky’ unfashionable people to be eliminated, much like mainstream Germans wanted during the Nazi era. A lot of people in the mainstream remind me very so much of those who eagerly voted Hitler into power so those ‘unsightly’ fringe members of society wouldn’t pollute their aspirational sensibilities.