Most homeless people have drug/alcohol problems. Giving them more free stuff won’t change that.
And where is the incentive to improve your lot in life if everything is free? Apparently working is for stupid people.
The county poor farms and religious oriented assistance societies of the past would give a bed and food to those in need. In exchange, the recipient was expected to help produce food to help sustain the organization and others in need. Sounds like a good plan to me. The progressives knew they could do it better with hand outs with no strings attached.
Years ago Mike Royko wrote a column titled "My old man was a sap" he told how his father was a second generation immigrant that took a job as a kid selling newspapers, counting eggs, etc. He did what ever he could as he grew older to contribute to the family income. No job was beneath him every one was an opportunity. Royko compared it to the welfare recipients that would not even show up of free job training and then spent 6 months fighting being kicked off the welfare roles.
I am involved in a ministry to help the homeless. Many of them are employed but do not make enough to afford a home or apartment or pay utilities. Many are elderly and their social security is minimal. Quite a few are in school and we have one who is in college while living in a tent along the river.
You would be surprised at how many show up for a meal, embarrassed that they are out of work for the first time in their lives and wearing the designer clothing they could afford when they had a job.
Don’t be so quick to judge others by their station in life. Life is not always what it seems.
Also, you may want to read Matthew 25-35.
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