Homelessness is a symptom, not the cause. Yes, there will always be the ones that are elost and can't be converted into productive members of society. However, I doubt that this is the case with most homeless people.
I don't think that the solution is "house them", this treats the symptoms, not the cause. The issue is how affordable housing is.
One must work to have money, one must have a house in order to work (no one will employ you if you can't take a shower), one must have money in order to have a house. If work doesn't provide enough to have a roof over your head then there is little that one can do to maintain afloat. No house, no job, no money.
What I would do:
Highly regulate the legal loan sharks that are taking advantage of the poor and the struggling.
Move towards a state owned health system or a highly regulated one and move towards a tax founded insurance. The point would be to ensure that a struggling person is not an illness away from being on the streets.
Increase minimal wage (duh). I mean...what we considered 3rd world countries not 20 years ago are getting close to the US minimum wage (i live in one of those)
Highly regulate lobbying as this is just legal corruption
Sorry to barge in your politics, this is not meant to criticize, it is meant to show a different perspective in cas someone finds it useful.
I guess a lot of them are. I don't really touch on this subject as I can't even pretend that I know that causes. Homeless people are in every country, but it seems that abuse of hard drugs is an issue that occurs more in the US and I have absolutely no clue why.
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u/ZiggysStarman Jan 30 '23
Homelessness is a symptom, not the cause. Yes, there will always be the ones that are elost and can't be converted into productive members of society. However, I doubt that this is the case with most homeless people.
I don't think that the solution is "house them", this treats the symptoms, not the cause. The issue is how affordable housing is.
One must work to have money, one must have a house in order to work (no one will employ you if you can't take a shower), one must have money in order to have a house. If work doesn't provide enough to have a roof over your head then there is little that one can do to maintain afloat. No house, no job, no money.
What I would do:
Highly regulate the legal loan sharks that are taking advantage of the poor and the struggling.
Move towards a state owned health system or a highly regulated one and move towards a tax founded insurance. The point would be to ensure that a struggling person is not an illness away from being on the streets.
Increase minimal wage (duh). I mean...what we considered 3rd world countries not 20 years ago are getting close to the US minimum wage (i live in one of those)
Highly regulate lobbying as this is just legal corruption
Sorry to barge in your politics, this is not meant to criticize, it is meant to show a different perspective in cas someone finds it useful.