People Take This Whole "Foreclosure" Thing Pretty Seriously
Fri, 04/11/2008 - 2:32pm
Recently, John McCain said of the ever-growing mortgage crisis that "...it is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers." Now he has changed his tune, and I think it may have to do with some highly-placed people letting him know that the whole "I don't care if you all suffer and end up homeless" message won't work well on a button or a yardcard.
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don't bail out the irresponsible....
By unchainthedogs
Fri, 04/11/2008 - 9:53pm
"...it is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly...."
Amen McCain.
Those of you who don't have daily contact with "homeless" individuals, don't have a clue to who these people are and what they do during the daytime hours, so please, don't form an instant opinion. 95% of them or x-cons who can't find a job because of their record. We desperately need "Prison Reform, Enforcement of Class C Misdemeanors, Community Service served, a do-away with the indigency law in Texas, Legalization of Marijuana with much of the same restrictions as Alcohol, Jobs for non-violent offenders, jail cells for lawbreakers, self education, self esteem building rehab in jail and prisons throughout the State. 80% percent of "homeless individuals" are abusing the system and living off of you, the taxpayer with increasing budgets every year. Don't be fooled.
Wow
By Josh Berthume
Sun, 04/13/2008 - 8:13am
I like how you put "homeless" in quotations, like you might say "Unicorns" or something else that doesn't really exist. I mean, there's a lot to unpack in your comment, but I find your stats on homelessness — or, I guess, in your case, "homelessness"? — to be pretty dubious.
Accountability & Hand ups vs. Handouts
By unchainthedogs
Wed, 04/16/2008 - 3:32pm
The reason I put homeless in quotations is because we like to call people who live in shelters and camps on our taxpaid lands, "homeless." Truth is they have homes. Their homes are in bushes on the sides of our taxpaid roads and on our taxpaid street easements and in our taxpaid shelters. There is alot to unpack in my statement. Problem is most City Governments don't want to unpack the issue of homelessness, it's easier to offer a quick false fix like housing and low funded services (as opposed to jobs/true long term services and rehab) and hope the issue goes away. If you lived or worked near homeless shelters in Ft. Worth, and saw every single day the same people walking the streets, sitting around drinking beer and smoking crack, waiting for the free hand outs at the Salvation Army, you'd understand my comments. However, I should have qualified my comment with chronically homeless (250+) and not all of the "homeless" individuals (2500+).