KittenKoder
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Won't be long though, what with the housing and banking thing, that there will be many more homeless,
The attitude that some citizens do not deserve to vote because of their economic status is a very dangerous one, IMO. It's a step towards creating a second class of citizen. That seems to me totally contrary to the ideals of American democracy.
Look up one post Angiulle
That's the thing. People forget that but by the grace of God ....
Oh, and for those who are saying the current system of requiring ID's hurts the homeless, get a life, I was homeless for several years (long and boring story) and I was registered, not sleeping on a friends couch either, in an actual shelter. If there is a will there is a way.
The grace of God? There's always something someone can do to change their situation if they have the will and determination. Even something as simple as moving in to a homeless shelter and taking a job at McDonalds while getting a free education...
The grace of God? There's always something someone can do to change their situation if they have the will and determination. Even something as simple as moving in to a homeless shelter and taking a job at McDonalds while getting a free education...
I don't think you understand the meaning of the expression, "but for the grace of God, there go I". Being an atheist, I only mean it figuratively.
It means don't be so quick to judge other people who have met with unfortunate circumstances and don't be so smug about your own good fortune because as much as you may like claiming you earned it all on your own, luck was part of it and luck could take it away.
i always have
i always have
I am living proof. Was working for labor jobs, became homeless because I wouldn't sleep with the fuck that I was renting a room from. Lost my job, stuck on the streets. Got into a shelter, got an address through a mail center, then got disability. Got a laptop, eventually housing, started writing code ... now here I am today. Working as a freelance programmer.
Oh, and let me add my best friends story, I met her in the same shelter. She is now a social worker.
That's a great story and it illustrates why people are not necessarily a drain on tax payers and therefore undeserving of a say in how the country is run just because they can't afford housing.
I don't think you understand the meaning of the expression, "but for the grace of God, there go I". Being an atheist, I only mean it figuratively.
It means don't be so quick to judge other people who have met with unfortunate circumstances and don't be so smug about your own good fortune because as much as you may like claiming you earned it all on your own, luck was part of it and luck could take it away.
That's a great story and it illustrates why people are not necessarily a drain on tax payers and therefore undeserving of a say in how the country is run just because they can't afford housing.
Im not judging anyone. I'm simply saying that nobody ever exhausts ALL their possibilities.. It's much easier to give up and whine about the system being unfair, which a large majority of people do, than to actually get off your ass, make yourself miserable for awhile, and get out of that situation.
And as it points out, being homeless did NOT stop me from registering nor getting an address or ID.
Im not judging anyone. I'm simply saying that nobody ever exhausts ALL their possibilities.. It's much easier to give up and whine about the system being unfair, which a large majority of people do, than to actually get off your ass, make yourself miserable for awhile, and get out of that situation.
And do we REALLY want those who give up altogether a chance to effect our government? I know I don't, I know those type of people, and they don't really care about anything.