Why aren't we taking better care of our homeless?
830893
Biggest bunch of ignorant answers I've seen here on these boards, that facts are over 70% of the homeless population in this country suffer from mental illness to some degree, the other 30% are transitionally homeless, someone who was living check to check and had the bottom fall out when they lost their job and couldn't find employment before being evicted from their homes, some homeless people actually do work and return to "normal" society in less than a year with the appropriate social services assisting them, as far as the Explosion of homelessness in the U.S. over the last 30 years thanks Ronnie Bonzo Reagan for cutting mental health funding to the bone in the early eighties, you other idiots need to get informed or stay the heck away from answering questions you know little about
446626
Many homeless people are mentally incompetent so they should be someone else's responsibility. Others are drug addicts or alcoholics and that is their responsibility.
322415
I do help the homeless, my husband and I have started a homeless outreach at our church. We take clothes and food under a bridge once a month(we are a small church and it takes us that long to collect everything) and hand them out. We also hand out blankets when it's cold, shoes razors, tooth brushes, tooth paste and much more.
1154234
There are 2 kinds of people.  Those who help.  Those who hurt.  Either way, we all are the same in our needs for food, shelter, money, achievement (recognition).  So we take care of our needs either legitimately without hurting others, or we take from others and eventually pay the price (prison or blown away).  The best we can do is live our lives positively, make up our own minds and not ever let anyone else make us afraid or keep us from doing what we want to do.  Bad things happen to good people.  We need to stay mostly alert and aware.
345632
I donate frequently to the homeless shelter, work in the soup kitchen as a volunteer, etc.\nMost homeless shelters will gladly accept clothing, blankets, pillows, toilet paper, dishes, beds, and just about ANYTHING you can think of (toothbrushes, combs, soap).
25618
While I am all for being helpful, I believe that it is best to help Those who have to make their homes on the streets of our homeland first.Poverty is a problem here, too. I don't see why people are so quick to go rushing off to the aid of foreign countries when chances are there are people with just as great needs living in or near a dumpster or cardboard box just outside their own home. \n\nThe next time you're feeling helpful, Buy a homeless person a good meal. And be sure to ask what they would like. They are people too, so they may not like certain things, or may be allergic, intolerant, etc. In which case you wouldn't be helping very much.
14902
It is the greediness of the real estate market doing these people in.  San Francisco has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the nation, and is the second most dense urban area in the nation behind New York.  Simply put, these people can't afford to live in a house In San Francisco, nor can they rent.
876679
Yes a lot of people are helpless and would need to work until they cannot move, and it's pathetic.  The world is unfair, let's face it.  The only thing which might make you feel better is you're already better than millions of people living in Africa and other 3rd world countries where people are starving.  So don't worry too much, there are enough good people in this Country to help those in need.
41838
Many of the people that are homeless choose not to work and just give up on life.  Maybe because of drugs or alcohol.  I know this first hand because my brother in law is homeless.  He comes and stays with family for a while and then CHOOSES to go back out on the streets. I just dont get it.  He doesnt want to work because he owes alot in child support and says they will take more than half of his money.  He said there are many homeless like him. They are choosing to be that way.  He gets free food from food kitchens and begging.  He stays at shelters when its cold.  He gets free medical because our medical system will not refuse service to anyone. I think sometimes we are enabling him. Im not saying all are but many. I do realize there are many that are homeless that may not have any control over their cicurmstances.
781934
would you??\n\nas much as i'd like to say yes, it's hard to trust alot of people out there. it's not the fact that he's homeless - strangers just don't belong in my house especially over night.\n\nthere's other ways to help him out anyway. what good is one bath, one meal, one night in a warm place when the next day he has to go back to the streets. i'd rather try to help him out so he or she can get their lives back on track forever
801639
No solution. If you create free housing for the homeless, more and more people will take advantage of it. This will drive more and more homeless people to the big cities, and your free housing will always run out of space. Plus, you are encouraging more people not to work hard and just take advantage of free housing.
1131893
everyone  that call homeless    is with out a home   is because  we  the people  fread  to take them in and take care  of them with out money if u can sit with a homeless man and  have a good convaction with   him or  her  it could work
280417
I really don't know. I feel we do have an obligation to help our fellow man and woman. However, I am not blind to the problems that some have created. After all, I live near Reliant Stadium and met some very nice people but I also saw some trashing the parking lot near Fiesta and criticizing the efforts of citizens to help them (It wasn't enough or what they wanted). One night I wanted a sandwich from Subway and had to wait to be let in. They let me in when I told them I wanted to buy a sandwich. I also know people who work at the hotels and some of the evacuees tested their nerves. I guess what I want to say is let's help those who want to help themselves start over but the hand outs have to stop. My late father always said "If you give a man a fish, He'll eat that day but if you teach a man to fish, He'll eat for a lifetime."
829391
EXACTLY! When I was younger I used to feel sorry for the people on the streets... I never gave them money but I did drive through a fast food place a couple of times and buy them food and go back and drop it off. Then I seen library park in Phoenix, AZ., and the food lines, etc! The only reason a person is homeless is because they choose to be! We have an overabundance of help programs and some states even have welfare for single men! I live in a city where there are an extreme amount of people getting SSI and Social Security and working (or hustling) under the table for cash and they live much better or at least have many more $$ flow through their hands each month than alot of people. I don't believe that drug addicts and alcoholics should be eligible for these benefits... In addition, I think the funniest thing I have seen is a huge man walking into the grocery store in the middle of the afternoon with his food stamps going to buy groceries.... instead of giving him food stamps and a check... make him get off his duff and work... then we won't have to pay for his stomach staple proceedure either! A friend of mine that is a millionaire went to our local Dr. that has been doing all of those proceedures and he wanted to have it done. He carries private blue cross and the Dr. would not even schedule him for a interview because he didn't have title 19.My friend told the Dr.s office that he has cash...... they said they couldn't take cash because in the case of complications it can run upwards of $100,000.00 again my friend said.... I have cash. They just told him they were sorry they couldn't help him.... however, I personally know 7 people that have had the surgery lately and another couple that are scheduled for it and they are all on welfare! Now if that ain't something! Now don't get me wrong... we do need programs that can assist.... but they need to know when enough is enough and their is a big difference between a hand up and a hand out!
513622
Those of you who describe homeless people as some horrible people are wrong. I was once homeless. Not all homeless people put themselves into that situation. Some were put there due to fires and hurricanes. Others were put there because people they care about took advantage of them. Everyone has their story. I heard a lot of them. There are some who are homeless because of their own stupidity but even most of them are trying to help themselves to do better.\nLimo Driver, try to get someone who the shelter says are making something of themselves. Not just someone who sits around all day doing nothing or has been there for a year and never once had a job. Someone who seems to be really trying and deserves that extra bit of help.\nI think that it is great what you hope to do. And that makes me love you even more. I hope that you do do it and that you do it soon.
870950
I don't really think help is there.  The shelters make you leave early in the morning.  Most jobs require that you have a telephone so they can call you if they want to hire you.  People in the shelters get robbed, unless they don't have anything.  Sure, lots of the homeless like living that way, but for ones that don't like it, it's not easy.
329440
Not really some have it easier than others, and some are lucky. But homeless ppl it would be good to do, but I don't believe most will desirer too. Because they would probably spend there money on drugs and alcohol instead of trying to better their self. If they been poor all their lives and are now homeless, then it would be very difficult to try and break that from them. It's not always true that people are homeless because they are lazy. But they could be down on their luck, depress or just find confort in drugs. Many things can effect someones condition. We have to understand that most people like these grow up in a poor community living among people with this same problem. By doing this they could or Will develop a spirit of poverty, which is the worst thing that could happen to a person. You can steal from someone, cheat someone, or hurt someone. But those things can be fix. But want could replace a soul who spirit is dead, that is probably the hardest thing to repair is someone will to win. If you can encourage hope and a since of love to others then you could create a will in them. that's the frist step in helping someone who may have been abuse, depress, or whatever the case because no kid grows up to be a bomb, homeless, and poor.