My goofy idea of the day is replace the GI bill with a house. Complete the required service and you get a house that can’t be seized or otherwise attached for the rest of your life. Place some short term restrictions on it like residence or sale but I think we need more property owners than college grads.
We should do the same thing with all our social service programs: “Here, you own this house now. You have a real stake in the future of your community.”
I got an English degree with my GI bill that was on top of a science degree I had going in. Got a 4.0 and am member of honor society
Taught English to high schoolers whose parents I amazed as the boys were running around at home quoting Shakespeare Have a high paying admin job now.
What the hell are you talking about
‘We should do the same thing with all our social service programs: “Here, you own this house now....’
The problem with that idea is that if you just give people a house and they don’t have to work for it, they won’t appreciate it, and they won’t take care of it.
“We should do the same thing with all our social service programs: ‘Here, you own this house now. You have a real stake in the future of your community.’”
I appreciate the sentiment and it COULD work, if Human Nature wasn’t what it is. Have you ever seen any Section 8 housing/house left BETTER in the end?
Nope.
Most homeless have mental health and/or drug related issues. They’re barely capable of making it through a day, let alone being a homeowner.
I see. Trumps statement conflates homeless drug addicted with vets
Groan. Well. I guess
It wouldn’t work for everybody. For those it would help, you don’t need to get rid of the GI Bill or involve the government. Tunnels to Towers already does that for war widows and disabled veterans. Give to them, or start your own non-profit. Coordinate with builders, employers, educational institutions.
We should do the same thing with all our social service programs: “Here, you own this house now. You have a real stake in the future of your community.”
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I have known of people who were given darling homes for very little, and they turned around and sold it for more money. I’m not sure that is particularly fair.