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Valerie, seriously, who do you think you're schooling?
I know who the homeless are. I see them all the time, I work with them, and I have spent a huge portion of my life helping them.
Are you trying to tell me that *the homeless* are middle class families who suddenly fell on bad times? Because I promise you, that is not the case.
Also, the feds classify as "homeless" families who are living with friends or other family members. Yes, that has increased. They also take their numbers straight off foodstamp applications, where people LIE to hide the fact that they are living with relatives and so claim to be "homeless" in order to be eligible for their OWN foodstamps, instead of being put on their relatives' case, or having to claim their relatives' income.
Homelessness IS increasing, however, among school-aged children. We are seeing more and more children who shuffle from household to household, living with friends or distant relatives, and increasingly, under bridges and in tents, as more and more families become more and more dysfunctional as a result of decades and multiple generations of system-dependent living.
If you want to help the homeless in a meaningful way, contribute time or money to the nearest mission. They're generally run by churches, and staffed by volunteers and low-paid Christians.
"The Eugene Mission is a Gospel Rescue Mission providing food, shelter, clothing, social services and the Gospel message for homeless men, women and children of the Eugene and Lane County communities."
Eugene Mission
Try to get those homeless vets to stop abusing drugs. Good luck with that one.
I imagine by the end of Obama's reign (if it ever actually comes to an end, which I doubt) seeing hungry and sick children begging on the streets will become a common occurrence. That's what utopia looks like. I hope everyone enjoys it.
Try to get those homeless vets to stop abusing drugs. Good luck with that one.
stop sending them into pointless wars of choice, moron.
Try to get those homeless vets to stop abusing drugs. Good luck with that one.
Were you born a bitter old bitch or did you choose to be one?
Anyone who has worked with the homeless for real knows what their demons are. It's a shame that you equate reality with bitterness.
DogsandKatz was acting like a bitter little schmuck in this thread this morning...
Anyone who has worked with the homeless for real knows what their demons are. It's a shame that you equate reality with bitterness.
DogsandKatz was acting like a bitter little schmuck in this thread this morning...
Someone has to interject a little reality. You think these poor homeless people are grateful and appreciate what you do. The fact is that you are a sucker. They don't even like you. Although they know what you want to hear. When you leave they laugh at how easily you were taken. Then it's on to the next sucker. They don't like you. They don't respect you. Try to help them and they resent you for it. It wasn't good enough. You didn't do enough. No matter who you are or your station in life, when you help the poor they think you are a cheapskate rich bitch who is doing nothing but enjoying self-satisfaction at their expense. Most of the time they are right.
This was the world I grew up in. You just don't like your nose rubbed in a little real pie.
I imagine by the end of Obama's reign (if it ever actually comes to an end, which I doubt) seeing hungry and sick children begging on the streets will become a common occurrence. That's what utopia looks like. I hope everyone enjoys it.
i like you, allie. sometimes i wish you'd pull your head out of your butt and stop tossing around ridiculousness...
If someone really wants to help the truly innocent and unfortunate take your old blankets and worn out stuffed toys with a couple of boxes of biscuits to the animal shelter. Maybe bring home a new friend that won't sap you and take your wallet.
If someone really wants to help the truly innocent and unfortunate take your old blankets and worn out stuffed toys with a couple of boxes of biscuits to the animal shelter. Maybe bring home a new friend that won't sap you and take your wallet.
Lol..I dunno about that. Some months I spend every bit as much on them as I spend on my kids.