LOIE
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These things are easier talked about then actually doing. Shelters ARE notorious for being dangerous and not well run, and to get assistance people must have government issued ID and a mailing address, which is hard to do if you are afflicted with an addiction, which by the way is an illness, not a character flaw. When you say "if they really wanted it," you must realize that when someone is addicted all they really want is the next high. They are not thinking rationally.You need to get out more and look around.Aside from a few homeless people and drug addicts nobody in America lives in povertyWhat is so great about modern civilization.
43 million impoverished Americans probably don't share your sentiments.
The sheltered world you live in shields you from the skid row experience. An experience that would open your eyes should you visit Appalachia and the back alleys of Urbania.
Excuse me, jack hole, but I've seen poverty up front and close. I've been to third world countries. I've stood in a village where people were living in shacks made out of thin strips of sheet metal, no plumbing, children running around in bare feet, and goats and chickens standing in the middle of the only the dirt path in and out of the village they consider to be a "road," so when you see conditions like that here in the States let me know. Sheltered, privileged people such as yourself have no fucking idea what poverty is.
There are be varying degrees of poverty around the world; but, in America, income level determines who is or who is not impoverished. You may choose to be dismissive of poverty in the USA because of worse conditions you've seen elsewhere... but no one cares. Any problems caused by the poverty here need to be addressed before we go traipsing off on a global crusade elsewhere.
As I said, there is no real poverty here. Even the homeless and the crack addicts have shelters and government assistance they could get if they really wanted it.