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The Chronically Homeless Americans
Canada Free Press ^ | 01/18/16 | Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh

Posted on 01/18/2016 11:56:30 AM PST by Sean_Anthony

Why must we relegate the homeless, the unemployed, and the poor to ePodments, to tiny homes, to mini-homes, to dwellings made of junkyard scrap and other cheap materials, to dwellings the size of closets?

The mark of a civilized society is how well the most helpless are treated—animals, children, the elderly, and those who are homeless. There is always room for improvement. We are plenty generous with people from other countries, but we miss the mark when it comes to helping our own chronic homeless, the veterans, babies in the womb, the elderly, and others who cannot protect themselves.

It is in plain view that we have failed the homeless. We all pass by people who look healthy, able-bodied, and well-fed, asking for help on a street corner, professional panhandlers who have a nice car and a home to go to – they make a living panhandling. But then there are those sleeping in the streets, in the cold, in the rain, too dirty and too exhausted to beg; they’ve become so invisible and ignored, nobody speaks to them anymore.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: americans; epodments; homeless; minihomes
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To: faithhopecharity
been there done that...I learned alot about what “They” wanted....some people don't want alot because with it comes a degree of “responsibility”....

I finally got it...to each his own....

41 posted on 01/18/2016 6:11:52 PM PST by M-cubed
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To: faithhopecharity

A lot of these folks were institutionalized for their own good (and society’s) before the libs decided that they needs to be “freed”. As usual, their intentions were “marvelous” but it did not end well.


42 posted on 01/18/2016 7:46:55 PM PST by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% red.)
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To: GraceG
"Bum-Trix"

Never thought of that before Grace.

But you can bet your bottom Dollar the Liberals who view East Germany as a Goal would salivate at that technology.

43 posted on 01/18/2016 8:34:44 PM PST by KC_Lion (The fences are going up all over Europe. We shall not see them down again in our lifetime.)
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To: KC_Lion

[ “Bum-Trix”

Never thought of that before Grace.

But you can bet your bottom Dollar the Liberals who view East Germany as a Goal would salivate at that technology. ]

Yeah, like any tech it could be used for good or evil.

I’ll bet the control freaks would love to shove dissidents into as a form of “re-education”, especially if it were subtle....


44 posted on 01/18/2016 8:39:52 PM PST by GraceG (The election doesn't pick the next president, it is an audition for "American Emperor"...)
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To: 43north

Yes. Indeed.


45 posted on 01/19/2016 6:22:20 AM PST by faithhopecharity (Diff tween D's and R's is that the thatD's allow the poor to be corrupt, too. (O. Levant)
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To: 43north

If and when we reopen the mental hospitals perhaps we can compassionately include treatment for politicians


46 posted on 01/19/2016 6:24:19 AM PST by faithhopecharity (Diff tween D's and R's is that the thatD's allow the poor to be corrupt, too. (O. Levant)
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To: faithhopecharity

So true. I personally know many for whom hobo living is their own preference.


47 posted on 01/19/2016 6:25:46 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: dfwgator

Yup. That is where I was coming from. I have a few in my immediate family, breaks my heart we tried to help but to no avail. They live on the street now.


48 posted on 01/19/2016 8:10:57 AM PST by enraged
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