Evictions from public housing near

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 6-29-2005 | Ernie Suggs

[Turbopilot]

Last time I was there San Francisco was full of homeless people.

[bkepley]

In Athens (the real one I mean) if you couldn't prove that you had a profession you were executed, a policy Heroditus heartily approved of.

[dfwgator]

I think they have a Panhandler's Union in San Francisco.

[TexasTaysor]

to have a housing authority purposely taking people with the least capacity

The least capacity? They have as much capacity as anyone of us. There is not one thing wrong with them having some responsibility and carrying their own weight. They should and can be as productive citizens as the rest of us. Everything is there for the taking for them to be successful at something, all they have to do is partake of it. Don't sell people short just because living on welfare is all they've ever known.

[MamaTexan]

See how many things wrong you can spot in just the above brief paragraphs.

1. She doesn't have time for work, but managed to find time to do the hokey pokey

2. No men in sight while several generations of females are sucking on the gubmint teat

3. I can't do what I want to do, so I just ain't gonna do nothin'

(Side-note - Mama sweated her arse off in warehouses for over 20 years 'cause it paid BETTER that flippin' burgers or secretarial work)

Did I find them all, Turbo? Do I get a prize?

Gubermint cheese perhaps?

:)

[fatnotlazy]

In Athens (the real one I mean) if you couldn't prove that you had a profession you were executed, a policy Heroditus heartily approved of.

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I believe St. Paul in one of his letters to Timothy said that those who don't work don't eat...or something like that.

This was also the policy among the early Jamestown settlers here too.

[rebelyeller]

Exactly right, deport the illegals, and give the wellfare parasites the ultimatum, work or starve.

[Turbopilot]

Fantastic. Then our entire state and federal homelessness programs can be reduced to supplying, upon request, one free one-way bus ticket to San Francisco. Let the "union" handle things from there.

[Dawgreg]

Another fine example of social engineering. Total failure and zillions spent. Gooberment at it's finest. Thanks alot.:(

[Turbopilot]

Well done, but I'd add the fact that she's 23 and is illiterate and didn't finish high school. Strangely, those facts may affect her employment prospects.

What's sad is her kids, through no fault of their own, have multiple generations of family from whom they'll learn that the way to live is to have frequent unprotected sex while young and either run off during the pregnancy (if a man) or continue to have kids to increase the size of the welfare check (if a woman). I can write off mom and grandma, but what do you do about the kids - not as in whether they keep their free apartment or not, but how do you keep them from making the same life choices as the rest of their family?

[TheForceOfOne]

What about my gubmint cheese? Who gets my gubmint cheese!

[Turbopilot]

Sorry, that's insensitive to the lactose-intolerant, and PETA has determined that the production of cheese is somehow cruel to cows. But if you file the proper forms with the federal Department of Peace, Love, and Harmony, you can expect your first crate of Government Tofu in six to eight weeks.

[IamConservative]

They are 3rd generation on welfare.

Many would speculate that welfare came about as a means (invented by the (Democrats) to continue to keep blacks oppressed following the civil rights movements.

[MamaTexan]

not as in whether they keep their free apartment or not, but how do you keep them from making the same life choices as the rest of their family?

At the risk of sounding like a cold-hearted FReeper, give them 2 options:

1. Work

2. Starve

Government, by it's interference in the workings of the natural world, now pay stupid, lazy and chronic underachivers to reproduce, daily creating a larger group of parasites for the shrinking productive class to support.

(No, I'm not talking about elderly or disabled folks...just the ones that CAN work, but WON'T)

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

She can't read but she can have babies. I think I see the problem here.

But don't you dare try to tell her that! I wish I had a dollar for every young pregnant girl who, upon being confronted with the irresponsibility of having children without the means to support them, suddenly got a don't-tell-me-what-I-can-and-can't-do-who-do-you-think-you-are attitude. The fact that many people tolerate (and some even promote) a culture among young people today that creates this problem just turns my stomach.

Oh, and my normal reaction to the don't-tell-me-what-I-can-and-can't-do-who-do-you-think-you-are attitude? I'm the one with the college degree and the job...

[TheForceOfOne]

Government Tofu! Hoorah! LOL!

[Stashiu]

"Dollars to donuts Mrs. Crowley lives in a gated community."

Most likely. Folks who support Section 8, do not live next door to it. Been there, done that. I have the bruises to show for it.

[ikka]

The woman is 40 years old and has 2 grandchildren... that smacks of something wrong right there.

[little jeremiah]

How about work farms - dormitories or similar housing, and farm work, so they can grow their own food? It could even be private charities that do this. Of course, no drugs or alcohol.

That way the people who are off the scale would not be homeless, they would learn basic work skills, and be at least somewhat responsible for their own upkeep.

If the gov't spent less on lose-lose projects, people would have more of their own money to spend and donate to charities as they see fit. Non-profit charities would be able to have more money and get creative with actually helping people, not just maintaining them in their hopelessness. Which is what most gov't funded programs do.